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Puente Formation
| Puente Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Los Angeles Basin |
| Sub-units | (ascending) La Vida, Soquel, Yorba, Sycamore Canyon[1] |
| Underlies | |
| Overlies | |
| Thickness | About 3900 meters[2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate & mudrock[2] |
| Location | |
| Region |  California |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Puente Hills |
The Puente Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the middle to upper Miocene epoch of the Neogene period, most of which were deposited in a deepwater environment.[2] Owing to its depositional environment, it is one of the very few geologic formations to preserve articulated specimens of fossilized deep-sea anglerfish.[3]
As its name suggests, it primarily outcrops in the Puente Hills.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f "Geolex — Puente publications". ngmdb.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ a b c d e Salvatore Critelli, Peter E. Rumelh (January 1994). "Composition and Provenance of the Puente Formation (Miocene), Los Angeles Basin". AAPG Bulletin. 78. doi:10.1306/bdff9302-1718-11d7-8645000102c1865d. ISSN 0149-1423.
- ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
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