Usage:
Buttonbed Sandstone Member of Temblor Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In Carneros Creek, in sec. 32, T. 28 S., R. 20 E., Temblor Range, Kern Co., southern CA. Named from exposures at Buttonbed Hill, Temblor Range, Kern Co., southern CA (Dibblee, 1973).
Reference section: exposures in Zemorra Creek, in sec. 9, T. 29 S., R. 20 E., Kern Co., southern CA (Dibblee, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province*
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 ( ).
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