georefid:1996-001941SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=1996-001941<gco:CharacterString>Diatom biochronology of the Sisquoc Formation in the Santa Maria Basin, California, and its paleoceanographic and tectonic implications</gco:CharacterString>1995-01-01publicationgeorefid:1996-001941Dumont, Michael P.ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Bakersfield, CA, United StatesauthorBarron, John A.University of California at Santa Barbara, United StatesauthorU. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United StatespublisherdocumentHardcopyIn: McCrory, Patricia A., Wilson, Douglas S., Ingle, James C., Jr., Stanley, Richard G., Dumont, Michael P., Barron, John A., Neogene geohistory analysis of Santa Maria Basin, California, and its relationship to transfer of Central California to the Pacific Plate. Diatom biochronology of the Sisquoc Formation in the Santa Maria Basin, California, and its paleoceanographic and tectonic implicationsB 1995-J,KK1-K17completedStratigraphyalgaebiostratigraphybiozonesCaliforniaCenozoicclastic rockscorrelationdiatomaceous earthdiatomslithostratigraphymicrofossilsMiocenemudstoneNeogeneneotectonicspaleo-oceanographyPlantaeporcellanitesandstoneSanta Barbara County CaliforniaSanta Maria Basinsea-level changessedimentary rocksSisquoc FormationSouthern Californiastratigraphic boundarytectonicsTertiaryUnited StatesUSGSEnglishgeoscientificInformation-120.4500-119.250034.250035.1000Santa Barbara County California