Imperial Formation
| Imperial Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: 1.) Canada: Devonian of Paleozoic Era. 2.) California: Pliocene of Cenozoic Era. | |
| Type | Two separate geologic formations |
| Underlies | Palm Spring Formation (California) |
| Overlies | Ocotillo Formation (California) |
| Location | |
| Region | 1.) Northwest Territories, Canada 2.) Colorado Desert, Imperial County, California, United States |
The Imperial Formation is the name of two distinct and unrelated geologic formations in North America, of different geologic Eras.
Separate formations
[edit]Canadian Paleozoic Era formation
[edit]The older Imperial Formation occurs in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period of the Paleozoic Era.[1]
Californian Cenozoic Era formation
[edit]The younger Imperial Formation occurs in the Colorado Desert, in Imperial County of Southern California. It dates to the Zanclean−Lower Pliocene stage of the Pliocene Epoch, during the Neogene Period of the Cenozoic Era.
It underlies the Palm Spring Formation, and overlies the Ocotillo Formation.[2]
See also
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- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Northwest Territories
- Pliocene California
References
[edit]- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.; Paleozoic Era Canada.
- ^ San Diego State University.edu: "Environments of deposition, Pliocene Imperial Formation, Southeast Coyote Mountains, Imperial County, California"; Bell, Patricia J.; 1980.
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- Devonian Northwest Territories
- Pliocene California
- Zanclean
- Colorado Desert
- Geology of Imperial County, California
- Pliocene Series of North America
- Geologic formations of California
- Geologic formations of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic southern paleotemperate deposits
- Devonian northern paleotropical deposits
- Devonian southern paleotropical deposits
- Carboniferous southern paleotemperate deposits
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