Geological formation description
The Geological formation description field records a description of the rock formation that a specimen was collected from.
Field details
Public field
geological_formation_desc is the field ID
Text field with 65,000 character limit
Detail tab in the object cataloguing page
for natural science records.
Example
Redwall limestone (a geological formation in the Grand Canyon).
Search tips
You can search on this field with:
geological_formation_desc
For example, enter geological_formation_desc: “redwall limestone” into the search field to find descriptions relating to specimens collected from Redwall limestone formations.
