Usage:
Graciosa Member of Careaga Sandstone (CA*)
Graciosa Member of Careaga Sand (CA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type region [area]: along north slope of Purisima Hills, south of Careaga Station on the Pacific Coast RR (now abandoned), Santa Maria district, Santa Barabara Co., CA (Woodring and others, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Santa Maria basin*
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