Dierks Limestone

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Dierks Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Aptian
~120–112  Ma
Type Formation
Unit of Trinity Group
Location
Region Arkansas
Country United States
Type section
Named for Dierks, Howard County, Arkansas
Named byHugh Dismore Miser and Albert Homer Purdue [1]

The Dierks Limestone is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

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  1. ↑ Miser, H.D.; Purdue, A.H. (1919). "Gravel deposits of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Arkansas". U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 690: 18, 19, 21.


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