- Usage in publication:
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- Cold Creek Member*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Los Angeles basin
Summary:
Type locality in Cold Creek-Old Topanga Canyon area, SW/4 sec. 35, T1N R17W, Santa Monica Mountains, northeast corner Malibu Beach 7.5'quad, Los Angeles Co., CA. Consists of medium-grained, bedded, silty to pebbly, fossiliferous, marine sandstone which is 707 m thick. Conformably overlies the Fernwood Member (new) of the Topanga Canyon Formation of the Topanga Group; unconformably underlies the Conejo Volcanics of the Topanga Group, or locally, the Calabasas Formation (new) (Topanga Group). Age is middle Miocene (="Temblor" stage).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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