Type Geologic formation Country United States | Thickness 0–2,500 feet (0–762 m) | |
Underlies Zabriskie Quartzite Formation Overlies Sterling Quartzite Formation Regions Mojave Desert, California, Nevada | ||
The Wood Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.
Contents
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.
Geology
The 570+ million years old formation underlies the Zabriskie Quartzite Formation, and overlies the Sterling Quartzite Formation.
It has members of quartzite, shale, sandstone]], and dolomite.
Fossils
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.
References
Wood Canyon Formation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA