Sweetwater Formation

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Sweetwater Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Type Formation
Location
Region California
Country United States

The Sweetwater Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils from the Late Eocene period. [1] It underlies the Otay Formation, which reserves fossils of the Oligocene to Miocene periods of the Cenozoic Era. [1]

It is located in the Peninsular Ranges province. [1] The formation is composed of the angular-conglomerate, gritstone, sandstone and mudstone facies. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Walsh, Stephen L.; Demere, Thomas A. (1991). "Age and Stratigraphy of the Sweetwater and Otay Formations, San Diego County, California": 131–148.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Scheidemann, Robert C. Jr.; Kuper, Herman T. (1979). "Stratigraphy and Lithofacies of the Sweetwater and Rosarito Beach Formations, Southwestern San Diego County, California and Northwestern Baja California, Mexico": 107–118.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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