Geological formation

The Geological formation field records the rock formation that a specimen was collected from.

Field details

Private 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.

Related fields

Geological age

Geological age description