Usage:
Drakes Bay Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, late
Pliocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Drakes Bay sea cliff extending from Drakes Estero [southwest about 6 km] to granitic outcrop at east end of Point Reyes ridge, Marin Co., CA (Galloway, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province
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