Temblor Formation
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The Temblor Formation is a geologic rock unit in California’s San Joaquin Basin that is a major petroleum-bearing reservoir, notably in fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temblor Formation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6706561 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temblor Formation Context triple: [Belridge Oil Field, primaryProducingFormation, Temblor Formation]
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A.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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B.
Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
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C.
Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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D.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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E.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temblor Formation Target entity description: The Temblor Formation is a geologic rock unit in California’s San Joaquin Basin that is a major petroleum-bearing reservoir, notably in fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.
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A.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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B.
Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
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C.
Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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D.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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E.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ |
| basin | San Joaquin Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | California Coast Ranges geologic province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFossils |
foraminifera
ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ mollusks ⓘ |
| containsResource |
natural gas
ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositionalEnvironment |
marine
ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Miocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | major petroleum reservoir ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicUnits |
lower Temblor
ⓘ
middle Temblor ⓘ upper Temblor ⓘ |
| isExposedIn |
Temblor Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western margin of the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
biostratigraphy
ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ sequence stratigraphy ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Cenozoic stratigraphy of California
ⓘ
petroleum systems of the San Joaquin Basin ⓘ |
| isReservoirFor |
Belridge Oil Field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lost Hills Oil Field NERFINISHED ⓘ South Belridge Oil Field NERFINISHED ⓘ various San Joaquin Basin oil fields ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithology |
sandstone
ⓘ
shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Joaquin Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedFor | Temblor Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Vaqueros Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Neogene ⓘ |
| primaryLithology | sandstone ⓘ |
| region | Central California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| thickness | hundreds of meters ⓘ |
| underlies |
Monterey Formation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Round Mountain Silt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temblor Formation Description of subject: The Temblor Formation is a geologic rock unit in California’s San Joaquin Basin that is a major petroleum-bearing reservoir, notably in fields such as the Belridge Oil Field.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.