Great Valley Group
E440145
The Great Valley Group is a thick sequence of sedimentary rock formations in California’s Great Valley, notable for preserving extensive marine and terrestrial deposits from the Mesozoic era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Valley Group canonical | 5 |
| Great Valley Sequence | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4434360 — 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: Great Valley Group Context triple: [Franciscan Complex, underlies, Great Valley Group]
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A.
Wianamatta Group
The Wianamatta Group is a major geological rock sequence in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, consisting primarily of Triassic sedimentary formations that overlie the Hawkesbury Sandstone.
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B.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
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C.
Granite Range
Granite Range is a rugged mountain range in northwestern Nevada known for its stark desert peaks and proximity to the Black Rock Desert.
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D.
Valley and Ridge Province
The Valley and Ridge Province is a long, folded belt of parallel ridges and valleys forming a distinctive geological and topographic region within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.
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E.
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block
The Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block is a major crustal block in California that encompasses the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the adjacent Great Valley, forming a distinct geologic province within the North American Plate.
- 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: Great Valley Group Target entity description: The Great Valley Group is a thick sequence of sedimentary rock formations in California’s Great Valley, notable for preserving extensive marine and terrestrial deposits from the Mesozoic era.
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A.
Wianamatta Group
The Wianamatta Group is a major geological rock sequence in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, consisting primarily of Triassic sedimentary formations that overlie the Hawkesbury Sandstone.
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B.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
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C.
Granite Range
Granite Range is a rugged mountain range in northwestern Nevada known for its stark desert peaks and proximity to the Black Rock Desert.
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D.
Valley and Ridge Province
The Valley and Ridge Province is a long, folded belt of parallel ridges and valleys forming a distinctive geological and topographic region within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.
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E.
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block
The Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block is a major crustal block in California that encompasses the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the adjacent Great Valley, forming a distinct geologic province within the North American Plate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic group
ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ stratigraphic unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Franciscan subduction complex
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada magmatic arc ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra Nevada batholith
|
| contains |
ammonite fossils
ⓘ
bivalve fossils ⓘ foraminifera fossils ⓘ marine fossils ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ terrestrial fossils ⓘ vertebrate fossils ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environmentOfDeposition |
deep‑marine turbidite
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deltaic ⓘ marine ⓘ nearshore marine ⓘ slope and basin ⓘ |
| geologicAge |
Cretaceous
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Late Jurassic ⓘ Mesozoic ⓘ |
| hasSubunit | numerous named formations along the Great Valley ⓘ |
| lithology |
conglomerate
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Great Valley ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| overlies | Franciscan Complex ⓘ |
| partOf |
California Coast Ranges geologic province
ⓘ
linked to:
Coastal Ranges
Great Valley Sequence ⓘ
linked to:
Great Valley Group
|
| region |
Central Valley of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Valley
|
| researchField |
paleontology
ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| significance | records subduction‑related forearc basin sedimentation along the Mesozoic continental margin of western North America ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | forearc basin ⓘ |
| thickness | several kilometers ⓘ |
| underlies | Cenozoic sedimentary deposits of the Great Valley ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing Mesozoic paleogeography of California
ⓘ
regional stratigraphic correlation in California ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Valley Group Description of subject: The Great Valley Group is a thick sequence of sedimentary rock formations in California’s Great Valley, notable for preserving extensive marine and terrestrial deposits from the Mesozoic era.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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