Glenwood Shale
The Glenwood Shale is a thin Ordivician shale formation in the sedimentary sequence characteristic of the upper Midwestern United States.
| Glenwood Shale | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Platteville Formation |
| Overlies | St. Peter Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Minnesota |
| Paleozoic Stratigraphy of the Upper Midwest, USA |
|---|
| Dates approximate |
| Maquoketa Group (446–440 Ma) |
| Galena Group (454–446 Ma) |
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| Platteville Limestone (455–454 Ma) |
| Glenwood Shale (~455 Ma) |
| St. Peter Sandstone (~459–~455 Ma) |
| Knox Unconformity (~470-~459 Ma) |
| Knox Supergroup (~497-~470 Ma) |
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It lies under the Platteville Limestone and above the Saint Peter Sandstone. Together, these three units represent a sequence of sea level rise during Ordovician time. Because it is often very thin (~10 cm or less in the Twin Cities), it is often ignored in the general stratigraphy.
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