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Matilija Sandstone, the Glossary

Index 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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 38 relations: Bivalvia, California State Route 33, Chaparral, Coldwater Sandstone, Cozy Dell Shale, Eocene, Feldspar, Gastropoda, Gaviota, California, Geologic time scale, Juncal Formation, Matilija Hot Springs, Minerals Management Service, Mollusca, North American Plate, Ojai, California, Outer Continental Shelf, Pacific Plate, Paleogene, Piru Creek, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Point Arguello, Quartz, Quaternary, Sandstone, Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Ynez Mountains, Sedimentary rock, Sespe Creek, Sespe Formation, Shale, Siltstone, Southern California, Type locality (geology), Ventura County, California, Ventura River, 2018 Southern California mudflows.

  2. Eocene Series of North America
  3. Paleogene California

Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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California State Route 33

State Route 33 (SR 33) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California.

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Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, in southern Oregon and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.

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Coldwater Sandstone

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. Matilija Sandstone and Coldwater 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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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. Matilija 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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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Feldspar

Feldspar (sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other cations such as sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium.

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Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

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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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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.

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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. Matilija Sandstone and Juncal Formation are Eocene Series of North America, Paleogene California and Santa Ynez Mountains.

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Matilija Hot Springs

Matilija Hot Springs is a thermal spring system of 22 hot and cold springs, and is a former resort located northwest of the town of Ojai, California.

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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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North American Plate

The North American Plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the Azores.

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Ojai, California

Ojai (Chumash: ’Awhaỳ) is a city in Ventura County, California.

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Outer Continental Shelf

The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is legally defined geographic feature of the United States.

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Pacific Plate

The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.

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Piru Creek

Piru Creek is a major stream, about long, in northern Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County, California. Matilija Sandstone and Piru Creek are Santa Ynez Mountains.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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Point Arguello

Point Arguello (Spanish: Punta Argüello) is a headland on the Gaviota Coast, in Santa Barbara County, California, near the city of Lompoc.

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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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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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 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 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. Matilija 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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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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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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Ventura River

The Ventura River, in western Ventura County in southern California, United States, flows from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean.

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2018 Southern California mudflows

A series of mudflows occurred in Southern California in early January 2018, particularly affecting areas northwest of Montecito in Santa Barbara County.

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See also

Eocene Series of North America

Paleogene California

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilija_Sandstone

Also known as Matilija Formation.