Trenton Formation
Trenton Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle-Upper Ordovician | |
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![]() Trenton Formation in Canada | |
Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Groos Quarry & Chandler Falls Members |
Underlies | Collingwood Shale, Point Pleasant Formation & Scales Shale |
Overlies | Black River & Plattin Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia[1] |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Extent | Appalachia, Midwestern and Southeastern United States |
The Trenton Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.[2][3]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Michigan
- Trenton Gas Field
- Indiana gas boom
- Petroleum industry in Ohio
References[]
- ^ Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau
- ^ "Trenton Limestone". Indiana Geological and Water Survey. Indiana University. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Orton, Edward (1889). "THE TRENTON LIMESTONE AS A SOURCE OF PETROLEUM AND INFLAMMABLE GAS IN OHIO AND INDIANA, in Eighth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1886-1887: Part 2". USGS. pp. 547–556. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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Categories:
- Ordovician System of North America
- Ordovician Michigan
- Ordovician geology of New York (state)
- Ordovician geology of Virginia
- Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
- Middle Ordovician Series
- Midwestern United States geologic formation stubs
- Michigan geography stubs