Vaqueros Formation
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vaqueros-formation-302-10698039
title:
Vaqueros Formation
text:
The Vaqueros Formation is a sedimentary geologic unit primarily of Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene age, which is widespread on the California coast and coastal ranges in approximately the southern half of the state. It is predominantly a medium-grained sandstone unit, deposited in a shallow marine environment. Because of its high porosity and nearness to petroleum source rocks, in many places it is an oil-bearing unit, wherever it has been configured into structural or stratigraphic traps by f
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description:
Sedimentary geologic unit of Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene in California
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaqueros_Formation
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date modified:
2022-10-26T20:20:10Z
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13
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