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Digital Tabulation of Stratigraphic Data from Oil and Gas Wells in the Santa Maria Basin and Surrounding Areas, Central California Coast

By Donald S. Sweetkind, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Victoria E. Langenheim, and Lauren E. Shumaker

Stratigraphic information from 694 oil and gas exploration wells from the onshore Santa Maria basin and surrounding areas are herein compiled in digital form from reports that were released originally in paper form. The Santa Maria basin is located within the southwesternmost part of the Coast Ranges and north of the western Transverse Ranges on the central California coast. Knowledge of the location and elevation of stratigraphic tops of formations throughout the basin is a first step toward understanding depositional trends and the structural evolution of the basin through time.

First posted July 16, 2010 Report PDF (8.8 MB) Tables XLS (56 kB) Contains all three tables related to this report in Excel format. For additional information contact: USGS Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center Box 25046, MS-973 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/ Part or all of this report is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF); the latest version of Adobe Reader or similar software is required to view it. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader, free of charge.

Suggested citation:

Sweetkind, D.S., Tennyson, M.E., Langenheim, V.E., and Shumaker, L.E., 2010, Digital tabulation of stratigraphic data from oil and gas wells in the Santa Maria Basin and surrounding areas, central California coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1129, 11 p.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Geologic Setting

Data Compilation Methodology

Explanation of Column Headings and Abbreviations in Data Tables

Summary

References Cited