Turlock Lake Formation

The Turlock Lake Formation is an Early Pleistocene geologic formation in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Sacramento County, California. Cities in/over the formation's area include Citrus Heights, Carmichael, and Roseville.^[1]

Turlock Lake Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene
Type	Geologic formation
Underlies	Riverbank Formation
Overlies	Mehrten Formation, North Merced Pediment and Gravels
Lithology
Primary	Granitic sand over stratified silt
Location
Region	Sacramento County, California
Country	United States

The Turlock Lake Formation is a fan deposit of dominantly granitic alluvium covering the westward extension of the North Merced Pediment and Gravels formation, and directly overlying the Mehrten Formation.^[2]

It preserves Early Pleistocene Quaternary period fossils.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• California portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
• Paleontology in California