Foraker Formation

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Foraker Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Foraker Formation, 800 Rosencutter Road, Manhattan, KS 20211126 165444.jpg
Roadcut exposure of Foraker Formation, South of Manhattan, KS, on Rosencutter Road.
Type Formation
Unit of Council Grove Group
Informal: Vanoss Group (OK) [1]
Sub-unitsLong Creek limestone
Hughes Creek shale
Americus limestone [2] [1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Shale
Location
RegionMidcontinent (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) [1]
Country United States
Type section
Named for Foraker, Oklahoma [1]

The Foraker Formation (or Foraker Limestone) is a geologic formation in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating to the Carboniferous period. [2] [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Geologic Unit: Foraker". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Significant Publications. United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. 1 2 Jewett, John M. (1941). The Geology of Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 39. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.


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