Full title: Regional Geology of Mount Diablo, California: Its Tectonic Evolution on the North America Plate Boundary

Editors: Raymond Sullivan, Doris Sloan, Jeffrey R. Unruh, and David P. Schwartz

Mount Diablo and the geology of the Central California Coast Ranges are the subject of a volume celebrating the Northern California Geological Society's 75th anniversary. The breadth of research illustrates the complex Mesozoic to Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the plate boundary. Recent faulting and folding along the eastern edge of the San Andreas system have exposed in the mountain a core of Franciscan accretionary wedge complex faulted against Cretaceous and Cenozoic forearc strata. The Memoir includes papers on structure, stratigraphy, tephrochronology, zircon provenance studies, apatite fission track analyses, and foraminifera and calcareous plankton assemblages tied to Cenozoic climate events. Chapters also address the history of geologic work in the area and the resource development of oil and gas, mercury, coal, and sand, and road aggregate.

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Published: 9/24/2021

ISBN Number: 978-0-8137-1217-8

Pages: 472 + map insert

Product Category: Memoirs