Jordan Formation

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title: Jordan Formation
text: The Jordan Formation is a siliciclastic sedimentary rock unit identified in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Named for distinctive outcrops in the Minnesota River Valley near the town of Jordan, it extends throughout the Iowa Shelf and eastward over the Wisconsin Arch and Lincoln anticline into the Michigan Basin. Stratigraphically, the Jordan Formation is the uppermost unit of the type St. Croixan Series. It is predominantly composed of mature, poorly cemented quartz sandston
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description: Geologic formation in the United States
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Formation
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date modified: 2023-07-10T07:05:01Z
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