Category:Green River Formation

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English: The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a series of intermontane lakes.
  • It is located in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah.
  • The formation is best known for its exceptional well preserved fossils which make it to one of the most important lagerstätte of the world.
  • Major oil shale deposits occur in the formation.
  • It is also the type locality for seven rare evaporite minerals.


Deutsch: Die Green-River-Formation ist eine eozäne Schichtfolge aus den Ablagerungen einer Abfolge intermontaner Seen. Die Formation ist vor allem für ihre außergewöhnlich gute Fossilerhaltung bekannt, die sie zu einer der bedeutendsten Fossillagerstätten der Welt macht. Darüberhinaus ist sie die Typlokalität für sieben seltene Evaporit-Minerale.


<nowiki>Formazione del Green River; グリーン・リバー層; Formation de la Green River; Formación Green River; 绿河组; 綠河組; Грін-Рівер (формація); Green River Formation; Formació de Green River; 绿河组; Green-River-Formation; Green River -kerrostuma; Green River Formation; Formación Green River; 綠河組; תצורת גרין ריוור; Rock formation; 地層; Formacion Green River; グリーンリバー層; グリーンリバー湖成層; 绿河组; 格林河组; 格林河地層</nowiki>
Green River Formation 
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  • Angelo Member
  • Anvil Points Member
  • Black Sulphur Tongue
  • Coughs Creek Tongue
  • Cow Ridge Member
  • Douglas Creek Member
  • Dry Fork Tongue
  • Evacuation Creek member
  • Farson Sandstone Member
  • Flagstaff Member
  • Fontenelle Tongue
  • Fossil Butte Member
  • Garden Gulch Member
  • Godiva Rim Member
  • Laney Member
  • Luman Tongue
  • Middle Fork Tongue
  • Parachute Creek Member
  • Soldier Summit Member
  • Stewart Gulch Tongue
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Wikidata Q741367
VIAF ID: 247778671
GND ID: 4303067-1
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