Coldwater Sandstone, the Glossary
The Coldwater Sandstone (or Coldwater Formation) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in Southern California, primarily in and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, and east into Ventura County.[1]
Table of Contents
37 relations: Arkose, Conglomerate (geology), Cozy Dell Shale, Donald Prothero, El Capitán State Beach, Eocene, Estuary, Fillmore, California, Gaviota, California, Goleta, California, Granite, Juncal Formation, Magnetostratigraphy, Matilija Sandstone, Minerals Management Service, Mollusca, Mudstone, Ojai, California, Quartzite, Quaternary, Red beds, San Marcos Pass, Sandstone, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California, Santa Paula, California, Santa Ynez Mountains, Sedimentary rock, Sespe Creek, Sespe Formation, Shale, Siltstone, Transverse Ranges, Turritella, Type locality (geology), Ventura County, California.
- Eocene Series of North America
- Paleogene California
Arkose
Arkose or arkosic sandstone is a detrital sedimentary rock, specifically a type of sandstone containing at least 25% feldspar.
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Conglomerate (geology)
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.
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Cozy Dell Shale
The Cozy Dell Shale is a geologic formation of middle Eocene age that crops out in the Santa Ynez Mountains and Topatopa Mountains of California, extending from north of Fillmore in Ventura County westward to near Point Arguello, north of Santa Barbara. Coldwater Sandstone and Cozy Dell Shale are Eocene Series of North America, geologic formations of California, Paleogene California and Santa Ynez Mountains.
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Donald Prothero
Donald Ross Prothero (February 21, 1954) is an American geologist, paleontologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology and magnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers of the Cenozoic era and its use to date the climate changes which occurred 30–40 million years ago.
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El Capitán State Beach
El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California.
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Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Fillmore, California
Fillmore is a small city in Ventura County, California, United States, in the Santa Clara River Valley.
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Gaviota, California
Gaviota (Spanish for "Seagull") is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California on the Gaviota Coast about west of Santa Barbara and south of Buellton.
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Goleta, California
Goleta (Spanish for "schooner") is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
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Juncal Formation
The Juncal Formation (also Juncal Shale) is a prominent sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in and north of the Santa Ynez Mountain range in southern and central Santa Barbara County and central Ventura County, California. Coldwater Sandstone and Juncal Formation are Eocene Series of North America, Paleogene California and Santa Ynez Mountains.
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Magnetostratigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy is a geophysical correlation technique used to date sedimentary and volcanic sequences.
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Matilija Sandstone
The Matilija Sandstone is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene epoch in the Paleogene Period, found in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in Southern California. Coldwater Sandstone and Matilija Sandstone are Eocene Series of North America, geologic formations of California, Paleogene California, sandstone formations of the United States and Santa Ynez Mountains.
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Minerals Management Service
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) was an agency of the United States Department of the Interior that managed the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS).
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Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.
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Mudstone
Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.
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Ojai, California
Ojai (Chumash: ’Awhaỳ) is a city in Ventura County, California.
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Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
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Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Red beds
Red beds (or redbeds) are sedimentary rocks, typically consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and shale, that are predominantly red in color due to the presence of ferric oxides.
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San Marcos Pass
San Marcos Pass (Chumash: Mistaxiwax) is a mountain pass in the Santa Ynez Mountains in southern California. Coldwater Sandstone and San Marcos Pass are Santa Ynez Mountains.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
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Santa Barbara Channel
The Santa Barbara Channel is a portion of the Southern California Bight and separates the mainland of California from the northern Channel Islands.
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Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara (Condado de Santa Bárbara), is a county located in Southern California.
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Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara (Santa Bárbara, meaning) is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.
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Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula (Spanish for "St. Paula") is a city in Ventura County, California, United States.
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Santa Ynez Mountains
The Santa Ynez Mountains are a portion of the Transverse Ranges, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges of the west coast of North America.
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Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.
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Sespe Creek
Sespe Creek (Chumash: S'eqp'e', "Kneecap") is a stream, some long,U.S. Geological Survey.
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Sespe Formation
The Sespe Formation is a widespread fossiliferous sedimentary geologic unit in southern and south central California in the United States. Coldwater Sandstone and Sespe Formation are Eocene Series of North America, geologic formations of California and Paleogene California.
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Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
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Siltstone
Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt.
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Transverse Ranges
The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region in North America.
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Turritella
Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
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Type locality (geology)
Type locality, also called type area, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.
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Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.
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See also
Eocene Series of North America
- Allenby Formation
- Barrel Springs Formation
- Buchanan Lake Formation
- Chuckanut Formation
- Clarno Formation
- Coalmont Formation
- Coldwater Beds
- Coldwater Sandstone
- Cozy Dell Shale
- Cuchara Formation
- DeBeque Formation
- Elko Formation
- Florissant Formation
- Friars Formation
- Galisteo Formation
- Golden Valley Formation
- Green River Formation
- Hannold Hill Formation
- Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation
- Hoko River Formation
- Indian Meadows Formation
- Indio Formation
- Juncal Formation
- Kishenehn Formation
- Klondike Mountain Formation
- Laredo Formation
- Las Tetas de Cabra Formation
- Llajas Formation
- Loma Candela Formation
- Margaret Formation
- Martinez Formation
- Matilija Sandstone
- Nestucca Formation
- Ocala Limestone
- Pass Peak Formation
- Pomerado Conglomerate
- Puget Group
- San Jose Formation
- Santa Susana Formation
- Scripps Formation
- Sespe Formation
- Siletz River Volcanics
- Stadium Conglomerate
- Tatman Formation
- Wasatch Formation
- Washakie Formation
- Willwood Formation
Paleogene California
- Capay Formation
- Coldwater Sandstone
- Cozy Dell Shale
- Diligencia Formation
- Domengine Formation
- Friars Formation
- Geological history of Point Lobos
- Goler Formation
- Juncal Formation
- Kreyenhagen Shale
- La Jolla Group
- Lincoln, California
- Llajas Formation
- Locatelli Formation
- Lodo Formation
- Martinez Formation
- Matilija Sandstone
- Meganos Formation
- Mission Valley Formation
- Montgomery Creek Formation
- Nevadan orogeny
- Otay Formation
- Pleito Formation
- Plush Ranch Formation
- Pomerado Conglomerate
- Poway Group
- San Emigdio Formation
- San Francisquito Formation
- Santa Barbara Island
- Santa Susana Formation
- Santiago Formation, California
- Scripps Formation
- Sespe Formation
- Sierra Blanca Limestone
- Silverado Formation
- Stadium Conglomerate
- Sutil Island
- Sweetwater Formation
- Tejon Formation
- Temblor Formation
- Titus Canyon Formation
- Vaqueros Formation
- Vasquez Formation
- Vedder Sand
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldwater_Sandstone
Also known as Coldwater Formation.