Usage:
Puente Formation (CA*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in CA*: Soquel Member.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (late Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from occurrence in Puente Hills, [in southern part of Los Angeles Co.], and Los Angeles district, south-central CA (Eldridge and Arnold, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Los Angeles basin*
Mojave basin*
Salton basin*
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 ([ ]).