Friars Formation

Short description: Geologic formation in San Diego County

Friars Formation
Stratigraphic range: Eocene

Type| Geologic formation
Unit of| La Jolla Group
Underlies| Stadium Conglomerate
Overlies| Scripps Formation
Thickness| 0–50 metres (0–164 ft)
Location
Region| San Diego County, California
Country| United States
Type section
Named for| Friars Road

The Friars Formation is a geologic formation in San Diego County, Southern California .[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Geology
* 1.1 Fossils
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## Geology

It is the uppermost unit of the La Jolla Group. The rocks are nonmarine and lagoonal sandstone and claystone, named for exposures along the north side of Mission Valley near Friars Road.

It reaches a maximum thickness of 50 metres (160 ft) between Mission Valley and Carmel Valley.

### Fossils

It preserves fossils dating back to the middle and late Eocene epoch of the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era.[3]

## See also

* Geology of San Diego County, California
* Paleogene Period in California
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
* Paleontology in California

## References

1. ↑ Kennedy, Michael P. (1975). Geology of the San Diego metropolitan area, California. California Division of Mines and Geology. https://archive.org/details/geologyofsandieg00kennrich.
2. ↑ Geiconsultants.com: Geologic Formations of Western San Diego County[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}], by Jeffrey D. Brown, R.G., C.E.G. − circa 1996.
3. ↑ ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.

## Further reading

* "General Plan Final Program EIR: 3.11 Paleontological Resources". http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/genplan/pdf/peir/paleontological.pdf.

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