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- Alberhill clays
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- [Incidental mention]
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salton basin
Dudley, P.H., 1932, Geology of a portion of the Perris block, southern California [abs.]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, 30th annual meeting, Pasadena, CA, March 6-7, 1931, v. 43, no. 1, p. 223.
Summary:
Alberhill clays (Eocene). [All there is about it. Paper describes area between towns of Riverside and San Jacinto and Corona and Elsinore, Riverside County, southern California.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 25).
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- Alberhill clays
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- Areal extent
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- Clay
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salton basin
Summary:
Pg. 491, 505. Alberhill clays. The Eocene Alberhill clays have recently been described in detail by J.C. Sutherland (California State Div. Mines, State Min. Rpt., no. 31, California Jour. Mines and Geol., v. 31, no. 1, Jan. 1935). Alberhill clays occur on western margin of Perris-Elsinore area, Riverside County, California. Clays are often highly colored, in part marine (Martinez formation), in part lacustrine, brackish or fresh-water, and likely in part residual. [On map Dudley assigns Albherhill to Eocene (Martinez).]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 25); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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- Alberhill clays
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- Areal extent
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- Salton basin
Dudley, P.H., 1936, Physiographic history of a portion of the Perris block, southern California: Journal of Geology, v. 44, no. 3, p. 358-378.
Summary:
Pg. 361. Alberhill clays. Clays include marine, lacustrine, and residual facies. Shown on table as underlying San Jacinto sediments and overlying upper Jurassic(?) Cajalco quartz monzonite. Age is Eocene.
[Typographical error: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 40) lists GSA Bull., v. 47, no. 3. Should be Jour. Geol., v. 44, no. 3.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 40).
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- Alberhill clay
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- Age modified
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salton basin
Summary:
Glossary, p. 673, 676, 686. Alberhill clay of Dudley (1935) and Sutherland (1935) listed. Occurs in Riverside County, northern Peninsular Ranges, southern California. Unconformably overlies: Elsinore metamorphic series (citing Dudley, 1932 [abs.], 1935); Gavilan Peak gabbro (citing E.F. Osborn, 1939, GSA Bull., v. 50, no. 6, p. 921-950); and Val Verde tonalite (citing R.W. Wilson, 1937, Amer. Mineral., v. 22, no. 2, p. 122-132; Osborn, 1939). Considered in part correlative of Martinez (Paleocene) in age. Age is considered Paleocene.
Source: Publication; GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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