The Wood Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.[1][2]
| Wood Canyon Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran-Cambrian | |
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Underlies | Zabriskie Quartzite Formation |
| Overlies | Sterling Quartzite Formation |
| Thickness | 0–2,500 feet (0–762 m) |
| Location | |
| Region | Mojave Desert, California and Nevada |
| Country | United States |
It can be seen in the Panamint Range and Funeral Mountains adjoining Death Valley, within Death Valley National Park; and in the Spring Mountains in Clark County.[1]
Geology edit
The 570+ million years old formation underlies the Zabriskie Quartzite Formation, and overlies the Stirling Quartzite Formation.[1][3]
It has members of quartzite, shale, sandstone, and dolomite.[1]
Fossils edit
It preserves scattered olenellid trilobite and archaeocyathid fossils in upper part of formation, dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era and Lower Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era.[1][2][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e USGS.gov: "Stratigraphy and Structure Death Valley, California"; U.S. Government Printing Office; 1966.
- ^ a b Digital-desert.com: "Death Valley Geology - Wood Canyon Formation"
- ^ Springer.com: "Tidal Deposits in the Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian), Eastern California and Western Nevada"; John J. Barnes, George deVries Klein.
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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