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Geologic Unit: Forbes

Usage:

Forbes Formation (CA)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Type locality: on crest and east flank of Rumsey Hills [western foothill belt of Sacramento Valley, east and north of Rumsey], in T. 12 and 13 N., R. 3 W., Yolo [and Colusa Cos.], northern CA. [Origin of name not stated] (Kirby, 1943).


AAPG geologic province:

Sacramento basin


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