General geology of the Verdugo Mountains

Citation

Judson, Jack F. (1934) General geology of the Verdugo Mountains. Bachelor's thesis, California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12152009-111344951

Abstract

The Verdugo Mountains is a horst bounded on the south and west by reverse faults and on the north by normal faults. These faults are not simple fractures, but are zones including a number of parallel faults. The Verdugo block is not a simple horst, however, but is a composite one, being divided into three main blocks by normal faults which belong to a later period than the reverse faulting. Structurally, the Verdugo Mountains is a part of the San Gabriel Range, and also should include the San Rafael Hills which are only separated from these mountains by Verdugo Canyon. The western part of these mountains is overlain by Miocene and Pliocene sediments folded into a number of small folds, which, however, are merely flexures on the south limb of an overturned syncline whose axis is across Tujunga Wash. These sediments are largely marine, although fan-glomerates make up a large part of these. The basal conglomerate has a basalt flow intercalated in it.

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