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Eau Claire Formation
Eau Claire Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
	Eau Claire Formation (Middle to Upper Cambrian; Warren County core, Ohio)
Type	Formation
Unit of	Munising Group
Underlies	Davis Formation, Galesville Sandstone, Kerbel Formation, Knox Dolomite, and Potosi Dolomite
Overlies	Mount Simon Sandstone
Thickness	400 to 1000 feet in Indiana
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone, shale, dolomite
Location
Region	Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, western Ohio, and western Kentucky. Equivalent to the Bonneterre Formation in Missouri
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Outcrops along the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Named by	E. O. Ulrich

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The Eau Claire Formation is a geologic formation in the north central United States. It preserves trilobite fossils from the Cambrian Period.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Eau Claire Formation". Indiana Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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