| Preface |
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| About the Author |
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| Part I: Fundamentals of Geology |
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Geographic and Geologic Provinces |
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4 | (3) |
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2 Building Blocks: Minerals And Rocks |
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7 | (22) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (5) |
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14 | (5) |
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19 | (3) |
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Clastic Sedimentary Rocks |
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19 | (1) |
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Chemical Sedimentary Rocks |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (4) |
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Types of Metamorphic Rocks |
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23 | (1) |
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Metamorphic Grade and Facies |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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3 Dating California: Stratigraphy And Geochronology |
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29 | (6) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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4 The Big Picture: Tectonics And Structural Geology |
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35 | (20) |
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35 | (7) |
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42 | (11) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (5) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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5 Earthquakes And Seismology |
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55 | (12) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (5) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (1) |
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What Should You Do in a Quake? |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (4) |
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63 | (4) |
| Part II: Geologic Provinces of California |
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6 Young Volcanoes: The Cascades And Modoc Plateau |
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67 | (26) |
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67 | (1) |
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Geography of the Cascades and Modoc Plateau |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (5) |
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73 | (13) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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Lassen Volcanic National Park |
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80 | (6) |
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86 | (6) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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7 The Broken Land: The Basin And Range Province |
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93 | (36) |
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93 | (1) |
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Geography of the Basin and Range |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (10) |
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96 | (4) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Geologic History of the Basin and Range Province |
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106 | (11) |
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106 | (3) |
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Late Proterozoic-Paleozoic |
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109 | (1) |
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Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic Events |
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110 | (3) |
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Laramide Orogeny (80-40 Ma) |
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113 | (1) |
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Arc Volcanism Resumes (40-20 Ma) |
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114 | (1) |
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Late Cenozoic Extension and Faulting (20 Ma-Present) |
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115 | (2) |
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Pleistocene of the Great Basin |
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117 | (1) |
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Evaporite Minerals and Dry Lakes |
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118 | (7) |
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125 | (3) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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8 Gold, Glaciers, And Granitics: The Sierra Nevada |
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129 | (42) |
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129 | (1) |
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Geography of the Sierra Nevada |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (6) |
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139 | (6) |
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145 | (5) |
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Cenozoic History of the Sierras |
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150 | (3) |
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When Did the Sierras Rise? |
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153 | (3) |
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The Modern Sierras: Exfoliation and Glaciation |
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156 | (13) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (12) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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170 | (1) |
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9 Mantle Rocks And Exotic Terranes: The Klamath Mountains |
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171 | (18) |
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171 | (1) |
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Geography of the Klamath Mountains |
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172 | (2) |
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Geology of the Klamath Mountains |
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174 | (11) |
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174 | (5) |
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Central Metamorphic Terrane |
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179 | (1) |
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Western Paleozoic- Triassic Terrane |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (1) |
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Cretaceous Granitic Intrusions |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Cenozoic History of the Klamaths |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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10 Oil And Agriculture: The Great Valley |
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189 | (16) |
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189 | (1) |
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Geography of the Great Valley |
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189 | (3) |
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Geology of the Great Valley |
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192 | (9) |
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Jurassic Ophiolite Basement |
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194 | (1) |
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Cretaceous Great Valley Group |
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194 | (3) |
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Cenozoic Deposits of the Great Valley |
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197 | (6) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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203 | (2) |
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11 The San Andreas Fault System |
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205 | (24) |
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California Faults and Earthquakes |
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205 | (5) |
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How Often Do Quakes Occur? |
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210 | (1) |
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What Does the San Andreas Fault Look Like? |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (13) |
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Salt Creek (GPS coordinates: 33° 26minutes 45.4seconds north latitude, 115° 50minutes 22.1seconds west longitude) |
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214 | (1) |
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Coachella Valley Area to Cajon Pass |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (3) |
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Palmdale to Carrizo Plain |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (3) |
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Carrizo Plain to Parkfield |
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222 | (1) |
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Parkfield to San Francisco |
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222 | (3) |
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Backtracking the Plate Boundary |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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12 Melanges, Granitics, And Ophiolites: The Coast Ranges |
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229 | (30) |
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229 | (1) |
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Geography of the Coast Ranges |
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230 | (2) |
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Geology of the Coast Ranges |
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232 | (1) |
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Eastern Franciscan Terrane |
