The Pacoima Area

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Fisher, Robert Lloyd (1949) The Pacoima Area. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3QFS-SE34. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07072015-105648721

Abstract

The Pacoima area consists of Miocene (sediments and basalts) rocks underlain by a quartz diorite basement complex of Jurassic age. The stratigranhic units range from 25 feet to more than 600 feet in thickness. The lower sediments are arkosic land- laid deposits while the Modelo formation, shallow marine in origin, consists of thinly bedded sandstones, shales, volcanic ash and calcareous members. An andesitic mass, possibly a volcanic plug, outcrops near the summit of one of the hills.

An anticline, and possibly an associated syncline, has been developed by compressional folding. Small scale contortion is locally exposed. Regional dip is northward, decreasing from south to north in the area. Faulting is common, most faults trending nearly north-south. Movement along these faults ranges from a few feet to several hundred feet.

There are no important mineral deposits in the area. Quarrying of the basement rocks has been abandoned.

Item Type:	Thesis (Senior thesis (Major))
Subject Keywords:	Geology
Degree Grantor:	California Institute of Technology
Division:	Geological and Planetary Sciences
Major Option:	Geology
Thesis Availability:	Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):	Unknown, Unknown
Thesis Committee:	None, None
Defense Date:	1 January 1949
Record Number:	CaltechTHESIS:07072015-105648721
Persistent URL:	https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07072015-105648721
DOI:	10.7907/3QFS-SE34
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ID Code:	9050
Collection:	CaltechTHESIS
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Deposited On:	07 Jul 2015 18:09
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2023 23:41

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