One of the World’s First Reefs Can Be Found on Mountains in Nevada

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One of the World’s First Reefs Can Be Found on Mountains in Nevada

Jack Tamisiea, Hakai Magazine and Smithsonian Institute, December 20, 2021

 

Hidden on a Mountain in the Desert, Signs of the World’s First Reefs

Archaeocyaths were Earth’s original reef builders, and one of the

best places to see them is in the Nevada desert. by Jack Tamisiea,

Hakai Magazine, December 8, 2021

 

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The paper is:

 

Pruss, S.B., Slaymaker, M.L., Smith, E.F., Zhuravlev, A.Y. and Fike, 

D.A., 2021. Cambrian reefs in the lower Poleta Formation: a new 

occurrence of a thick archaeocyathan reef near Gold Point, Nevada, 

USA. Facies, 67(2), pp.1-13.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited January 9, 2022 by Oxytropidoceras
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