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Geologic Unit: Conejo

Usage:

Conejo Volcanics of Topanga Group (CA*)
Conejo Volcanics (CA)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in CA*: Malibu Bowl Tongue, Ramera Canyon Tongue, Solstice Canyon Tongue.


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (middle Miocene)*


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

Named from "Conejo Mountains", western Santa Monica Mountains, CA (Taliaferro, 1924).


AAPG geologic province:

Los Angeles basin*
Ventura 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 ([ ]).