Paleontology and Fossils on the Nellis Air Force Base Military Training Lands

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Robert Dickerson

Year: 2013

Summary

A systematic analysis of the dry lake systems on the Nevada Test and Training Range, managed by Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada was completed in 2010 by Robert Dickerson. Nellis Air Force Base invited Dickerson to conduct an analysis of fossil types. The library and field survey methods and the results of the investigation are described in this document. The kinds of fossils in the formations on the Nevada Test and Training Range are associated with a deep variety of invertebrate fossils. The distribution is heterogeneous, with some beds containing abundant fossils and adjacent beds containing very few fossils

Cite this Record

Paleontology and Fossils on the Nellis Air Force Base Military Training Lands. Robert Dickerson. Broomfield, Colorado: The S.M. Stoller Corporation. 2013 ( tDAR id: 456462) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456462

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Keywords

Material
Fossil • Mineral

Investigation Types
Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Clark (County) • Desert Ranch QUAD • Groom Range • Kawich Range • Las Vegas, Nevada • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nye (County) • Pintwater Range • Three Lakes Valley • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

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