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Geologic Unit: Devils Peak

Usage:

Devils Peak Member of /Santa Cruz Island Volcanics (CA*)

[Santa Cruz Island preempted.]


Geologic age:

Tertiary*


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

[Type locality]: exposures on south and east slopes of Devils Peak, north side of Santa Cruz Island fault, Santa Cruz Island, off southern coast of CA (Nolf and Nolf, 1969).


AAPG geologic province:

Santa Maria 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 ([ ]).