Kansas City is a Late Carboniferous geologic group and formation having various significant alternating beds of limestone and shale known for forming high bluffs in Missouri, Kansas, and neighboring states. This formation was named for the bluffs within Kansas City, Missouri.[3] Primary group outcrops are in northwest Missouri. This group has been a historic oil producing unit within the state of Kansas.[4]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
- Paleontology in Missouri
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
- Paleontology in Kansas
References
- ^ Classification of Rocks in Kansas (Kansas Stratigraphic Chart), Kansas Geological Survey, 2018, retrieved 2023-11-22
- ^ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States: (including Alaska). United States Department of the Interior. 1938. p. 1070. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ "Geologic Unit: Kansas City". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Unit Summary. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ D.L. Baars, W. Lynn Watney, Don W. Steeples, and Erling A. Brostuen (1993). "Petroleum: a primer for Kansas". Educational Series (7): 9. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
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