Alamosa Formation Explained

Alamosa Formation
Type:Formation
Period:Pleistocene
Region:Colorado
Country:United States

The Alamosa Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado.[1] It preserves fossils. The formation was deposited by Lake Alamosa, a paleolake that existed from the Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.
  2. Book: Machette . Michael N. . Marchetti . David W. . Thompson . Ren A. . Rocky Mountain Section Friends of the Pleistocene Guidebook . Reston, Virginia . U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey . 2007 . 157–167 . Chapter G: Ancient Lake Alamosa and the Pliocene to middle Pleistocene evolution of the Rio Grande . Open-file report ; 2007-1193.

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