Abstract
The Carrara Formation is a heterogeneous sequence of quartzites, siltstones, shales, limestones, dolostones, and mixed terrigenous-carbonate rocks. It is Early and Middle Cambrian in age (Stewart, 1970; Palmer, 1971). Figure 32-1 illustrates the general distribution of Carrara lithologies along a transect approximately normal to depositional strike (Fig. 32-2). The formation contains three “grand cycles” (Aitken, 1966; Palmer, 1971), which terminate at the top of massive limestone members. A fourth cycle begins with the uppermost shale of section 9 and is not illustrated in sections 3 through 8. This fourth cycle grades into the overlying Bonanza King Formation.
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Halley, R.B. (1975). Peritidal Lithologies of Cambrian Carbonate Islands, Carrara Formation, Southern Great Basin. In: Ginsburg, R.N. (eds) Tidal Deposits. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88494-8_32
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