In the southern Fish Creek Range, Nye County Nevada,
Devonian rocks are found overlying younger rocks. These
Devonian units are allochthonous blocks that slid by
gravity into their present positions.
The allochthonous blocks represent several different
provenances commonly found to the west and northwest of the
area. The blocks include...
Early Paleozoic limestones and dolomites of the shallow shelf
transitional facies belt were mapped in the southern Sulphur Spring
Range, Eureka County, Nevada. The four youngest units in the map area
are in fault contact with the Lower Devonian rocks and were probably
transported westward, along a low-angle normal fault....
Archaeological investigations at the Cooper's Ferry site in Western Idaho have recovered cultural remains dating to 16,000 years ago, suggesting the oldest human occupation recorded in North America. However, many archaeologists have argued the initial peopling of North America occurred no earlier than the opening of an ice-free corridor between...