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Leipers Limestone

Leipers Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Underlies Chattanooga Shale and Cumberland Formation
Overlies Catheys Formation
Thickness 35-55 m
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Dolomite, shale
Location
Region Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
Country United States

The Leipers Limestone is a geologic formation in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.



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