Geological formation
The Geological formation field records the rock formation that a specimen was collected from.
Field details
Public field
geological_formation is the field ID
Pick List with 200 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
For example, enter geological_formation: “redwall limestone” into the search field to find all specimens collected from Redwall limestone formations.
