UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



THE MONTEREY SERIES IN CALIFORNIA 



BY 



GEORGE DAVIS LOUDERBACK 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Part I. — The Santa Clara Valley Region of Ventura County and its 



Relationship to the Coastal Region to the North and West.... 179 



Introduction 179 



Previously Described Section North of Santa Clara Valley 180 



Vaqueros-Monterey Series of Monterey-Santa Barbara Coastal 



Region 182 



Apparent Contrasts between the two Regions 182 



Opening of " Vaqueros " Deposition 183 



The Sespe Formation 184 



Upper part of " Vaqueros-Modelo " Series 186 



Region north of Santa Clara Valley 186 



The Modelo Sandstones 187 



Region south of Santa Clara Valley 188 



Results - 180 



Lithological Types and Nomenclature in Various Fields 180 



Relationships of Different Sections of the Series 101 



Conclusion 192 



Part II. — Critical Review of our Knowledge of the Monterey Series 



in California and History of its Nomenclature 193 



Purposes 193 



Early Notices— Previous to 1803 193 



Decade 1893-1903: Recognition of Series as Stratigraphic Unit and 



Extension of Knowledge of its Areal Distribution 195 



Carmelo Bay — Lawson, 1893 195 



Point Sal— Fairbanks, 1896 106 



Santa Catalina Island— W. S. T. Smith, 1807 106 



San Clemente Island— W. S. T. Smith, 1808 106 



Southern Coast Ranges— Fairbanks, 1808 107 



Point Reyes Peninsula — F. M. Anderson, 1890 197 



Coast Range Bituminous Rock Districts — Eldridge, 1001 107 



Point Arena District 198 



Berkeley Hills— Lawson and Palaehe, 1002 199 



Middle Coast Ranges— Lawson, 1903 100 



San Pedro — Arnold, 1003 200 



Petroleum Districts— Eldridge, 1003 200 



