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Upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian strata in the southern Great Basin California and Nevada / by John H. Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, J. H., 1928-2013, author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 620.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 620
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--California.
- Geology.
- Geology--Nevada.
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian.
- Geology, Stratigraphic.
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Precambrian.
- Cambrian Geologic Period.
- Precambrian Geologic Period.
- California.
- Nevada.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1970.
- Summary:
- Additional title page description: Stratigraphy and origin of the thick upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian detrital rocks that constitute the initial deposits of the Cordilleran geosyncline.
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods of study
- Structural setting
- Previous work
- Stratigraphy
- Eastern region
- Central region
- Pahrump Group
- Noonday Dolomite
- Johnnie Formation
- Southern Death Valley-Kingston Range area, California
- Transitional member
- Quartzite member
- Lower carbonate-bearing member
- Silstone member
- Upper carbonate-bearing member
- Rainstorm Member
- Spring Mountains area, Nevada
- Desert Range area, Nevada
- Funeral Mountains area, California
- Regional characteristics of Johnnie Formation
- Stirling Quartzite
- A member
- B member
- C member
- D member
- E member
- Wood Canyon Formation
- Lower member
- Middle member
- Upper member
- Zabriskie Quartzite
- Carrara Formation and equivalent strata
- Western region
- Wyman Formation
- Reed Dolomite
- Deep Spring Formation
- Campito Formation
- Poleta Formation
- Harkless Formation
- Saline Valley Formation
- Mule Spring Limestone
- Summary of regional sedimentary characteristics
- Environment of deposition
- Paleogeography
- Provenance, maturity, and mineral sorting
- Stratigraphic sections
- References cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 24, 2014).
- Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
- "Stratigraphy and origin of the thick upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian detrital rocks that constitute the initial deposits of the Cordilleran geosyncline."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stewart, J.H., 1928-2013. Upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian strata in the southern Great Basin California and Nevada
- OCLC:
- 891581414
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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