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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dip Creek formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Coastal basins
Publication:

Taliaferro, N.L., 1944, Cretaceous and Paleocene of Santa Lucia Range, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 28, no. 4, p. 449-521. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 450, 512-517. Dip Creek formation. Name proposed for Paleocene beds in central and south Santa Lucia Range. Consists of coarse cobble and boulder conglomerates and coarse to fine-grained arkose sandstones, commonly filled with carbonized plant remains. Thickness about 1,320 feet. Unconformably underlies pre-Vaqueros landlaid redbeds and marine Vaqueros sandstones; overlies Asuncion formation [group]. Age is Paleocene.
Type locality: in west part of sec. 30, T. 25 S., R. 10 E., Adelaida quadrangle, Santa Lucia Range, west-central CA.

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