Santa Susana Formation

Santa Susana Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene
TypeFormation
UnderliesMeganos Formation
OverliesMartinez Formation
Thickness1,000–1,500 ft (300–460 m)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
OtherSandstone, conglomerate
Location
RegionLos Angeles County and Ventura County, California
Country United States
ExtentSimi Hills, Santa Susana Mountains
Type section
Named forSanta Susana, California

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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d USGS.gov: Geolex - Santa Susana Formation; accessed 8.15.2015
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c USGS.gov: "Preliminary geologic map of the Santa Susana quadrangle, Southern California"; R. F. Yerkes1 and R. H. Campbell; accessed 8.15.2015.
  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. ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  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.