Wood Canyon Formation
| 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 |
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]
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]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
- Paleontology in California
- Paleontology in Nevada
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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- Quartzite formations
- Cambrian California
- Cambrian geology of Nevada
- Ediacaran California
- Ediacaran geology of Nevada
- Geology of Inyo County, California
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Death Valley National Park
- Panamint Range
- Geologic formations of California
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- Cambrian southern paleotropical deposits
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