Earth:Claremont Shale
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| Claremont Shale Stratigraphic range: Miocene epoch , Neogene Period | |
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| Type | Geologic formation |
| Unit of | Monterey Formation Group |
| Underlies | Oursan Sandstone |
| Overlies | Sobrante Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Berkeley Hills Alameda County California |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Claremont Canyon |
The Claremont Shale is a Miocene epoch geologic formation in the Berkeley Hills of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California .[1]
It is found within the Claremont Canyon area of the Berkeley Hills in Alameda County and Contra Costa County.[1]
The Claremont Shale formation preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period.[2]
See also
- Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
- Claremont, Oakland/Berkeley, California
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
- Paleontology in California
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USGS.gov: "Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Rocks Berkeley and San Leandro Hills, California", by J. E. Case, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1251-J, 1968.
- ↑ ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.
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