Mountain Meadows dacite
Subtitle: Oligocene intrusive complex that welds together the Los Angeles Basin, northwestern Peninsular Ranges, and central Transverse Ranges, California
By: by Thane H. McCulloh, Larry A. Beyer, and Ronald W. Morin.
Contributors: Beyer, Larry A.; Morin, Ronald W.
Series: Professional paper ;; 1649; Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ;; no. 1649.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Reston, VA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Dacite -- California -- Los Angeles Region.; Intrusions (Geology) -- California -- Los Angeles Region.; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Oligocene.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-31).
"A distinctive suite of dacitic rocks is shown to transect major tectonic boundaries in the San Gabriel Mountains region, thereby contraining the amount of late Cenozoic offset on several strike-slip faults."