Usage:
Alegria Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: ridge east of Canada de Santa Anita, Santa Barbara Co., south-central CA. Formation is developed only on south flank of Santa Ynez Range between a point 4 mi north of Point Conception and Capitan Canyon (Dibblee, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
Santa Maria basin
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