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Zabriskie Quartzite : ウィキペディア英語版 | Zabriskie Quartzite
The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada.〔(NPS.gov: Geologic Formations in Death Valley National Park )〕〔(GSA Bulletin: "Depositional and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite: Implications for regional correlations and the Early Cambrian paleogeography of the Death Valley region of California and Nevada" ); by Anthony R. Prave.〕 It is named for its occurrence at Zabriskie Point, located on the eastern slopes of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park.〔 ==Geology== The lower unit is defined by the Resting Springs Member, the upper unit by the Emigrant Pass Member.〔 It overlies the Wood Canyon Formation, and underlies the Carrara Formation.〔( Springer.com: "Tidal Deposits in the Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian), Eastern California and Western Nevada" ); John J. Barnes, George deVries Klein.〕 The Quartzite is mostly massive arid granulated due to shearing, in beds thick within the park,〔 and up to elsewhere.〔
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