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Santa Susana Formation

Santa Susana Formation

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The Santa Susana Formation is a Paleogene period geologic formation in the Simi Hills and western Santa Susana Mountains of southern California.[1][2][3]

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The formation consists largely of light-gray shale and some fine-grained shaly sandstone, with a lens of heavy conglomerates in the lower part.[1][4] Small beds of limestone are also present.[5] It is from 1,000–1,500 feet (300–460 m) thick.[1][4]

Fossil content

The Santa Susana Formation preserves fossils from the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene epochs in the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic Era.[4][6] Fossilized fauna in the Santa Susana Formation is entirely different from that of underlying Martinez Formation, and has very little in common with that of the overlying Meganos Formation.[1][3][7]

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References

  1. [1]
    USGS.gov: Geolex - Santa Susana Formation; accessed 8.15.2015
  2. [2]
    "A summary of work in progress on the Tertiary and Quaternary of western North America"; Clark, B.L.; Pan-Pacific [2nd] Science Congress Proceedings, Australia, v. 1, p. 874-879 (1924); accessed 8.15.2015.
  3. [3]
    "A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California"; Nelson, R. N.; University of California Publications in Geological Sciences v. 15, no. 11 (1925); [p. 397-466]; accessed 8.15.2015.
  4. [4]
    USGS.gov: "Preliminary geologic map of the Santa Susana quadrangle, Southern California"; R. F. Yerkes1 and R. H. Campbell; accessed 8.15.2015.
  5. [5]
    Campbell, R.H., Wills, C.J., Irvine, P.J., and Swanson, B.J., 2016. Preliminary geologic map of the Los Angeles 30' x 60' quadrangle, California.Version 2.1, California Geological Survey, Preliminary Geologic Maps PGM-13-06 https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-118.371,34.313&zoom=10
  6. [6]
    Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Checklist of California Tertiary marine Mollusca"; Keen, A.M., and Bentson, Herdis; Geological Society of America Special Paper, 56, 280 p. (1944); [Pg. 21 (fig. 4) shows age as [late] Paleocene through early Eocene]; accessed 8.15.2015.
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