Subsurface stratigraphy of the eastern Hollister Valley, California
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
1461
By: Catherine R. McMasters, Darrell G. Herd, Constance K. Throckmorton, and Linda E. Heusser
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Abstract
In September 1977, four cores were recovered by shallow auger drilling from Hollister Valley, California, near the Calaveras fault. The wells were drilled to search for evidence that Hollister Valley may have been occupied by a large lake during the late Pleistocene or Holocene. This small valley, near Monterey Bay, may have been dammed by a large landslide on the San Andreas fault (Jenkins, 1973; Herd and Helley, 1977). The cores sampled the first 38 m of sediment below the valley floor, but no lacustrine deposits were found at these sites; a very detailed record to Holocene alluviation in a tectonically subsiding basin.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Subsurface stratigraphy of the eastern Hollister Valley, California |
| Series title | Miscellaneous Field Studies Map |
| Series number | 1461 |
| DOI | 10.3133/mf1461 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Description | 3 plates: 41.99 x 35.50 inches or smaller |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Hollister Valley |
| Scale | 0 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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