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Geologic formation in Illinois
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Fort Atkinson Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
TypeFormation
Unit ofMaquoketa Group
UnderliesBrainard Shale and Whitewater Formation
OverliesScales Shale
Location
RegionIllinois, Indiana
CountryUnited States

The Fort Atkinson Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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Chronostratigraphy of Illinois
Ph
Cz
Q
Holocene
  • Glacial alluvium, drift, and loess
Pleistocene
Embayment Megagroup
N
Pliocene
Embayment Megagroup
Pe
Eocene
Embayment Megagroup
Paleocene
Embayment Megagroup
Mz
K
Upper
Maastrichtian
Embayment Megagroup
Campanian
Embayment Megagroup
Pz
C
Kasimovian
McLeansboro Group
Moscovian
Bashkirian
Raccoon Creek Group
M
Serpukhovian
Pope Mega Group
  • Grove Church
    Kinkaid Limestone
    Dagonia Sandstone
    Clore Formation
    Palestine Sandstone
    Menard Limestone
    Waltersburg Formation
    Vianna Formation
    Tar Springs Sandstone
Viséan
Pope Mega Group
Tournaisian
D
Upper
Famennian
Frasnian
Middle
Givetian
Eifelian
Muscatatuck Group
Lower
Emsian
New Harmony Group
Pragian
New Harmony Group
Hunton Megagroup
S
Ludlow
Ludfordian
Hunton Megagroup
Gorstian
Hunton Megagroup
Wenlock
Homerian
Sheinwoodian
Hunton Megagroup
Llandovery
Telychian
Hunton Megagroup
Aeronian
Hunton Megagroup
Rhuddanian
Hunton Megagroup
O
Upper
Hirnantian
  • Leemon Formation
  • Sandbian
    Middle
    Darriwilian
  • Dutchtown Limestone
  • St. Peter Sandstone
  • Lower
    Tremadocian
  • New Richmond Sandstone
  • Oneota Dolomite
  • Shakopee Dolomite
  • Є
    Munising Group
    Chronostratigraphy of Indiana
    Ph
    Pz
    C
    Kasimovian
    McLeansboro Group
    Bond Formation, Mattoon Formation, Patoka Formation
    Moscovian
    McLeansboro Group
    Shelburn Formation
    Carbondale Group
    Dugger Formation, Petersburg Formation, Linton Formation
    Raccoon Creek Group
    Staunton Formation
    Bashkirian
    Raccoon Creek Group
    Brazil Formation, Mansfield Formation
    M
    Tournaisian
    D
    Upper
    Famennian
    S
  • Bailey Limestone
  • Brassfield Limestone
  • Cataract Formation
  • Louisville Limestone
  • Moccasin Springs Formation
  • Pleasant Mills Formation
  • Salamonie Dolomite
  • Sexton Creek Limestone
  • St. Clair Limestone
  • Wabash Formation
  • Waldron Shale
  • O
    Є


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