Trenton Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle-Upper Ordovician
Trenton Formation in Canada
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsGroos Quarry & Chandler Falls Members
UnderliesCollingwood Shale, Point Pleasant Formation & Scales Shale
OverliesBlack River & Plattin Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
RegionIndiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia[1]
Country United States
 Canada
ExtentAppalachia, Midwestern and Southeastern United States

The Trenton Group is a geologic unit in Canada and Michigan, Ohio, New York State and Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in the United States. It dates back to the Ordovician period.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau
  2. "Trenton Limestone". Indiana Geological and Water Survey. Indiana University. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. Orton, Edward (1889). "THE TRENTON LIMESTONE AS A SOURCE OF PETROLEUM AND INFLAMMABLE GAS IN OHIO AND INDIANA, in Eighth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1886-1887: Part 2". USGS. pp. 547–556. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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