Neva Limestone

Neva Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
Type Formation Member
Unit of Grenola Limestone
Sub-units Soft Neva, Hard Neva[1]
Underlies Eskridge Shale
Overlies Salem Point Shale member of the Grenola Limestone formation
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region mid-continental
Country United States
Type section
Named for Neva, Kansas

The Neva Limestone is a stratigraphic unit and historic building stone[1] in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

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References

  1. 1 2 Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe (1982). Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.
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