Natural History of the Coronado Islands, Baja California, MexicoHerman T. Kuper, Michael W. Hart |
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America Bull amphibole andesitic andesitic basalt Assoc Baja California basalt batholith birds blueschist Borderland breccia brown Catalina Schist Catalina Schist clasts Catalina Schist rocks chlorite schist clasts coast coastal conglomeratic sand Cretaceous crop deposition diameter Dudleya east Eocene fault block fine-to flake Geol Geologists geology indurated interbedded interbeds Island rocks islet Jollan Lusardi Formation mainland mammals marine metavolcanic Middle Island Middle Miocene Middle Peak Middle Rock Minch Miocene Miocene rocks nonmarine North Coronado Island northeast northern Baja California northwestern Baja California offshore outcrops Pacific Peninsular Ranges Plate Pleistocene plutonic Point Loma Poway Puerto Cueva Cove quartzite redbeds rock fragments Rosarito Beach Formation San Diego County San Onofre Breccia sands tone sandstone sandstone and conglomerate Santa sea level Seal Cove sediments shoreline siltstone South Island southern California species stone stratigraphic tectonic terrace thick tuffaceous unit m-1 unit s-2 vein quartz volcanic rock volcaniclastic volcaniclastic breccia well-indurated