Abstract
LIMESTONE lenses occur within a thick sequence of Eocene volcanic rocks (known as the Crescent or Metehosin Formation) that border the northern, eastern and southern sides of the Olympic Peninsula in north-western Washington State. These carbonate rocks have previously been thought to have a largely inorganic origin1, but electron microscopy, which I report here, indicates the presence of abundant nannofossils and suggests a different origin.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to the full article PDF.
USD 39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Park, jun., C. F., Amer. J. Sci., 244, 305 (1946).
Kania, J. E. A., Amer. J. Sci., 18, 347 (1929).
Kamptner, E., Archiv. Protistenkunde, 38, 173 (1927).
Honjo, S., and Fischer, A. G., in Handbook of Paleontological Techniques (edit. by Kummel, B., and Raup, D.) (W. H. Freeman and Co., 1965).
Fischer, A. G., Honjo, S., and Garrison, R. E., Electron Micrographs of Limestones and Their Nannofossils (Princeton Univ. Press, 1967).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
GARRISON, R. Nannofossils in Eocene Eugeosynclinal Limestones, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Nature 215, 1366–1367 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151366b0
Received:
Revised:
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2151366b0
