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in the Grand Canyon. The upper part of the
Madison Group, the Charles Formation in the subsurface of North Dakota and northern Montana, is not strictly an equivalent of the Madison Limestone as usually defined.
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stages), about 359 to 326 million years ago. Older North
American usage lists the Madison as being laid down during the Kinderhookian, Osagian, and Meramecian stages.
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992:, Montana Geological Society 1994 Guidebook, James L. Cannon, Gary G. Thompson, and John R. Warne, editors
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River Log and Road Log: Thrust
Faulting near Gates of the Mountains, Lombard, Lewis & Clark Canyon
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The
Paleozoic section in the vicinity of Three Forks, Montana, with petrographic notes by G.P. Merrill
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Mississippian
Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana
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Most of the
Madison Limestones were deposited during Early to Middle Mississippian time (
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dominate the
Madison. Because the rock is highly soluble, it often develops caves and
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shoals to develop; they later became reservoirs for oil. The gray cliffs along the
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Peale, A.C., 1893. The
Paleozoic section in the vicinity of Three Forks, Montana.
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Neither a type locality nor derivation of the name was designated when the term
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Mississippian rocks of the Sun River Canyon area, Sawtooth Range, Montana
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Madison and its equivalent strata extend from the
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Mudge, M.R., Sando, W.J. and Dutro, J.T., Jr., 1962,
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27:Geologic formation in the western United States
378:(Colorado), Guernsey Limestone (Wyoming), and
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952:: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 110, 56 p.
370:The Madison is formally known as the Madison
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936:Geologic Atlas of the Rocky Mountain Region
461:The following formations are recognized in
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121:Thrust segment of the Madison Limestone,
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1854:Carboniferous System of North America
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1739:Geologic groups of the United States
1294:Frontier exploration and development
533:white bioclastic limestone, oolitic
854:argillaceous limestone, calcareous
1804:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
1222:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1198:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1174:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1150:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1126:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1099:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1075:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1051:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1027:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
1003:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
899:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
322:. The rocks serve as an important
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1799:Carboniferous geology of Wyoming
1273:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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1834:Geologic groups of South Dakota
1829:Geologic groups of North Dakota
1744:Geologic groups of Saskatchewan
923:United States Geological Survey
803:limestone, crinoidal limestones
599:The following subdivisions (of
446:Gates of the Mountains, Montana
436:, water was shallow enough for
302:is a thick sequence of mostly
1:
1794:Carboniferous geology of Utah
167:up to 2,100 feet (640 m)
833:limestone, silty limestone,
1814:Geologic groups of Colorado
1754:Mississippian United States
1329:Northwestern Alberta Plains
348:Canada–United States border
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1849:Geologic groups of Alberta
1844:Geologic groups of Wyoming
1824:Geologic groups of Montana
1819:Geologic groups of Arizona
1789:Carboniferous Saskatchewan
1784:Carboniferous South Dakota
1779:Carboniferous North Dakota
1031:"Mission Canyon Formation"
879:List of types of limestone
825:grainstone and packstone;
864:176 m (580 ft)
657:152 m (500 ft)
586:245 m (800 ft)
551:183 m (600 ft)
518:244 m (800 ft)
114:
37:
1809:Geologic groups of Idaho
1356:Northern Rocky Mountains
839:80 m (260 ft)
806:63 m (210 ft)
727:45 m (150 ft)
687:80 m (260 ft)
603:rank) are recognized in
525:Mission Canyon Formation
457:Montana-Wyoming-Manitoba
1839:Geologic groups of Utah
1342:North-central foothills
1289:Oil sands and heavy oil
821:oolitic, pisolitic and
776:10 m (30 ft)
430:Lewis and Clark Caverns
1764:Carboniferous Colorado
748:9 m (30 ft)
1774:Carboniferous Montana
1759:Carboniferous Arizona
1055:"Lodgepole Formation"
791:oolitic to pisolitic
717:with vuggy porosity,
318:areas of the western
1749:Mississippian Series
1313:Depositional regions
1226:"Souris Valley Beds"
925:, Bull. 110, p.9-56.
607:, from top to base:
473:, from top to base:
403:Three Forks, Montana
366:Age and nomenclature
135:Geological formation
1769:Carboniferous Idaho
1299:Natural gas liquids
1281:Hydrocarbon history
1007:"Charles Formation"
948:Peale, A.C., 1893,
734:Frobisher Evaporite
559:Lodgepole Formation
376:Leadville Limestone
39:Stratigraphic range
1154:"Kisbey Sandstone"
846:Souris Valley Beds
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1571:Mission Canyon FM
1529:Gypsum Springs FM
1339:North-east Plains
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399:Madison Limestone
380:Redwall Limestone
300:Madison Limestone
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157:Three Forks Group
33:Madison Limestone
18:Madison Limestone
16:(Redirected from
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1420:Judith River GRP
1390:Cypress Hills FM
1334:Canadian Rockies
1320:Southern Alberta
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1103:"Ratcliffe Beds"
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1605:Three Forks GRP
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903:"Madison Group"
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1202:"Tilston Beds"
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664:Ratcliffe Beds
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1661:Davson Bay FM
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1656:Elk Point GRP
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1130:"Midale Beds"
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1079:"Poplar Beds"
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