San Joaquin Formation Explained
The San Joaquin Formation is a Pliocene epoch geologic formation in the lower half of the San Joaquin Valley in central California.[1]
Geology
With the underlying Etchegoin Formation, it is associated with the numerous oil fields in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley.[1] It is overlaid by the Tulare Formation.[1]
It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period of the Cenozoic Era.[2]
See also
References
- Bartow, J.A., 1991, The Cenozoic evolution of the San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1501, 40 p.
- Goudkoff, P.P., 1943, Correlation of oil field formations on west side of San Joaquin Valley, in Jenkins, O.P., ed., Geologic formations and economic development of the oil and gas fields of California: San Francisco, Calif., State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines Bulletin No. 118, p. 247-252.
Notes and References
- http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1713/22/pp1713_ch22.pdf USGS.gov: "Neogene Gas Total Petroleum System—Neogene Nonassociated Gas Assessment Unit of the San Joaquin Basin Province"
- Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.
