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Dakota
Dakota may refer to: * Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to: Places United States * Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, a city * Dakota, Wisconsin, a town ** Dakota (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Dakota City, Iowa * Dakota City, Nebraska * Dakota County, Minnesota * Dakota County, Nebraska ** Dakota Formation, a North American geologic unit named for the county * The Dakotas, a collective term for the states of North and South Dakota * Dakota Territory (1861–1889) * Department of Dakota (1866–1911), an administrative district of the U.S. Army Elsewhere * Dacota, also spelt Dakota, a town in Aruba People * Dakota (given name) * Dakota (singer), a British singer * Dakota, a pseudonym of German trance music DJ and producer Markus Schulz Arts and entertainment * Dakota North (comics), Marvel Comics character * ''Dakota'' (1988 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Formation
The Dakota is a sedimentary rock, sedimentary geologic unit name of Formation (stratigraphy), formation and Group (stratigraphy), group rank in Midwestern North America. The Dakota units are generally composed of sandstones, mudstones, clays, and shales deposited in the Mid-Cretaceous opening of the Western Interior Seaway.Monroe, James S. and Wicander, Reed (1997) ''The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution'' (2nd edition) Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California, page 610, The usage of the name Dakota for this particular Albian-Cenomanian strata is exceptionally widespread; from British Columbia and Alberta to Montana and Wisconsin to Colorado and Kansas to Utah and Arizona. It is famous for producing massive colorful rock formations in the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains of the United States, and for preserving both Fossil track, dinosaur footprints and early deciduous tree leaves. Owing to extensive weathering of older rocks during the Jurassic and Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
