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Geologic Unit: Moreno Grande

Usage:

Moreno Grande Formation (CA)


Subunits:

Brown Mountain Sandstone Member (CA).


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Not stated. Occurs in Tesla quadrangle which comprises about 240 sq mi in parts of Alameda and San Joaquin Cos., west-central CA (Taliaferro, 1944; Huey, 1948).


AAPG geologic province:

Sacramento basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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