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词条 Claremont Shale
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| type = Geologic formation
| age = Miocene epoch ,
Neogene Period
| period = Miocene
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| namedfor = Claremont Canyon
| namedby =
| region = Berkeley Hills
Alameda County

California
| country = United States
| coordinates =
| unitof = Monterey Formation Group
| subunits =
| underlies = Oursan Sandstone
| overlies = Sobrante Sandstone
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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

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  • Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
  • Claremont, Oakland/Berkeley, California
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
  • Paleontology in California

References

1. ^[https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1251j/report.pdf USGS.gov: "Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Rocks Berkeley and San Leandro Hills, California"], by J. E. Case, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1251-J, 1968.
2. ^{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database|url= http://www.fossilworks.org/|accessdate= 8 July 2014|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140731140924/http://fossilworks.org/|archivedate= 31 July 2014|df= }}
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8 : Geology of Contra Costa County, California|Berkeley Hills|Geologic formations of California|Shale formations of the United States|Miocene California|Geology of Alameda County, California|Natural history of the California Coast Ranges|Miocene Series of North America

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