Its middle and upper Miocene upwelling-rich assemblages, and its unique highly siliceous rocks from diatom-rich plankton, became diatomites, porcelainites, and banded cherts.
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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in 2011, the 1,750 square mile Monterey Shale Formation contained more than half of the United States’s total estimated technically recoverable shale oil (tight oil contained in shale, as distinct from oil shale) resource, about 15.4 billion barrels.
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