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Ocotillo Formation
Geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ocotillo Formation is a Pliocene fluvial-alluvial fan geologic formation in the Colorado Desert of Southern California.[1]
It occurs in western Imperial County and eastern San Diego County.[2]
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Geology
The formation overlies the Brawley Formation and the Palm Spring Formation. In the Mecca Hills, it is younger than 765,000 years.
Fossils
It preserves fossils and petrified wood, from the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period, within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.[1][3]
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