- Source: Stirling Quartzite Formation
The Stirling Quartzite Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada.
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 formation underlies the Wood Canyon Formation.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era.
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stirling Quartzite Formation
- Wood Canyon Formation
- Geology of the Death Valley area
- Bluff Knoll
- Toolbrunup
- Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania
- Rednal
- Ikara–Flinders Ranges National Park
- Wissahickon Creek
- Yilgarn Craton