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  • Usage in publication:
    • Santa Barbara formation
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Los Angeles basin
Publication:

Grant, U.S., IV, and Gale, H.R., 1931, Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions: San Diego Society of Natural History Memoirs, v. 1, 1036 p.


Summary:

Pg. 35. Type locality of Santa Barbara formation is at Packard's Hill, Santa Barbara, California.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1921-1922).


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

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