Gering Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
Type | Group |
Location | |
Region | Nebraska |
Country | United States |
The Gering Formation is a geologic group in Nebraska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.[1] The formation is made of layers of very fine-grained, volcaniclastic sandstone and thin, horizontally stratified pale-to-gray brown sandstone, as well as sand crystals and ash beds.[2]