HARTMAN MULTIMEDIA
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More Mesa Bluffs These bluffs are of geological interest.
There are good exposures of the upper-Miocene Sisquoc and mid-Miocene
Monterey formations. The Santa Barbara formation, of Pleistocene age,
exhibits several tar seeps, one in the form of a "fall", and a facias
change within a single series of beds. An assemblage of molluscan fossils, primarily littoral,
occurs in the Santa Barbara formation. Presumably, the tar originated in the Monterey
formation. Offshore there are
several tar or oil seeps. Integrity: There
are steps down the bluff; otherwise there is no disturbance, save natural
erosion. Use: Private March 1981
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