Usage:
Berry Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in upper Reliz Canyon, on west side of Salinas Valley, in SE/4 sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 6 E., [Reliz Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, Los Padres National Forest], Monterey Co., western central CA. Named from typical exposures near Berry Ranch [shown in SW/4 NW/4 sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 6 E., approx. Lat. 36 deg. 09 min. 43 sec. N., Long. 121 deg. 17 min. 34 sec. W., Junipero Serra 15-min quadrangle (1930 and previous ed.).] (Thorup, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Coastal basins*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).