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Windrow Formation

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

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Windrow Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
TypeFormation
Location
RegionMinnesota
CountryUnited States

The Windrow Formation is a geologic formation in Minnesota named after Windrow Bluff on Fort McCoy, Monroe County, Wisconsin.12 It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.3

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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.