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Schist of various types and ages, unit 3 (Santa Cruz Island)

Schists of various types; mostly Paleozoic or Mesozoic age; some Precambrian.
StateCalifornia
NameSchist of various types and ages, unit 3 (Santa Cruz Island)
Geologic ageJurassic
Original map labelsch
CommentsSanta Cruz Island. Mostly massive to schistose metavolcanic rocks; minor metasedimentary schist
Primary rock typemetavolcanic rock
Secondary rock typegreenschist
Other rock typeschert; sandstone; diorite; tonalite
Lithologic constituents
Map references
Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000.
Unit references
Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000.
Jennings, C.W., 1985, An explanatory text to accompany the 1:750,000 scale fault and geologic maps of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 201, 197 p.
Jennings, C.W., 1962, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Long Beach sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Jennings, C.W., and Strand, R.G., 1969, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Los Angeles sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Sorenson, S., 1988, Tectonometamorphic significance of the basement rocks of the Los Angeles basin and the inner California continental borderland, in Ernst, W.G., ed., Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the western United States (Rubey Volume 7): Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, p. 998-1022.
Hill, D.J., 1976, Geology of the Jurassic basement rocks, Santa Cruz Island, California, and correlation with other Mesozoic basement terranes in California, in Howell, D.G., ed., Aspects of the geologic history of the California continental borderland: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Miscellaneous Publication 24, p. 16-46.
Geographic coverageSanta Barbara

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