The Geology and Landscape of Santa Barbara County, California, and Its Offshore Islands |
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Alamos alluvium anticlinal basalt beach Cachuma California Canyon Road Carpinteria cliff Coast Ranges conglomerate Cozy Creek Cretaceous crustal Cuyama River deposits diatomite diatoms earthquake Eocene erosion exposed exposures feet Figueroa Mountain Figure folding fossil Franciscan Formation geologic Goleta Highway 101 hills Jalama Juncal Junction left east left south left west Lompoc Matilija Mesa miles mineral Miocene Monterey Formation Monterey shale mudstone offshore Oil Field older alluvium Oligocene Orcutt sand Paso Robles Formation Peak Pleistocene Pliocene Point Sal prominent Purisima ridge right east right north right west road crosses road cuts rock units San Marcos Pass San Rafael Mountains sandstone Santa Barbara County Santa Cruz Island Santa Maria Santa Ynez fault Santa Ynez Mountains Santa Ynez Range Santa Ynez River sea level sedimentary rocks seeps serpentinite Sespe Formation shale side Sierra Madre Sisquoc Formation Sisquoc River stream syncline U.S. Highway valley Vaqueros Ventura County volcanic rocks