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Geologic Unit: The Rocks

Usage:

The Rocks Sandstone Member of Reliz Canyon Formation (CA*)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Eocene, early*
Eocene, middle*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Upper Reliz Canyon, in sec. 27, T. 20 S., R. 6 E., Junipero Serra 15-min quadrangle, Monterey Co., CA (Thorup, 1943).


AAPG geologic province:

California Coast Ranges province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).