From the islands to the mountains
Subtitle: a 2020 view of the geologic excursions in Southern California
By: edited by Richard V. Heermance, Joshua J. Schwartz
Series: Field Guide -- 59; Field guide (Geological Society of America) -- 59
Publisher: The Geological Society of America
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780813700595
Subjects: Geology
Description: This volume includes five geologic field-trip guides in the Los Angeles region associated with the 2020 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting that was scheduled for May 2020, in Pasadena, California. The guides are organized in a generally counterclockwise order around the Los Angeles Basin. The first guide by Burgette et al. provides new slip rates, age constraints, and observations of the active Sierra Madre fault zone that borders the northern side of the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. The Nourse et al. guide takes a new look at the San Gabriel Mountains from a basement and geomorphologic perspective. Further west, Keller et al. provide one of the first published field-trip guides focused on the 9 January 2018 Montecito debris flows that caused 23 deaths. The volume then moves south to Santa Cruz Island, where Davis et al. provide an updated review of the island's geology within the California borderlands. The final guide returns to the east, where Platt et al. present the unique geology of Santa Catalina Island with a focus on the subduction-related Catalina Schist.--website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.