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Geologic Unit: Encinal

Usage:

Encinal Member of Topanga Canyon Formation of Topanga Group (CA*-recognized locally west of Trancas Canyon)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Miocene, middle*


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

Exposures on Encinal Canyon Road, in secs. 21 and 28, T. 1 S., R. 19 W., lower Encinal Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, Point Dume quadrangle, Los Angeles Co., CA (Yerkes and Campbell, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Los Angeles 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 ([ ]).