Usage:
Cape Sebastian Sandstone (OR)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured at first headland north of cape (on line between secs. 25 and 36, T. 37 S. R. 15 W.), Gold Beach quadrangle, Curry Co., OR (Dott, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Oregon-Washington Coast Ranges province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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