Mission Valley Formation
Mission Valley Formation Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
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Type | Geologic formation |
Underlies | Pomerado Conglomerate |
Overlies | Stadium Conglomerate |
Thickness | 0–60 metres (0–197 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | sandstone |
Location | |
Region | San Diego County, California |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Mission Valley, San Diego |
The Mission Valley Formation is a marine sandstone geologic formation in the Mission Valley region of southwestern San Diego County in Southern California.[1][2]
Geology
The formation's sandstone characteristics are: soft and friable, light olive gray, fine to medium grained, and composed mostly of quartz and potassium feldspar.[1] The Mission Valley Formation thins from the west to the east, with a maximum thickness of 0–60 metres (0–197 ft).[1]
It overlies the Stadium Conglomerate formation, and underlies the Pomerado Conglomerate formation.[1]
Fossils
It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic Era.[3] The formation's rocks can contain a molluscan fauna in the western and central exposures and a land-mammal fauna in the eastern exposures.[1]
See also
- Geology of San Diego County, California
- Paleogene Period in California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- Paleontology in California
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Archive.org: "Geology of the San Diego metropolitan area, California"
- ↑ Geiconsultants.com: Geologic Formations of Western San Diego County, by Jeffrey D. Brown, R.G., C.E.G. − circa 1996.
- ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Paleogene Period | ||
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Paleocene Epoch | Eocene Epoch | Oligocene Epoch |
Danian | Selandian Thanetian |
Ypresian | Lutetian Bartonian |Priabonian |
Rupelian | Chattian |