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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dyer Canyon Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Mudstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Speed, R.C., 1978, Basinal terrane of the early Mesozoic marine province of the western Great Basin, IN Howell, D.G., and McDougall, K.A., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States; Pacific Coast paleogeography symposium II: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium, Sacramento, CA, April 29, 1978, 2, p. 237-252.


Summary:

Named for Dyer Canyon. Composite type section: Clan Alpine Mountains, 39 deg 45'N, 117 deg 45'W, Churchill Co., NV. Consists of quartzose, detrital mica-rich sandstone with minor pelitic mudstone and laminate. Is 1,200 m thick. Overlies Byers Canyon Formation (new); underlies Bernice Formation, all in Clan Alpine sequence. Is Triassic age.

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


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