The Coldwater Sandstone (or Coldwater Formation) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in Southern California, primarily in and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, and east into Ventura County. It consists primarily of massive arkosic sandstone with some siltstone and shale. Being exceptionally resistant to erosion, outcrops of the Coldwater form some of the most dramatic terrain on the south slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains, with immense white sculpted slabs forming peaks, hogback ridges, and sheer cliff faces.
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| - The Coldwater Sandstone (or Coldwater Formation) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in Southern California, primarily in and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, and east into Ventura County. It consists primarily of massive arkosic sandstone with some siltstone and shale. Being exceptionally resistant to erosion, outcrops of the Coldwater form some of the most dramatic terrain on the south slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains, with immense white sculpted slabs forming peaks, hogback ridges, and sheer cliff faces. (en)
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| - Santa Ynez Mountains
- Quaternary
- San Marcos Pass
- Santa Barbara, California
- Santa Barbara County, California
- Santa Paula, California
- Santa Ynez Mountains
- Red beds
- Geologic formations of California
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
- Ventura County
- Sedimentary rock
- Cozy Dell Shale
- Matilija Sandstone
- Quartzite
- Eocene
- Gaviota, California
- Goleta, California
- Mollusca
- Conglomerate (geology)
- Magnetostratigraphy
- Geology of Ventura County, California
- Transverse Ranges
- Turritella
- Juncal Formation
- Sandstone formations of the United States
- Fillmore, California
- Eocene Series of North America
- Granite
- Siltstone
- Geology of Santa Barbara County, California
- El Capitan State Beach
- Donald R. Prothero
- Ojai, California
- Paleogene California
- Sespe Creek
- Sespe Formation
- Sandstone
- Santa Barbara Channel
- Shale
- Type locality (geology)
- Estuary
- Mudstone
- Arkosic
- dbr:Gaviota_Formation
- dbr:Sacate_Formation
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| - Coldwater Sandstone, Santa Ynez Mountains, north of Santa Barbara, California (en)
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| - The Coldwater Sandstone (or Coldwater Formation) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in Southern California, primarily in and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, and east into Ventura County. It consists primarily of massive arkosic sandstone with some siltstone and shale. Being exceptionally resistant to erosion, outcrops of the Coldwater form some of the most dramatic terrain on the south slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains, with immense white sculpted slabs forming peaks, hogback ridges, and sheer cliff faces. (en)
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| - Coldwater Canyon, tributary of the Sespe River, north of Fillmore (en)
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| - siltstone, mudstone, occasional conglomerates (en)
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