Roadside Geology of Northern & Central California
by David D. Alt and Donald W. Hyndman
Roadside Geology of Northern & Central California
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| Preface to the Second Edition |
ix
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| Preface to the First Edition |
x
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| 1. Introduction |
1
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| Plate Tectonics |
1
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| Tale of Three Trenches |
4
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| San Andreas Fault |
5
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| Basin and Range |
5
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| High Cascades |
6
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| Whither California? |
6
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| 2. Sierra Nevada |
9
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| Subduction and Obduction |
9
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| Stacked Terranes |
12
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| Sierra Nevada Batholith |
18
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| Glaciers |
23
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| Gold |
25
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| Sierra Nevada Road Guides |
31
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| Interstate 80: Sacramento - Reno |
31
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| US 50: Sacramento - Carson City |
36
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| CA 20: Marysville - Emigrant Gap |
41
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| CA 41: Fresno - Yosemite National Park |
45
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| CA 49: Mariposa - Placerville |
49
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| CA 49: Placerville - Sierraville |
56
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| CA 70: Feather River Road, Marysville - Hallelujah Junction |
65
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| CA 89: South Lake Tahoe - Graeagle |
74
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| Lake Tahoe |
77
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| CA 140: Merced - Yosemite National Park |
81
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| Yosemite National Park |
84
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| CA 180: Fresno - Kings Canyon National Park |
89
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| 3. Klamath Mountains |
93
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| Terranes |
93
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| Mining |
103
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| Klamath Mountains Roadguides |
105
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| Interstate 5: Redding - Dunsmuir |
105
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| Interstate 5: Dunsmuir - Oregon |
109
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| US 199: Crescent City - Oregon |
115
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| CA 299: Arcata - Redding |
119
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| 4. Coast Range |
129
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| Franciscan Complex |
129
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| Great Valley Sequence |
134
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| Plate Boundaries |
136
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| Younger Rocks |
140
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| Earthquakes |
140
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| Landslides |
146
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| Where Water Meets Land |
148
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| Point Reyes National Seashore |
155
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| San Francisco Bay Area |
159
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| Roads North of the Bay Area |
171
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| US 101: San Francisco - Leggett |
171
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| US 101: Leggett - Eureka |
177
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| US 101: Eureka - Oregon |
181
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| CA 1: Golden Gate - Point Arena |
186
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| CA 1: Point Arena - Leggett |
193
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| CA 20: Calpella - Williams |
197
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| CA 29: Vallejo - Lakeport |
205
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| Roads South of the Bay Area |
210
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| US 101: San Francisco - Salinas |
210
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| US 101: Salinas - San Luis Obispo |
216
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| CA 25: CA 198 - Hollister |
220
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| CA 41: Morro Bay - Interstate 5 |
223
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| CA 58: Santa Margarita - Interstate 5 |
228
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| CA 1: San Francisco - Monterey |
234
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| CA 1: Monterey - San Luis Obispo |
244
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| 5. The Great Valley |
253
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| The Trench Shifts West |
254
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| Great Valley Road Guides |
257
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| Interstate 5: Sacramento - Redding |
257
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| Interstate 5: Sacramento - US 99 |
263
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| Interstate 80: San Francisco - Sacramento |
269
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| 6. High Cascades on the Modoc Plateau |
273
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| Volcanic Rocks |
274
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| Shasta |
278
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| Lassen Volcanic National Park |
279
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| Medicine Lake Volcano and Lava Beds National Monument |
288
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| High Cascades and the Modoc Plateau Road Guides |
294
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| US 97: Weed - Oregon |
294
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| CA 36: Red Bluff - Susanville |
297
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| US 395: Susanville - Oregon |
304
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| Surprise Valley Side Trip |
308
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| CA 299: Redding - Fall River Mills |
311
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| CA 299: Fall River Mills - Alturas |
316
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| 7. Basin and Range |
321
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| Normal Faults |
322
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| Long Valley Caldera |
322
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| Desert Landscape |
325
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| Basin and Range Road Guides |
326
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| US 395: Bishop - Nevada |
326
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| US 395: Reno - Susanville |
343
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| Glossary |
347
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| Selected Reading |
352
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| Index |
359
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