Usage:
Dripping Springs Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Not stated.] Occurs in Elsinore fault zone in western Riverside and northern San Diego Cos., southern CA. Well exposed in Dripping Springs alcove, Riverside Co., CA, especially in roadcuts along Highway 71 (Mann, 1955).
AAPG geologic province:
Salton basin
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