Ocotillo Formation
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| Ocotillo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pliocene | |
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Underlies | Palm Spring Formation |
| Overlies | Brawley Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Colorado Desert, California |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ocotillo, California |
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The Ocotillo Formation is a Pliocene fluvial-alluvial fan geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California.[1]
It occurs in western Imperial County and eastern San Diego County.[2]
Geology
The formation overlies the Brawley Formation and the Palm Spring Formation. In the Mecca Hills, it is younger than 765,000 years.
Fossils
It preserves fossils and petrified wood, from the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period, within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.[1][3]
See also
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References
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- ^ a b National Park Service: "The FISH CREEK CANYON ICHNOFAUNA: a PLIOCENE (BLANCAN) Vertebrate Footprint Assemblage from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California"; by Paul Remeika.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kirby, S. M.; Janecke, S. U.; Dorsey, R. J.; Housen, B. A.; Langenheim, V. E.; McDougall, K. A.; Steely, A. N. (January 2007). "Pleistocene Brawley and Ocotillo Formations: Evidence for Initial Strike-Slip Deformation along the San Felipe and San Jacinto Fault Zones, Southern California". The Journal of Geology. 115 (1): 43–62. Bibcode:2007JG....115...43K. doi:10.1086/509248. JSTOR 509248. S2CID 128487198.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weber, F. Harold (1963). Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology. p. 33.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hoetker, Geoffrey M.; Gobalet, Kenneth W. (2 August 1999). "Fossil Razorback Sucker (Pisces: Catostomidae, Xyrauchen texanus) from SoutheasternCalifornia". Copeia. 1999 (3): 755–759. doi:10.2307/1447609. JSTOR 1447609.
