San Joaquin Formation

San Joaquin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
TypeGeologic formation
UnderliesTulare Formation
OverliesEtchegoin Formation
Location
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
CountryUnited States

The San Joaquin Formation is a Pliocene epoch geologic formation in the lower half of the San Joaquin Valley in central California.[1]

  1. ^ USGS.gov: "Neogene Gas Total Petroleum System—Neogene Nonassociated Gas Assessment Unit of the San Joaquin Basin Province"; Chapter 22 of the Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California; by Allegra Hosford Scheirer and Leslie B. Magoon.