| 词条 | Santa Clara Formation |
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| name = Santa Clara Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geologic formation | period = Pleistocene | age = Plio-Pleistocene | prilithology = Gravel, sandstone, siltstone | otherlithology = | namedfor = Santa Clara County | namedby = | region = Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara County, California | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The Santa Clara Formation is a geologic formation in the southeastern Santa Cruz Mountains, in Santa Clara County, California. GeologyIt was formed during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Ages of the Neogene Period, during the Cenozoic Era. It is composed of fluvial boulder to pebble gravel, sandstone, and siltstone locally including thin bedded lacustrine mudstone. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also{{Portal|Neogene|California}}
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11 : Geologic formations of California|Neogene California|Pliocene California|Pleistocene California|Sandstone formations of the United States|Siltstone formations|Fluvial deposits|Lacustrine deposits|Paleontology in California|Geology of Santa Clara County, California|Santa Cruz Mountains |
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