Usage:
Moreno Formation (CA*)
Moreno Shale (CA*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in CA: Dos Palos Shale Member, Dosados Member or /Dosados Sandstone and Shale Member, Marca Shale Member*, Tierra Loma Shale Member.
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous to Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically exposed in Moreno Gulch on the east flank of the Panoche Hills, Fresno Co., CA. Moreno Gulch is 8 mi northwest of Panoche Creek (Anderson and Pack, 1915).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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