Ordovician carbonates of the Platteville Formation overlie slope-forming mudstones of the Glenwood Formation exposed in roadcut along Limestone Road, Cannon Falls, MN.
Tag: Platteville
Ordovician Platteville Formation, Sogn, MN
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Ordovician carbonates and marls of the Platteville Formation exposed in roadcut along Goodhue County 14, Sogn, MN.
Ordovician Platteville Formation, Saint Paul, MN
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Finely bedded Ordovician carbonates and marls of the Platteville Formation, Mississippi River bluffs, Saint Paul, MN. Close up of coarse shell lag within the bed that crops out halfway up the section on the right side of the image below.
