Compton Limestone
Geologic formation in Missouri, US
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The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri, as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.[4]
TypeFormation
UnderliesNorthview Formation
OverliesCotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale
Thickness5 to 50 ft[1]
| Compton Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Northview Formation |
| Overlies | Cotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale |
| Thickness | 5 to 50 ft[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Compton, Webster County, Missouri |
| Named by | Raymond Cecil Moore[2] |
