Usage:
Taliaferro Metamorphic Complex (CA)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic and Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Bear Creek, between 1,256 and 1,548 m elevation, Buck Rock quadrangle, Mendocino Co., CA. Named from Taliaferro Ridge, which runs from Leech Lake Mountain northeast to Middle Fork of Eel River (Suppe and Armstrong, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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