Usage:
Walker Lake Bed of Salt Wells Member of /Mono Basin Formation (NV)
[Mono Basin Formation preempted by Mono Basin Glaciation of Sharp and Birman (1963) in CA.]
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Holocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 180 to 182 cm, "Core E", at the south end of Walker Lake, Mineral Co., NV (Davis, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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