- Source: Brawley Formation
The Brawley Formation is a geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, located in northwestern Imperial County and eastern San Diego County.
Geology
Sandstone and mudstone of the Brawley Formation accumulated between ~1.1 and ~0.6–0.5 Ma in a delta on the margin of an arid Pleistocene lake. It is in the San Jacinto Fault Zone area, including in the San Felipe Hills.
= Fossils
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It preserves fossils from the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period, during the Cenozoic Era.
See also
Quaternary California
Geology of Imperial County, California
Geology of San Diego County, California
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
Paleontology in California
References
Further reading
Weber, F. Harold (1963). Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology. p. 33.
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