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(Redirected from Detroit River Formation) Geologic group in Michigan and Ohio
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Detroit River Group
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
Lucas Dolomite, upper Detroit River Group, Middle Devonian (quarry near Junction, Ohio)
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsLucas Dolomite, Formosa Reef Limestone
UnderliesDundee Limestone and Traverse Formation
OverliesHolland Quarry Shale and Wabash Formation
Location
RegionIndiana, Michigan and Ohio
CountryUnited States

The Detroit River Group is a geologic group in Michigan and Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

References

Further reading

  • Brian R. Pratt, Lower Devonian Stromatoporoid reefs. Formosa Reef Limestone (Detroit River Group) of Southwestern Ontario. In: Reefs, Canada and Adjacent Area, ed. by H.H.J. Geldsetzer, N.P. James and G.E. Tebbutt, Editors Canadian Society of Petroieum Geologists Memoir 13, 1989, p. 506-509
  • Gilbert Klapper and, William A. Oliver, Jr., The Detroit River Group is Middle Devonian: Discussion on "Early Devonian age of the Detroit River Group, inferred from Arctic stromatoporoids". (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1995, 32(7): 1070–1073, https://doi.org/10.1139/e95-088
Chronostratigraphy of Ohio
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Pz
P
Cisuralian
Dunkard Group
Greene Formation
Washington Formation
C
Gzhelian
Dunkard Group
Waynesburg Formation
Monongahela Group
Uniontown Formation
Pittsburgh Formation
Kasimovian
Conemaugh Group
Casselman Formation
Glenshaw Formation
Moscovian
Allegheny Group
Pottsville Group
M
Viséan
Tournaisian
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Upper
Famennian
Ohio Shale
Frasnian
West Falls Group
Angola Shale
Rhinestreet Shale
Middle
Givetian
Eifelian
Lower
Emsian
  • Amherstburg Dolomite
  • Detroit River Group
  • Hillsboro Sandstone
  • Lochkovian
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    Pridoli
  • Bertie Formation
  • Ludlow
    Ludfordian
    Gorstian
    Wenlock
    Homerian
    Lockport Group
    Gasport Dolomite
    Guelph Dolomite
    Goat Island Dolomite
    Llandovery
  • Brassfield Formation
  • Cabot Head Shale
  • Clinton Formation
  • Drowning Creek Formation
  • Manitoulin Dolomite
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    Upper
    Middle
    Є
    Furongian
    Z
  • Swift Run Formation

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