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

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Title:

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

Author:

McCulloh, Thane Hubert, 1926-

Personal Author:

McCulloh, Thane Hubert, 1926-

Publication Information:

[Reston, Va.?] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : USGS Information Services [distributor], 2001.

Physical Description:

iv, 34 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1649

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1649.

Summary:

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.

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Dacite -- California -- San Gabriel Mountains Region.

Igneous rocks -- California.

Fault zones -- California.

Intrusions (Geology) -- California.

Geology, Stratigraphic -- Oligocene.

Geology, Structural -- California -- San Gabriel Mountains Region.

Added Author:

Beyer, Larry A.

Morin, Ronald W.