Goodland Limestone

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Goodland Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type Formation
Underlies Kiamichi Shale
Overlies Trinity Group
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas, Texas
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named forGoodland, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Named by Robert Thomas Hill [1]

The Goodland Limestone or Goodland Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas [2] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. [3]

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References

  1. Hill, R.T. (1891). "The Comanche series of the Texas-Arkansas region". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 2 (1): 504, 514–515, 516, 522. Bibcode:1891GSAB....2..503H. doi:10.1130/GSAB-2-503.
  2. McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  3. Omaña, L., Alencaster, G., Buitrón, B.E. (2016). "Mid-early late Albian foraminiferal assemblage from the El Abra Formation in the El Madroño locality, eastern Valles–San Luis Potosí Platform, Mexico: Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical significance". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (3): 477–492. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2016v68n3a6 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)