 The great bulk of the granitic rocks in the Yosemite region belong to two series of intrusions, the members of each series exhibiting an especially close relationship to one another. These may be termed the biotite granite series of the Yosemite Valley...  Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley - Page 121by François Matthes - 1930 - 137 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geology - 1970 - 304 pages
...the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada that were defined by Calkins ( 1930) . The younger series includes the Sentinel Granodiorite, Half Dome Quartz...Cathedral Peak Granite and Johnson Granite porphyry. Subsequent mapping by other investigators has shown that rocks of the Tuolumne Intrusive Series occur... | |
 | Philip Sidney Smith - Geology - 1930 - 642 pages
...intrusive series. * * • The latter Includes \ [ascending order of age] the Sentinel granodiorlte, llalf Dome quartz monzonite, Cathedral Peak granite, and...Tuolumne River and northeastward into the High Sierra. Named for exposures along Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park. Tuscan tuff. \y Pliocene and Miocene... | |
 | Mary Grace Wilmarth - Geology - 1931 - 110 pages
...Yosemite Valley and the Tuolumne intrusive series. * * • The latter includes [ascending order of age] the Sentinel granodiorite, Half Dome quartz monzonite,...Tuolumne River and northeastward into the High Sierra. Named for exposures along Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park. Tuscan tuff. Pliocene and Miocene... | |
 | Geology - 1933 - 174 pages
...According to Calkins the most clearly defined is the sequence which consists, in order of succession, of Sentinel granodiorite, Half Dome quartz monzonite,...Cathedral Peak granite, and Johnson granite porphyry. (See pl. 9.) Each of these intrusives is more siliceous than its predecessor, and they are arranged... | |
 | Philip B. King, Helen M. Beikman - Geology - 1976 - 84 pages
...diorite, quartz monzonite, and granodiorite. The second, represented by the Tuolomne Intrusive Series, includes the Sentinel Granodiorite, Half Dome Quartz...Cathedral Peak Granite, and Johnson Granite Porphyry, and is more siliceous than the older Cretaceous and Jurassic intrusives of the Sierra Nevada. The Late... | |
 | Philip B. King - Geology, Stratigraphic - 1976 - 284 pages
...diorite, quartz monzonite, and granodiorite. The second, represented by the Tuolomne Intrusive Series, includes the Sentinel Granodiorite, Half Dome Quartz...Cathedral Peak Granite, and Johnson Granite Porphyry, and is more siliceous than the older Cretaceous and Jurassic intrusives of the Sierra Nevada. The Late... | |
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