|
FORMATION Proper Name |
PIONEER ANTICLINE Local Name (if different) |
THICKNESS |
| Pleistocene/Pliocene | ||
| Tulare Formation | 600-2200 | |
| Pliocene | ||
| San Joaquin Formation | 1200-2100 | |
| Etchegoin Formation | 1700-3500 | |
| Carman Sandstone Member | Los Lobos Sands, Gusher, Calitroleum | 900-2000 |
| Tupman Shale Member | 750-2000 | |
| Middle and Late Miocene | ||
| Reef Ridge Shale | 200-1150 | |
| Monterey Shale | 2100-4100 | |
| Antelope Shale Member (informal) | 1800-3300 | |
| McDonald Shale (informal) | 80-600 | |
| Gould and Devilwater Shale Members | Hazleton Shale? | 100-655 |
| Oligocene and early Miocene | ||
| Temblor Formation | 2900-4100 | |
| Media Shale Member | Pioneer Sands | 150-560 |
| Carneros Sandstone Member | 0-950 | |
| Santos Shale Member | 1340-3090 | |
| Wygal Sandstone Member | 450 | |
| Cymric Shale Member | 300 | |
| Oligocene | ||
| Wagonwheel Formation | 250-700 | |
| Eocene | ||
| Kreyenhagen Formation | 2300-2900+ | |
| Welcome Shale Member | 900-1950+ | |
| Point of Rocks Sandstone Member | 400-2000+ | |
| Gredal Shale Member | Not penetrated | |
| at Elk Hills |
Table after Maher, Carter, and Lantz(1975) in their U.S.G.S. Professional
Paper on Elk Hills; formation thicknesses are for Elk Hills and vicinity
.