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; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Series: Professional paper -- 1649; U.S. Geological Survey professional paper -- 1649
Publisher: U.S. GPO; USGS Information Services [distributor]
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC; Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Dacite -- California -- San Gabriel Mountains Region; Rocks, Igneous -- California; Fault zones -- California; Intrusions (Geology) -- California; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Oligocene; Geology, Structural -- California -- San Gabriel Mountains Region
Description: A distinctive suite of dacitic rocks is shown to transect major tectonic boundaries in the San Gabriel Mountains region, thereby constraining the amount of late Cenozoic offset on several strike-slip faults
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-31)

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