Coast Ranges Geology
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Geological GigaPans from the Coast Ranges of California and Oregon.
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This is a view of Briones Reservoir and University of California Leuschner Observatory as seen from the Russell Peak Trail. I first took the whole panorama with fixed manual focus, then decided to re-take the right 2/3 of the panorama with auto-focus, pausing and adjusting focus points as necessary (auto-focus shots w...
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Terrace Hill is located just above San Luis Obispo's AMTRAK Station, on the edge of downtown. It has been the location of many historic panoramic images. This one was made on May 4, 2012 on a very windy afternoon. The lens was a Canon 100-400 fixed at 150mm. The camera was a Canon 1ds Mark III digital camera. Individua...
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The Monterey formation is a a suite of sediments that includes diatomaceous mudstone, chert, and phospatic members. It is Miocene in age, ranging from 7 to 14 million years old. This view shows a diatomaceous mudstone. Beds and laminations are visible at all scales.
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The Pinnacles National Monument is located in the Gabilan Range between the Salinas and San Benito Valleys in central California. The rock visible here is volcanic breccia that was eroded from siliceous volcanoes that erupted about 22-23 million years ago. Similar siliceous volcanic rocks occur at Neenach California, a...
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The Pinnacles National Monument is located in the Gabilan Range between the Salinas and San Benito Valleys in central California. The rock visible here is volcanic breccia that was eroded from siliceous volcanoes that erupted about 22-23 million years ago. Similar siliceous volcanic rocks occur at Neenach California, a...
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This view of The Monolith at the Pinnacles National Monument in central California shows medium-distance details of the volcanic breccia that comprises the iconic rocks of the park. The angular hand- to head-sized cobbles within the breccia indicate a high energy of the depositional setting located not far from the vol...
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These unconsolidated sediments crop out near the eastern corner of the Fort Ord Public Lands within sight of the Creekside Terrace trailhead. The clasts display a range of sorting, rounding, and layering. They probably represent detritus eroded from the paleo-Coast Ranges that was deposited in fluvial and fan environme...
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These unconsolidated sediments crop out near the eastern corner of the Fort Ord Public Lands within sight of the Creekside Terrace trailhead. The clasts display a range of sorting, rounding, and layering. They probably represent detritus eroded from the paleo-Coast Ranges that was deposited in fluvial and fan environme...
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This panorama was shot hand held from above Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Reserve.
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The Paleocene Carmelo conglomerate lies unconformably over the ~100 MA granodiorite of the Monterey Peninsula. A felsic diike intrudes the granodiorite, but does not intrude into the Carmelo conglomerate. Overlying both the granodiorite and the Carmelo conglomerate are marine terrace deposits, on which a soil has start...
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