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Cover of Mountain Meadows dacite

Mountain Meadows dacite

Oligocene intrusive complex that welds together the Los Angeles Basin, northwestern Peninsular Ranges, and central Transverse Ranges, California

By Thane Hubert McCulloh

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Publish Date

2001

Publisher

U.S. GPO,USGS Information Services [distributor]

Language

eng

Pages

34

Description:

A distinctive suite of dacitic rocks is shown to transect major tectonic boundaries in the San Gabriel Mountains region, thereby constraining the amount of late Cenozoic offset on several strike-slip faults

subjects: Fault zones,  Geology, Structural,  Dacite,  Intrusions (Geology),  Igneous Rocks,  Structural Geology,  Stratigraphic Geology,  Rocks, Igneous,  Geology, Stratigraphic

Places: California,  Los Angeles Region,  San Gabriel Mountains Region

Times: Oligocene