Usage:
Delmar Formation of La Jolla Group (CA*)
Geologic age:
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from excellent exposures in sea cliff at town of Delmar, San Diego Co., southern CA (Hanna, 1926).
Type section: short canyon 2 km south of Del Mar Railway Station, Del Mar 7.5-min quadrangle, San Diego Co., CA (Kennedy and Moore, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Capistrano basin*
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