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Pinole Tuff Formation

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Type
  
Geologic formation

Country
  
Primary
  
Tuff, Breccia

Thickness
  
270 metres (890 ft)

Named for
  
Underlies
  

The Pinole Tuff Formation is a geologic formation of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

It is found near Pinole and Rodeo area at San Pablo Bay and the Briones Hills of western Contra Costa County.

Fossils

It preserves fossils, including Oncorhynchus rastrosus and fragments of a proto-hipparion prehistoric horse, dating back to the Neogene period.

References

Pinole Tuff Formation Wikipedia


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