User:YellowstoneSandstone/Briones Sandstone/Bibliography

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Bibliography

This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

National Cooperative Soil Survey (1977). "Briones Series." ^[1]
- This is an official soil series classification published by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. It covers one aspect of the topic - specifically, the characteristics of the soil in this formation - in extensive detail, so it's useful for establishing notability.
Robinson, G. D (1956). "Geology of the Hayward quadrangle, California." ^[2]
- This is a map published by the US Geological Survey, so it should be reliable. It does provide some useful information not already on the page, but it only has a few lines dedicated to the topic. This alone wouldn't be enough to establish notability, but it could be used as a supplemental source.
"Mission Creek - Geology". MS Nucleus. ^[3]
- This is an informational page published by a nonprofit focused on environmental education. It contains useful information about the geological features of this formation, but wouldn't be sufficient to establish notability, since there is only about a paragraph dedicated to the topic.
K. J. Murata and K. R. Whiteley. "Zeolites in the Miocene Briones Sandstone and related formations of the central Coast Ranges, Calif." ^[4]
- This is a published scientific paper about a certain class of minerals found in the Briones Sandstone. It also includes some information about the history of the area (ie, that it was previously under a shallow sea). This paper helps establish notability, since it is an entire paper dedicated to this one formation.

References

^ "Official Series Description - BRIONES Series". soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
^ Robinson, G. D. (1956). "Geology of the Hayward quadrangle, California". ngmdb.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
^ "Mission Creek - Geology". www.msnucleus.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
^ Murata, K. J.; Whiteley, K. R. "Zeolites in the Miocene Briones Sandstone and related formations of the central Coast Ranges, Calif" (PDF). Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey. 1 (3): 255–267.

[1] "Official Series Description - BRIONES Series". soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

[2] Robinson, G. D. (1956). "Geology of the Hayward quadrangle, California". ngmdb.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

[3] "Mission Creek - Geology". www.msnucleus.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

[4] Murata, K. J.; Whiteley, K. R. "Zeolites in the Miocene Briones Sandstone and related formations of the central Coast Ranges, Calif" (PDF). Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey. 1 (3): 255–267.

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