Windrow Formation Explained

Windrow Formation should not be confused with windrow.

Windrow Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Cretaceous
Region:	Minnesota
Country:	United States

The Windrow Formation is a geologic formation in Minnesota named after Windrow Bluff on Fort McCoy, Monroe County, Wisconsin.^{[1] [2]} It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.^[3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Minnesota
• Paleontology in Minnesota

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database . ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)) . 17 December 2021 . Macquarie University.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cretaceous "Windrow" Formation . Steven . Dutch . University of Wisconsin . 14 January 2020.
2. Thwaites . Fredrik T. . Twenhofel . William H. . William Henry Twenhofel . 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 . 10.1130/GSAB-32-293 . 1921GSAB...32..293T . subscription.
3. Windrow Formation of Upper Mississippi Valley Region a Sedimentary and Stratigraphic Study . George W. . Andrews . The Journal of Geology . 66 . 6 . November 1958 . 597–624 . University of Chicago Press . 10.1086/626544 . 30056852. 1958JG.....66..597A . 129618662 .