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Paleocene marine rocks, unit 2 (Northern California)

Sandstone, shale, and conglomerate; mostly well consolidated
StateCalifornia
NamePaleocene marine rocks, unit 2 (Northern California)
Geologic agePaleocene to late Eocene
Original map labelEp
CommentsNorthern Coast Ranges (Yager Terrane)
Primary rock typemudstone
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock typesconglomerate
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.
Strand, R.G., 1962, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Redding sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Jennings, C.W., and Strand, R.G., 1960, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Ukiah sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Fraticelli, L.A., Albers, J.P., Irwin, W.P., and Blake, M.C., Jr., 1987, Geologic map of the Redding 1 X 2 degree quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-257, scale 1:250,000.
McLaughlin, R.J., Ellen, S.D., Blake, M.C., Jr., Jayko, A.S., Irwin, W.P., Aalto, K.R., Carver, G.A., and Clarke, S.H., Jr., 2000, Geology of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and southwestern part of the Hayfork 30 x 60 minute quadrangles and adjacent offshore area, northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2336, 30 p., scale 1:100,000.
McLaughlin, R.J., Sliter, W.V., Frederiksen, N.O., Harbert, W.P., and McCulloch, D.S., 1994, Plate motions recorded in tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Franciscan Complex and evolution of the Menocino triple junction, northwestern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1997, 60 p.
Geographic coverageHumboldt - Mendocino

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