- Usage in publication:
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- Falor formation
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- Clay
- Silt
- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Eel River basin
Summary:
Pg. 7, 14 (fig. 2), 22-25, pls. 1, 2. Falor formation. Poorly consolidated marine sandstones, clays, silts, and conglomerates. Thickness 750 to 2,000 feet; upper 200 feet are red beds. In fault contact with Franciscan. Beds strike approximately N. 40 deg. W., and dip homoclinally about 20 deg. NE. Name replaces term Boulder formation as used by authors in unpublished theses.
Type locality: along Maple Creek near Falor Ranch, Blue Lake quadrangle, Humboldt Co., northwestern CA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1319).
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