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Geologic Unit: Apple Canyon

Usage:

Apple Canyon Sandstone Member of Ridge Route Formation of Ridge Basin Group (CA)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Miocene, late
Hemphillian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: exposure on northeast side of U.S. Interstate Highway I-5, beginning at its intersection with Hungry Valley Road, about 8 km south of Gorman, Los Angeles Co., CA (Link, 1982).


AAPG geologic province:

Los Angeles basin


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