Discuss the stratigraphy of the Tippecanoe Sequence. What types of rocks are found in this

sequence? What will be an ideal response?


The Tippecanoe Sequence represents a Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian transgressiveregressive
sequence. Rock-types include a basal sandstone, shales, organic reef limestones, and
evaporites.

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