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Geologic Unit: Catskin

Usage:

No current usage?
(†Catskin Formation (CA) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the CA Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Not stated. Area of report is Avenal Ridge-Reef Ridge area of southern Diablo Range, 200 mi southeast of San Francisco in Fresno and Kings Cos., CA (Tamesis [abs.], 1967).


AAPG geologic province:

San Joaquin basin


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 ([ ]).