Windfall Formation

Windfall Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian period
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsBarton Canyon Member,[1] Bullwhacker Member,[2] Catlin Member[3]
UnderliesPogonip Group,
Goodwin Limestone
Thickness300 feet (91 m) +
Location
RegionNevada
CountryUnited States

The Windfall Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern and southern Nevada.

Areas it is found include the Antelope Valley region of Eureka County and Nye County.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.[4]<[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Allison R. Palmer (1965). "Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid biomere in the Great Basin, United States". Geological Survey Professional Paper: 94. doi:10.3133/PP493. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q61048784.
  2. ^ Thomas Brennan Nolan; C. W. Merriam; James S. Williams (1956). "The stratigraphic section in the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 276: 21. doi:10.3133/PP276. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q64862615.
  3. ^ Thomas Brennan Nolan; C. W. Merriam; James S. Williams (1956). "The stratigraphic section in the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 276: 20. doi:10.3133/PP276. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q64862615.
  4. ^ "Windfall Formation". Western Cordillera: An Integrated Petroleum Evaluation of Northeastern Nevada. Retrieved on October 30, 2015.
  5. ^ Thomas Brennan Nolan; C. W. Merriam; James S. Williams (1956). "The stratigraphic section in the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 276: 1. doi:10.3133/PP276. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q64862615.


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