Earth:Turlock Lake Formation

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Short description: Early Pleistocene geologic formation in California, United States
Turlock Lake Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesRiverbank Formation
OverliesMehrten Formation, North Merced Pediment and Gravels
Lithology
PrimaryGranitic sand over stratified silt
Location
RegionSacramento County, California
CountryUnited States

The Turlock Lake Formation is an Early Pleistocene geologic formation in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Sacramento County, California. Cities in/over the formation's area include Citrus Heights, Carmichael, and Roseville.[1]

The Turlock Lake Formation is a fan deposit of dominantly granitic alluvium covering the westward extension of the North Merced Pediment and Gravels formation, and directly overlying the Mehrten Formation.[2]

It preserves Early Pleistocene Quaternary period fossils.

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
  • Paleontology in California

References

  1. California Geological Survey: Geologic Map of the Sacramento Quadrangle
  2. California Division of Mines and Geology.ca..gov: "The GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, and SOILS of the SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY in the VICINITY of the MERCED RIVER, CALIFORNIA.", by RODNEY J. ARKLEY Lecturer and Specialist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley, California.