Grainger Formation

Grainger Formation
Grainger Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Mississippian
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia
Country	United States

Last updated July 02, 2025

The Grainger Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the early Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous period.^[1]

References

↑ Hasson, Kenneth O. (2020). "Lithostratigraphy of the Early Mississippian Grainger Formation and related strata in northeastern Tennessee". In Avary, K.L.; Hasson, K.O.; Diecchio, R.J. (eds.). The Appalachian Geology of John M. Dennison: Rocks, People, and a Few Good Restaurants along the Way: Geological Society of America Special Paper 545. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/2020.2545(06).

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] Hasson, Kenneth O. (2020). "Lithostratigraphy of the Early Mississippian Grainger Formation and related strata in northeastern Tennessee". In Avary, K.L.; Hasson, K.O.; Diecchio, R.J. (eds.). The Appalachian Geology of John M. Dennison: Rocks, People, and a Few Good Restaurants along the Way: Geological Society of America Special Paper 545. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/2020.2545(06).

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Grainger Formation

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