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Stratigraphy, conodont dating, and paleotectonic interpretation of the type Milligen Formation (Devonian), Wood River area, Idaho Stratigraphy, conodont dating, and paleotectonic interpretation of the type Milligen Formation (Devonian), Wood River area, Idaho

The Milligen Formation at and near its type locality in the Wood River area is considerably older than and unrelated to rocks of Early Mississippian age called Milligen Formation in the Lost River Range and other ranges of east-central Idaho. Conodont faunas were found in limestones of a thin upper member of the sparsely fossiliferous marine Milligen Formation in its principal reference...
Authors
Charles Sandberg, Wayne E. Hall, John N. Batchelder, Claus Axelsen

Silurian and Devonian miogeosynclinal and transitional rocks of the Fish Creek Reservoir window, central Idaho Silurian and Devonian miogeosynclinal and transitional rocks of the Fish Creek Reservoir window, central Idaho

Documentation of Devonian continental-shelf shallow-water carbonate rocks in the core of the Fish Creek Reservoir window shifts the known westernmost limit of the Devonian miogeosyncline 50 km (30 mi) southwest across the structural grain from the well-known miogeosynclinal sequence in the Lost River Range. The miogeosynclinal carbonate sequence in the window has a minimum thickness of...
Authors
Betty A. Skipp, Charles Sandberg

Glacial marine sediments in the precambrian Gowganda formation at Whitefish Falls, Ontario (Canada) Glacial marine sediments in the precambrian Gowganda formation at Whitefish Falls, Ontario (Canada)

Study of a well-exposed section of the Gowganda Formation at Whitefish Falls, Ontario, suggests criteria for the recognition of glacial marine sediments. Thickness of hundreds of feet, lateral continuity, faint internal stratification, sorted lenses of sandstone and conglomerate, and dropstones characterize much of the tillite. Thickness of hundreds of feet, lateral continuity, and...
Authors
D. A. Lindsey

North American Devonian conodont biostratigraphy North American Devonian conodont biostratigraphy

The Lower Devonian of Nevada provides a reference sequence of nine conodont faunas, five of which are also at Royal Creek, Yukon Territory. The first appearance of Icriodus woschmidti is comparable to that in the lower Gedinnian in Europe; the Polygnathus dehiscens- P. foveolatus lineage correlates with the Emsian. Directly associated graptolite and brachiopod zones in Nevada date the...
Authors
G Klapper, Charles Sandberg, C Collinson, J. W. Huddle, R.W. Orr, L.V. Richard, D Schumacher, G Seddon, T.T. Uyeno

Glacial sedimentology of the Precambrian Gowganda Formation, Ontario, Canada Glacial sedimentology of the Precambrian Gowganda Formation, Ontario, Canada

The Gowganda Formation is part of the thick Huronián sequence of Precambrian sedimentary rocks that crop out in central Ontario from Lake Superior to Quebec. Although it has long been considered to be glacial, recent work on submarine slump and turbidite deposits has reopened the question of its origin. This study was made to determine its origin and paleogeography. Till-like...
Authors
David A. Lindsey

Sediment transport in a Precambrian ice age: The Huronian Gowganda Formation Sediment transport in a Precambrian ice age: The Huronian Gowganda Formation

The Gowganda Formation of Ontario consists of conglomerates, quartzites, and argillites deposited in a glacial environment. The distribution of varved argillites and silty limestones suggests continental and marine facies, respectively. Pebble and ripple-drift orientations, distribution of limestones, striated pavements, distribution of the underlying Bruce Group, and Huronian quartzite
Authors
David A. Lindsey
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