- Usage in publication:
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- Burnt Canyon breccia
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salton basin
Summary:
Map sheet 20. Burnt Canyon breccia. Shown on map legend as a landslide deposit. Age is Quaternary.
[Report covers San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside Co., southern CA.]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Burnt Canyon breccia
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salton basin
Summary:
Pg. 325 (table 1), 352, pls. 1, 3. Burnt Canyon breccia. Described in San Gorgonio Pass area as a dissected landslide deposit. Maximum thickness about 100 feet. Rests partly on crystalline complex and partly on Heights fanglomerate. Age is Quaternary.
[Report covers San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside Co., southern CA.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 546).
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