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| State | California |
|---|---|
| Name | Upper Cretaceous marine rocks (?) |
| Geologic age | Cretaceous |
| Original map label | Ku? |
| Comments | Small area composed primarily of conglomerate in northern part of San Francisco Bay area. Considered Cretaceous in age by Blake and others (2000) |
| Primary rock type | conglomerate |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | basalt |
| Lithologic constituents | |
| Map references | Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000. |
| Unit references | Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000. Jennings, C.W., 1985, An explanatory text to accompany the 1:750,000 scale fault and geologic maps of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 201, 197 p. Koenig, J.B., 1963, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Santa Rosa sheet, scale 1:250,000. Blake, M.C., Jr., Graymer, R.W., and Jones, D.L., 2000, Geologic map and map database of parts of Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 2337, 29 p., scale 1:75,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Marin |
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