Usage:
Dip Creek Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous to Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In west part of sec. 30, T. 25 S., R. 10 E., Adelaida quadrangle, Santa Lucia Range, west-central CA (Taliaferro, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Coastal basins
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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