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Gull River Formation

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Type
  
Formation

Country
  
Canada, United States

Year defined
  
1939

Overlies
  
Shadow Lake Formation

Regions
  
Ontario, New York

Other
  
Shale, sandstone

Named by
  
V. J. Okulitch

Named for
  
Gull River

Underlies
  
Bobcaygeon Formation

Primary
  
Limestone, Dolostone

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Unit of
  
Simcoe Group Black River Group

The Gull River Formation is a geological formation of Middle Ordovician age (Caradoc Stage), which outcrops in Ontario, Canada. Lithologically, the formation is dominated by light grey to brown limestones and greenish gray dolostones with thin shale and sandstone interlayers.

References

Gull River Formation Wikipedia


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