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UPPER PALEOCENE BURIED CHANNEL IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA1
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A. B. Dickas
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A. B. Dickas
Superior, Wisconsin, and Oildale, California
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J. L. Payne
J. L. Payne
Superior, Wisconsin, and Oildale, California
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Published:January 01, 1984
ABSTRACT
The Meganos channel, a fossil submarine channel, is in the central part of the Sacramento Valley of California. This channel was cut and filled in a marine environment during a relatively short interval of late Paleocene time. It has been traced in the subsurface more than 50 miles and has a maximum width of 6 miles. The greatest known thickness of sediments filling the channel is 2,015 feet. Formations truncated by the channel range in age from latest Paleocene through Late Cretaceous.
The rocks eroded by the channel are principally arenaceous; however, sediments filling the channel are composed of...
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SYMPOSIUM VOLUME
Paleogene Submarine Canyons of The Sacramento Valley, California
Editor(s)
Alvin A. Almgren;
Alvin A. Almgren
Union Oil Company of California Ventura, California
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Paul D. Hacker
Paul D. Hacker
Bravo Oil Company Bakersfield, California
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Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Volume
SV 1
Copyright:
Copyright © 1984 by The Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.
Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists
ISBN electronic:
9781733984485
Publication date:
January 01, 1984
