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Geology of California

This Open Educational Resource (OER) aims to provide students at California's institutions of higher education an interactive and immersive tool to support their learning about the geology of California with up-to-date information about the golden state's climate, earthquake hazards, and water issues. This work is supported by the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges Open Education Resources Initiative.

GeologyGeosciences
Author
Allison Jones, Cole Heap, Debra Brooks, Emily Wright, Martha House, Steven Newton & Steven Skinner
Publisher
Academic Senate of California Community Colleges Open Education Resources Initiative
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LibreTexts
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CC BY-NC
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EN
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Basic Sciences
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Contents· 167 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to the Geology of California
  2. 1.01: How to Read California's Geologic Map
  3. 1.02: Geologic Map Symbols
  4. 1.03: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  5. 02: Minerals and Rocks
  6. 2.01: Minerals
  7. 2.02: Mineral Properties
  8. 2.03: The Rock Cycle
  9. 2.04: Igneous Rocks
  10. 2.05: Sedimentary Rocks
  11. 2.06: Metamorphic Rocks
  12. 2.07: Chapter Summary
  13. 2.08: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  14. 03: Plate Tectonics
  15. 3.01: Earth's Interior
  16. 3.02: Tectonic Plates Plate Motions and Plate Boundaries
  17. 3.03: Mechanisms for Plate Motion
  18. 3.04: California's Plates and Plate Boundaries
  19. 3.05: Chapter Summary
  20. 3.06: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  21. 04: Geologic Structures and Seismology
  22. 4.01: Stress and Strain
  23. 4.02: Folding
  24. 4.03: Jointing and Faulting
  25. 4.04: Earthquakes
  26. 4.05: Measuring Earthquakes
  27. 4.06: Chapter Summary
  28. 4.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  29. 05: Geologic Time
  30. 5.01: Relative Dating
  31. 5.02: Unconformities
  32. 5.03: Dating Rocks Using Fossils
  33. 5.04: Absolute Dating of Geologic Materials
  34. 5.05: The Geologic Time Scale
  35. 5.06: Chapter Summary
  36. 5.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  37. 06: A Brief Geologic History of California
  38. 6.01: Developing a Geologic History
  39. 6.02: Precambrian California (4.6 Ga 541 Ma)
  40. 6.03: Paleozoic California (541 252 Ma)
  41. 6.04: Mesozoic California (250 66 Ma)- Subduction and Mountain Building
  42. 6.05: Cenozoic California (66 Ma Present)- Faulting Uplift and Basin Formation
  43. 6.06: Chapter Summary
  44. 6.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  45. 07: Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau
  46. 7.01: The Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Cascade Continental Volcanic Arc
  47. 7.02: Rock Types of the Cascades
  48. 7.03: The Variety of Volcanoes in the Cascades and the Modoc Plateau
  49. 7.04: Volcanic Hazards
  50. 7.05: Mount Shasta
  51. 7.06: Lassen Volcanic National Park
  52. 7.07: Medicine Lake Volcano
  53. 7.08: Glaciers in the Cascades
  54. 7.09: Chapter Summary
  55. 7.10: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  56. 08: Basin and Range
  57. 8.01: Regional Extent and Overview of the Basin and Range
  58. 8.02: Rifting in the Basin and Range
  59. 8.03: Rift-Related Faulting in Eastern California
  60. 8.04: Sedimentary Products of Rifting in the Basin and Range
  61. 8.05: Rift-Related Volcanism in Eastern California
  62. 8.06: The Oldest Rocks in the Basin and Range
  63. 8.07: Chapter Summary
  64. 8.08: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  65. 09: Sierra Nevada
  66. 9.01: The Sierra Nevada Today
  67. 9.02: Ancient Seas Form the Oldest Rocks
  68. 9.03: The Sierra Nevada Batholith
  69. 9.04: Gold of the Sierra Nevada
  70. 9.05: Volcanic Features of the Sierra Nevada
  71. 9.06: Ice Shapes the Landscape
  72. 9.07: Natural Hazards of the Sierra Nevada
  73. 9.08: Chapter Summary