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233 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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Central and Western Franciscan Terranes |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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Western (or Coastal) Franciscan Belt |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (3) |
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Cenozoic Rocks of the Eastern Franciscan Belt |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (9) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Ben Lomond and Montara Mountains |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (5) |
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Western Franciscan Terrane |
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251 | (5) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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13 Compression, Rotation, Uplift: The Transverse Ranges And Adjacent Basins |
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259 | (36) |
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259 | (1) |
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Geography of the Transverse Ranges |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (7) |
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262 | (3) |
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Little San Bernardino Mountains |
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265 | (1) |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (12) |
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269 | (4) |
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273 | (4) |
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277 | (4) |
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Sedimentary Basins Around The Transverse Ranges |
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281 | (7) |
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Tectonics of the Transverse Ranges |
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288 | (4) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (3) |
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293 | (1) |
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293 | (2) |
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14 Granitics, Gravels, Gems, And Geothermal Springs: The Peninsular Ranges And Salton Trough |
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295 | (26) |
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295 | (1) |
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Geography of the Peninsular Ranges |
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295 | (3) |
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Prebatholithic Rocks of San Diego County |
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298 | (2) |
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Cretaceous Intrusions in San Diego County |
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300 | (3) |
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Mesozoic Rocks of Orange County |
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303 | (3) |
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Cenozoic Rocks of Orange County |
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306 | (1) |
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Cretaceous and Cenozoic of San Diego County |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (4) |
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Development of the Salton Trough |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (4) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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319 | (2) |
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15 Assembling California: A Four-Dimensional Jigsaw Puzzle |
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321 | (28) |
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In the Beginning: The Archean and Proterozoic |
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321 | (1) |
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Paleozoic History of California |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (1) |
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California in the Cretaceous |
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325 | (1) |
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The Cenozoic in California |
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326 | (8) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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Million Years of Complex Tectonics |
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335 | (9) |
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344 | (1) |
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344 | (5) |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (4) |
| Part III: California's Geological Resources |
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349 | (12) |
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Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills! |
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349 | (3) |
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352 | (4) |
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356 | (3) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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17 California's Oil And Gas |
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361 | (24) |
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361 | (2) |
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Where Does Oil Come From? |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (3) |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (4) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (5) |
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385 | (22) |
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385 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (3) |
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389 | (5) |
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394 | (10) |
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399 | (4) |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (1) |
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404 | (3) |
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405 | (2) |
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407 | (24) |
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407 | (1) |
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407 | (8) |
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Beach Erosion and Hard Stabilization |
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415 | (3) |
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Headlands, Sea Cliffs, and Coastal Uplift |
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418 | (6) |
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California Estuaries and Bays |
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424 | (5) |
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429 | (2) |
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429 | (1) |
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20 California's Fossil Resources - |
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431 | (34) |
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California's Amazing Fossil Record |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (6) |
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The Precambrian-Cambrian of the Death Valley Region |
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433 | (2) |
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Early Cambrian Trilobites of the Mojave Desert |
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435 | (3) |
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Ordovician-Devonian Fossils of Mazourka Canyon, Inyo Mountains |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (6) |
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Triassic Ammonoids of the Inyo Mountains |
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439 | (2) |
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Great Valley Group of the Central Valley |
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441 | (2) |
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Cretaceous Fossils of San Diego County and Baja California |
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443 | (2) |
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Cretaceous Fossils of Silverado Canyon, Orange County |
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445 | (1) |
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445 | (11) |
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Eocene Fossils of the San Diego Area |
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445 | (1) |
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Eocene Plant Fossils of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Warner Range |
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446 | (3) |
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449 | (1) |
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Miocene Mollusks of Topanga Canyon |
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450 | (1) |
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Miocene Fossils of Sharktooth Hill, Kern County |
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451 | (1) |
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Barstow Formation, Mojave Desert |
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452 | (1) |
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Red Rock Canyon State Park, Mojave Desert |
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452 | (3) |
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Blackhawk Ranch Quarry, Mt. Diablo |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (3) |
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456 | (1) |
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456 | (2) |
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Calistoga Petrified Forest |
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458 | (1) |
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459 | (6) |
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460 | (4) |
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464 | (1) |
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