Santa Clara Formation
Stratigraphic range: Plio-Pleistocene

Type| Geologic formation
Lithology
Primary| Gravel, sandstone, siltstone
Location
Region| Santa Cruz Mountains,
Santa Clara County,
California
Country| United States
Type section
Named for| Santa Clara County

The Santa Clara Formation is a geologic formation in the southeastern Santa Cruz Mountains, in Santa Clara County, California .

## Contents

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

## Geology

It was formed during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Ages of the Neogene Period resp. the Quaternary 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

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
* Neogene California
* Paleontology in California

## References

## Further reading

* USGS.gov: "Geologic maps and structure sections of the southwestern Santa Clara Valley and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California"
* AAPG Datapages/Archives: "The Santa Clara Formation as a Record of Late Cenozoic Uplift of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara County, California"
* ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.

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