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词条 Salinian Block
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  1. Geology

  2. Notable Features

  3. References

  4. External links

{{short description|A terrane west of the main trace of the San Andreas Fault system in California}}

The Salinian Block or Salinian terrane is a geologic terrane which lies west of the main trace of the San Andreas Fault system in California. It is bounded on the south by the Big Pine Fault in Ventura County and on the west by the Nacimiento Fault. It was named for the Salinas Valley in Monterey County, California.

Geology

The Salinian Block is largely granitic, in accordance with its continental crustal origin. This composition contrasts sharply, and paradoxically, with much of the crust to its east, which is sedimentary and oceanic in origin. The block's granitic core, fragments of the batholith of the Peninsular Ranges, shares its origins with the Sierra Nevada mountains, far to the east, however this remains debatable

During the past 30 million years the North American Plate has been overriding the East Pacific Rise and transform faulting complex along the developing San Andreas fault zone. Successive "stretched out" slivers of the Sierra Nevada - the Peninsular Batholith - have been and currently still are moving to the northwest to their current location.[1] The granitic plutons of the Salinas block stretch from Bodega Head ({{coord|38|18|39.6|N|123|03|57.6|W}}) in the north to Mount Pinos ({{coord|34|48|46.1|N|119|08|43.4|W}}) at the southern end of the block.

In the years since the 1974 study by Johnson and Normark the connection with the southern Sierra Nevada has been questioned, stating that "it more nearly resembles granite in the Mojave Desert". [2]

Notable Features

Some of the more notable portions of the block are visible as:

  • {{annotated link|Bodega Head}}
  • {{annotated link|Point Reyes}}
  • {{annotated link|Farallon Islands|The Farallon Islands}}
  • {{annotated link|Devil's Slide (California)|Devil's Slide}}
  • {{annotated link|Monterey Peninsula}}
  • {{annotated link|Pebble Beach, California|Pebble Beach}}
  • {{annotated link|Point Lobos}}
  • {{annotated link|McWay Falls}}
  • {{annotated link|Anderson Canyon}}
  • {{annotated link|Pinnacles National Park}}
  • {{annotated link|Mount Pinos}}

Much of the mountainous terrain along the Salinian Block is protected under the US Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, most notably within Los Padres National Forest, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, and Point Reyes National Seashore.

References

1. ^Jeffrey D. Johnson and William R. Normark, Neogene Tectonic Evolution of the Salinian Block, West-Central California, Geology 1974;2;11-14
2. ^{{citation|title=Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California|first=David|last=Alt|first2=Donald W.|last2=Hyndman|location=Missoula|publisher=Mountain Press|year=2000|page=176}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421091430/http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/~jim/geolprojects/ Marin College: "Feldspar Staining of the Plutonic Rocks of the Salinian Terrane"]
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7 : Terranes|Geologic formations of California|Geology of Marin County, California|Geology of Monterey County, California|Geology of San Luis Obispo County, California|Geology of Santa Cruz County, California|California Coast Ranges

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