Coast Ranges Geology
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Geological GigaPans from the Coast Ranges of California and Oregon.
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The Pinnacles National Monument is located in the Gabilan Range between the Salinas and San Benito Valleys in central California. The rock visible here is volcanic breccia that was eroded from siliceous volcanoes that erupted about 22-23 million years ago. Similar siliceous volcanic rocks occur at Neenach California, a...
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The Paleocene Carmelo conglomerate lies unconformably over the ~100 MA granodiorite of the Monterey Peninsula. A felsic diike intrudes the granodiorite, but does not intrude into the Carmelo conglomerate. Overlying both the granodiorite and the Carmelo conglomerate are marine terrace deposits, on which a soil has start...
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These unconsolidated sediments crop out near the eastern corner of the Fort Ord Public Lands within sight of the Creekside Terrace trailhead. The clasts display a range of sorting, rounding, and layering. They probably represent detritus eroded from the paleo-Coast Ranges that was deposited in fluvial and fan environme...
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This view of The Monolith at the Pinnacles National Monument in central California shows medium-distance details of the volcanic breccia that comprises the iconic rocks of the park. The angular hand- to head-sized cobbles within the breccia indicate a high energy of the depositional setting located not far from the vol...
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This is Crystal Springs Reservoir, the water source for San Francisco and northern San Mateo county. Most of this water comes from Hetch Hetchy near Yosemite in the Sierras. The beautiful valley chosen for this reservoir was formed by the San Andreas fault. As a matter of fact, the fault takes its name from a similar l...
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These unconsolidated sediments crop out near the eastern corner of the Fort Ord Public Lands within sight of the Creekside Terrace trailhead. The clasts display a range of sorting, rounding, and layering. They probably represent detritus eroded from the paleo-Coast Ranges that was deposited in fluvial and fan environme...
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This panorama was shot hand held from above Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Reserve.
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Granodiorite outcrop at Whaler's Cove parking lot, Point Lobos, CA
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