Full Title Geology of the Point Sur-Lopez Point Region, Coast Ranges, California: A Part of the Southern California Allochthon

Author: Clarence A. Hall Jr.

Delineates the Southern California allochthon (SCA) of western California. Proposes that the Sur thrust forms the sole of the SCA. The allochthon was thrust westward or northwestward a minimum of 180 km from the Mojave and eastern Peninsular Ranges provinces of southwestern North America during early Paleocene time (~65 to 62 Ma). Today, the dismembered allochthon extends in the north from Point Arena, in northwestern California, southward to the Chocolate Mountains in southeastern California. Specific subject matter includes plate tectonics, regional geology of western California, San Andreas, Sur, Proto-San Andreas faults, accreted or suspect terranes, late Mesozoic and Cenozoic Stratigraphy of north-central coastal California. Includes pre-Eocene palinspastic map, pre-Eocene paleogeologic map, and geologic maps of the Point Sur (Monterey County) region.

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Published: 11/04/1991

ISBN Number: 0813722667

Pages: 40

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