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Bragdon Formation

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Bragdon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
TypeFormation
Location
RegionCalifornia
CountryUnited States

The Bragdon Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. Its sandstones may be rich in quartz, chert and sedimentary rock fragments, or volcanic rock fragments, or volcanic ash (tuff) containing abundant crystals.[1] Gravelly, loamy brown soils of the Hugo series are commonly developed on Bragdon parent material in the Trinity Lake area.[2][3]

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  1. ^ https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/103/2/268/182553/Continental-detrital-zircon-in-Carboniferous?redirectedFrom=fulltext M. M. Meghan Miller and Jason B. Saleeby. Continental detrital zircon in Carboniferous ensimatic arc rocks, Bragdon Formation, eastern Klamath terrane, northern California. GSA Bulletin (1991) 103 (2): 268-276
  2. ^ "SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Browser | California Soil Resource Lab".
  3. ^ Lydon, P.A., and Klein, I.E., 1969, Geology of the southeast quarter of the Trinity Lake quadrangle, Trinity County, California: