Etchegoin Formation

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The Etchegoin Formation is a geologic unit in California’s San Joaquin Basin known for its significant petroleum reservoirs, particularly in major fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Etchegoin Formation canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
associatedWith San Andreas Fault system ⓘ
linked to: San Andreas Fault
contains petroleum reservoirs ⓘ
containsFossilsOf foraminifera ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
mollusks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalSetting forearc basin ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition deltaic ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
geologicAge Neogene ⓘ
Pliocene ⓘ
linked to: Pliocene epoch
hasEconomicImportance hydrocarbon production ⓘ
hasResource natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
hasRockType clastic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasStratigraphicThickness hundreds of meters ⓘ
isReservoirFor Belridge Oil Field ⓘ
Kettleman Middle Dome Oil Field ⓘ
Kettleman North Dome Oil Field ⓘ
Kettleman South Dome Oil Field ⓘ
Lost Hills Oil Field ⓘ
various San Joaquin Basin oil fields ⓘ
lithology conglomerate ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Fresno County, California ⓘ
linked to: Fresno County

Kern County, California ⓘ
linked to: Kern County

Kings County, California ⓘ
San Joaquin Basin ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
namedFor Etchegoin area of the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
overlies Antelope Shale ⓘ
Monterey Formation ⓘ
partOf San Joaquin Basin stratigraphic sequence ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley petroleum system ⓘ
region Central California ⓘ
studiedBy petroleum geologists ⓘ
stratigrapher ⓘ
underlies San Joaquin Formation ⓘ
usedFor biostratigraphy ⓘ
petroleum exploration ⓘ
subsurface correlation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belridge Oil Field → primaryProducingFormation → Etchegoin Formation ⓘ
Kern River Formation → overlies → Etchegoin Formation ⓘ