The Cuyama Valley is an alluvium filled synclinal basin in central California, spanning parts of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern and Ventura counties. Its name comes from the Chumash word kuyam, meaning clam or freshwater mollusk. The valley's southern foothills expose outcrops of the Miocene age Monterey Formation, and the basin floor sits roughly 2,000 to 2,500 feet above sea level across about 300 square miles. Ranching, agriculture and oil and gas production, discovered there in the late 1940s, are the valley's main economic activities.
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The Cuyama Valley (Chumash: Kuyam, meaning "Clam") is a valley along the Cuyama River in Central California, spanning northern Santa Barbara County, southern San Luis Obispo County, southwestern Kern County, and northwestern Ventura counties.
Associated With: Miocene, Article text, age Miocene
Most of the rocks are sedimentary, and the Miocene-age Monterey Formation outcrops to the south, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre.
Associated With: Pliocene, Article text, age Pliocene
Most of the rocks are sedimentary, and the Miocene-age Monterey Formation outcrops to the south, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre. Pliocene and Pleistocene sedimentary formations occur in the foothills along the south side of the valley as well.
Associated With: Pleistocene, Article text, age Pleistocene
Most of the rocks are sedimentary, and the Miocene-age Monterey Formation outcrops to the south, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre. Pliocene and Pleistocene sedimentary formations occur in the foothills along the south side of the valley as well.
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