Nevada Group (abandoned) | |
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Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
Type | Group |
Location | |
Region | Nevada |
Country | United States |
The Nevada Group is an abandoned term for a geologic group in Nevada. The group, reflected a collection of rocks then thought to preserve fossils dating back to the Devonian period. [1]
The term was abandoned as a geologic unit because it is "a collection of distinctive rock units deposited in variety of depositional environments." [2]
Nevada Group (abandoned) | |
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Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
Type | Group |
Location | |
Region | Nevada |
Country | United States |
The Nevada Group is an abandoned term for a geologic group in Nevada. The group, reflected a collection of rocks then thought to preserve fossils dating back to the Devonian period. [1]
The term was abandoned as a geologic unit because it is "a collection of distinctive rock units deposited in variety of depositional environments." [2]