Great Valley Group

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Great Valley Group
Stratigraphic range: Jurassic
Type Group
Location
Region California
Country United States

The Great Valley Group is a proposed and widely-accepted renaming of the Great Valley Sequence, [1] [2] a geologic group in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

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References

  1. Ingersoll, R.V. (1981). Great Valley Group (Sequence), Sacramento Valley, California. Pacific Section SEPM.
  2. Surpless, Kathleen D. (11 June 2015). "Geochemistry of the Great Valley Group: an integrated provenance record". International Geology Review. 57 (5–8): 747–766. doi:10.1080/00206814.2014.923347. S2CID   129247058.