Usage:
Lindavista Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named by Hanna (1926) after Lindavista railroad junction (Lat. 32 deg. 53 min. N., Long. 117 deg. 11 min. W.) La Jolla 15-min quadrangle, San Diego Co., CA (Moore, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Peninsular Ranges province*
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 ([ ]).