Foraker Formation

Foraker Formation
Foraker Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
	Roadcut exposure of Foraker Formation, South of Manhattan, KS, on Rosencutter Road.
Type	Formation
Unit of	Council Grove Group; Informal: Vanoss Group (OK)
Sub-units	Long Creek limestone; Hughes Creek shale; Americus limestone
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	Midcontinent (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Foraker, Oklahoma

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Geologic Unit: Foraker". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Significant Publications. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
^ ^a ^b 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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