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Salem Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Fossil red algae on Salem Limestone from Kentucky
Type Formation
Unit of Sanders Group, Meramec Group
Underlies St. Louis Limestone
Overlies Harrodsburg Limestone [1] Warsaw Formation [2]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Salem, Washington County, Indiana [2]

The Salem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod. This formation is quarried and used as a building material, known as " Indiana limestone", also called Bedford limestone.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.indiana.edu/~paleoind/Resources/IndianaStratColumn.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 253-254
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salem Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Fossil red algae on Salem Limestone from Kentucky
Type Formation
Unit of Sanders Group, Meramec Group
Underlies St. Louis Limestone
Overlies Harrodsburg Limestone [1] Warsaw Formation [2]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Salem, Washington County, Indiana [2]

The Salem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod. This formation is quarried and used as a building material, known as " Indiana limestone", also called Bedford limestone.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.indiana.edu/~paleoind/Resources/IndianaStratColumn.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 253-254
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.


Stub icon

This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Salem_Limestone&oldid=1143412658"

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