[2] Along the coast, it can be seen from central Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in La Jolla.

[2] Sea level rose and fell often during this period of the Eocene Epoch in geologic history.

About 42 million years ago, sea level rose again and more sand was deposited.

[1][3] Fossils are present but are less common in the Scripps Formation than in the underlying Ardath Shale.

[2] Those it preserves date back to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era.