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  • Usage in publication:
    • Desert Peak formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Axelrod, D.I., 1956, Mio-Pliocene floras from west-central Nevada: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, v. 33, 321 p.


Summary:

Unit is named the Desert Peak formation. Age is early Clarendonian [early Pliocene] based on fossils [plants].

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Desert Peak Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Benoit, W.R., Hiner, J.E., and Forest, R.T., 1982, Discovery and geology of the Desert Peak Geothermal Field; a case history: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin, no. 97, 81 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:24,000)


Summary:

Desert Peak formation of Axelrod (1956) is revised to include two unnamed members. Age is early Pliocene.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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