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Geologic Unit: Ocotillo

Usage:

Ocotillo Formation (CA)
Ocotillo Conglomerate (CA)


Geologic age:

Pleistocene


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

Type section: in northern part of Borrego Badlands northeast of Borrego, Imperial Co., southern CA. Named from exposures near Ocotillo, [Imperial Co., southern CA] (Dibblee, 1954).


AAPG geologic province:

Salton basin


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

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