Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Geology and Tectonics of the San Fernando Valley and East Ventura Basin, California
Author: Evolution of Ridge Basin, Southern California
Author: John C. CrowellPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723679
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Post-Miocene Right Separation on the San Gabriel and Vasquez Creek Faults, with Supporting Chronostratigraphy, Western San Gabriel Mountains, California
Author: Larry A. BeyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Faults (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The right lateral San Gabriel Fault Zone in southern California extends from the northwestern corner of the Ridge Basin southeastward to the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains. It bifurcates to the southeast in the northwestern San Gabriel Mountains. The northern and older branch curves eastward in the range interior. The southern younger branch, the Vasquez Creek Fault, curves southeastward to merge with the Sierra Madre Fault Zone, which separates the San Gabriel Mountains from the northern Los Angeles Basin margin. An isolated exposure of partly macrofossiliferous nearshore shallow-marine sandstone, designated the Gold Canyon beds, is part of the southwest wall of the fault zone 5.5 km northwest of the bifurcation. These beds contain multiple subordinate breccia-conglomerate lenses and are overlain unconformably by folded Pliocene-Pleistocene Saugus Formation fanglomerate. The San Gabriel Fault Zone cuts both units.
Special Papers
Author: Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career of William R. Dickinson
Author: Raymond V. IngersollPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725402
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Through a remarkable combination of intellect, self-confidence, engaging humility, and prodigious output of published work, William R. Dickinson influenced and challenged three generations of sedimentary geologists, igneous petrologists, tectonicists, sandstone petrologists, archaeologists, and other geoscientists. A key figure in the plate-tectonic revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, he explained how the distribution of sediments on Earth's surface could be traced to tectonic processes, and is widely recognized as a founder of modern sedimentary basin analysis. This volume consists of 31 chapters related to Dickinson's research interests; many of the authors are his former students, their students, and their students' students, demonstrating his continuing profound influence. The papers in this volume are an impressive tribute to the depth and breadth of Bill Dickinson's contributions to the geosciences.
Los Angeles Dam and Reservoir Project, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, California
Author: United States. Federal Disaster Assistance Administration. Region NinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Guidebook
Author: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Pacific SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Active Tectonics
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036380
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Over 250,000 people were killed in the Tangshan, China earthquake of 1976, and other less active tectonic processes can disrupt river channels or have a grave impact on repositories of radioactive wastes. Since tectonic processes can be critical to many human activities, the Geophysics Study Committee Panel on Active Tectonics has presented an evaluation of the current state of knowledge about tectonic events, which include not only earthquakes but volcanic eruptions and similar events. This book addresses three main topics: the tectonic processes and their rates, methods of identifying and evaluating active tectonics, and the effects of active tectonics on society.