Windrow Formation

Last updated
Windrow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type Formation
Location
Region Minnesota
Country United States

The Windrow Formation is a geologic formation in Minnesota named after Windrow Bluff on Fort McCoy, Monroe County, Wisconsin. [1] [2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dutch, Steven (14 January 2020). "Cretaceous "Windrow" Formation". University of Wisconsin.
  2. ↑ Thwaites, Fredrik T.; Twenhofel, William H. (1921). "Windrow Formation: an upland gravel formation of the Driftless and adjacent areas of the Upper Mississippi Valley" . Geological Society of America Bulletin. 32 (2): 293–314. Bibcode:1921GSAB...32..293T. doi:10.1130/GSAB-32-293.
  3. ↑ Andrews, George W. (November 1958). "Windrow Formation of Upper Mississippi Valley Region a Sedimentary and Stratigraphic Study". The Journal of Geology. 66 (6). University of Chicago Press: 597–624. Bibcode:1958JG.....66..597A. doi:10.1086/626544. JSTOR   30056852. S2CID   129618662.


White cliffs, blue sky.jpg

This article related to the Cretaceous period is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.