Upper Cretaceous marine rocks, unit 1 (Upper Great Valley Sequence) (CAKu1;0)

State	California
Name	Upper Cretaceous marine rocks, unit 1 (Upper Great Valley Sequence)
Geologic age	Late Cretaceous
Original map label	Ku
Comments	Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Range. Upper part of Great Valley Sequence. Thick, extensive sequences of shale, siltstone, sandstone, and conglomerate primarily of deep-marine (turbidite) facies
Primary rock type	sandstone
Secondary rock type	mudstone
Other rock types	conglomerate
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.
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Geographic coverage	Alameda - Butte - Calaveras - Colusa - Contra Costa - Fresno - Glenn - Kern - Kings - Lake - Los Angeles - Mendocino - Merced - Monterey - Napa - Orange - Riverside - San Benito - San Diego - San Francisco - San Joaquin - San Luis Obispo - San Mateo - Santa Barbara - Santa Clara - Santa Cruz - Shasta - Solano - Sonoma - Stanislaus - Sutter - Tehama - Ventura - Yolo