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Structure, Quaternary history, and general geology of the Corral Canyon area, Los Angeles County, California Structure, Quaternary history, and general geology of the Corral Canyon area, Los Angeles County, California

The Corral Canyon nuclear power plant site consists of about 305 acres near the mouth of Corral Canyon in the central Santa Monica Mountains; it is located on an east-trending segment of the Pacific Coast between Point Dume and Malibu Canyon, about 28 miles due west of Los Angeles. The Santa Monica Mountains are the southwesternmost mainland part of the Transverse Ranges province, the...
Authors
R. F. Yerkes, Carl M. Wentworth

Subdivision of the San Lorenzo Formation (Eocene and Oligocene) west-central California Subdivision of the San Lorenzo Formation (Eocene and Oligocene) west-central California

The San Lorenzo Formation was for many years considered synonymous with Oligocene Series. The formation name was extended, incorrectly in most cases, to rocks as far north as British Columbia and as far south as southern California. The formation in its type area was never adequately studied, resulting in fallacious concepts of its faunas and erroneous correlations. The San Lorenzo...
Authors
Earl E. Brabb
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