| 词条 | Zabriskie Quartzite |
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| name = Zabriskie Quartzite | image = | caption = | type = Geologic formation | age = Cambrian | period = Cambrian | prilithology = Quartzite | otherlithology = | namedfor =Zabriskie Point | namedby = | region = Inyo County, California, Nye County, Nevada | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies =Carrara Formation | overlies = Wood Canyon Formation | thickness = {{convert|0|-|300|m|ft}} | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada.[1][2] It is named for its occurrence at Zabriskie Point, located on the eastern slopes of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park.[1] GeologyThe lower unit is defined by the Resting Springs Member, the upper unit by the Emigrant Pass Member.[2] It overlies the Wood Canyon Formation, and underlies the Carrara Formation.[3] The Quartzite is mostly massive arid granulated due to shearing, in beds {{convert|0.5|-|2|ft|cm}} thick within the park,[1] and up to {{convert|984|ft|m}} elsewhere.[3] FossilsIt preserves fossils dating back to the Lower Cambrian period of the Paleozoic Era.[4] See also{{Portal|Cambrian|California|Paleontology}}
References1. ^1 2 NPS.gov: Geologic Formations in Death Valley National Park {{California-geologic-formation-stub}}{{Cambrian-stub}}2. ^1 GSA Bulletin: "Depositional and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite: Implications for regional correlations and the Early Cambrian paleogeography of the Death Valley region of California and Nevada"; by Anthony R. Prave. 3. ^1 [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-88494-8_19 Springer.com: "Tidal Deposits in the Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian), Eastern California and Western Nevada"]; John J. Barnes, George deVries Klein. 4. ^{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database|url= http://www.fossilworks.org/|accessdate= 8 July 2014}} 9 : Cambrian California|Cambrian geology of Nevada|Geology of Inyo County, California|Natural history of the Mojave Desert|Death Valley National Park|Quartzite formations|Cambrian System of North America|Geologic formations of California|Geologic formations of Nevada |
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