Tulare Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in central California, US}}

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| type = Formation

| age = Neogene & Quaternary

| period = Holocene

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| region = San Joaquin Valley, California

| country = United States

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| overlies = San Joaquin Formation

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The Tulare Formation ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-tulare.ogg|t|ʊ|ˈ|l|ɛər|i}}) is a Pliocene to Holocene epoch geologic formation in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley of central California.[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri834000 USGS.gov: "Geology of the Tulare Formation and other continental deposits, Kettleman City area, San Joaquin Valley, California, with a section on ground-water management considerations and use of texture maps"]; Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4000; by R.W. Page; 1983.[http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1713/22/pp1713_ch22.pdf USGS.gov: "Neogene Gas Total Petroleum System—Neogene Nonassociated Gas Assessment Unit of the San Joaquin Basin Province"]; Chapter 22 of the Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California; by Allegra Hosford Scheirer and Leslie B. Magoon.