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Geologic Unit: Moonlight

Usage:

Moonlight Formation (CA)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Moonlight Valley which runs along south limb of Devil's Den syncline, just north of Avenal Ridge, northeastern Kern Co., southern CA (Marsh 1956 [abs.], 1960).


AAPG geologic province:

San Joaquin basin


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