Geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, United States
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
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]
^National Park Service: "The FISH CREEK CANYON ICHNOFAUNA: a PLIOCENE (BLANCAN) Vertebrate Footprint Assemblage from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California"; by Paul Remeika.
^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.
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