  74. 9.09: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  75. 10: Klamath Mountains
  76. 10.01: Assembling a Continent
  77. 10.02: The McCloud Limestone- An Ancient Coral Reef
  78. 10.03: The Josephine Ophiolite- A Little Slice of the Mantle
  79. 10.04: Plutons of the Klamath Mountains
  80. 10.05: Uplifting a Mountain Range
  81. 10.06: Chapter Summary
  82. 10.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  83. 11: Coast Ranges
  84. 11.01: A Complicated Land
  85. 11.02: The Coast Range Ophiolite
  86. 11.03: The Great Valley Sequence
  87. 11.04: The Franciscan Complex
  88. 11.05: Cenozoic Events
  89. 11.06: Quaternary Events
  90. 11.07: Representative Coast Range Rocks
  91. 11.08: Chapter Summary
  92. 11.09: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  93. 12: Great Valley
  94. 12.01: Geomorphology and General Overview of the Great Valley Province
  95. 12.02: Geology of the Great Valley
  96. 12.03: Soil Streams and Agriculture
  97. 12.04: Natural Hazards of the Great Valley Province
  98. 12.05: Natural Resources of the Great Valley
  99. 12.06: Chapter Summary
  100. 12.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  101. 13: Mojave and Colorado Deserts
  102. 13.01: Physiographic Features of the Mojave and Colorado Desert Provinces
  103. 13.02: Geologic Overview and Evolution of the Mojave and Colorado Desert Provinces
  104. 13.03: Creating the Desert Environment
  105. 13.04: Wind Driven Sediment Transport
  106. 13.05: Sand Dunes and Dune Fields
  107. 13.06: Erosional Desert Land Forms
  108. 13.07: Water in the Desert
  109. 13.08: Geological Resources of the Desert Provinces
  110. 13.09: Geologic Hazards of the Mojave and Colorado Desert Provinces
  111. 13.10: Chapter Summary
  112. 13.11: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  113. 14: Transverse Ranges
  114. 14.01: Physiographic Overview of the Transverse Ranges Province
  115. 14.02: Bedrock Geology of the Transverse Ranges Province
  116. 14.03: Cenozoic Sedimentation and Basin Development
  117. 14.04: Tectonic and Structural Evolution of the Transverse Ranges
  118. 14.05: Geologic Hazards of the Transverse Ranges Province
  119. 14.06: Mineral and Petroleum Resources of the Transverse Ranges Province
  120. 14.07: Chapter Summary
  121. 14.08: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  122. 15: Peninsular Ranges
  123. 15.01: Geomorphology of the Peninsular Ranges
  124. 15.02: Tectonics and Geologic History of the Peninsular Ranges Province
  125. 15.03: Rocks of the Peninsular Ranges
  126. 15.04: Geologic Hazards of the Peninsular Ranges
  127. 15.05: Natural Resources of the Peninsular Ranges
  128. 15.06: Chapter Summary
  129. 15.07: Detailed Figure and Video Descriptions
  130. 16: California Coastline
  131. 16.01: Coastal Processes
  132. 16.02: California Coastline Anatomy
  133. 16.03: California Coastal Hazards
  134. 16.04: Human Alteration and Mitigation
  135. 16.05: Coastal Access
  136. 16.06: The Edge of California
  137. 16.07: Chapter Summary
  138. 16.08: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  139. 17: California's Climate
  140. 17.01: Note on Usage
  141. 17.02: The Past
  142. 17.03: The Present
  143. 17.04: The Future
  144. 17.05: Hotter Drier Tougher
  145. 17.06: Chapter Summary
  146. 17.07: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  147. 18: California's Water
  148. 18.01: The Hydrologic Cycle
  149. 18.02: Running Water
  150. 18.03: Groundwater
  151. 18.04: Water Infrastructure and Management
  152. 18.05: Threats to Californias Water
  153. 18.06: Understanding California's Water Landscape
  154. 18.07: Chapter Summary
  155. 18.08: Detailed Figure Descriptions
  156. 19: California's Earthquake History and Hazards
  157. 19.01: Front Matter
  158. 19.1.01: Table of Contents
  159. 19.02: The Hazard of Buildings
  160. 19.03: The Hazard of Place
  161. 19.04: Liquefaction and the Role of Soil Type
  162. 19.05: What's Coming
  163. 19.06: Beyond the San Andreas - Earthquakes of the North Coast
  164. 19.07: Preparing for the Worst
  165. 19.08: A State of Danger
  166. 19.09: Chapter Summary
  167. 19.10: Detailed Figure Descriptions