The Sutter Buttes of California : A Study of Plio-Pleistocene Volcanism / Howel Williams and G. H. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Howel, 1898-1980, author.

Curtis, G. H., author.

Series:

University of California publications in geological sciences ; 116.

UC Publications in Geological Sciences Series ; Volume 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volcanism--California--Sutter Buttes.

Volcanism.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Pleistocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Pliocene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (84 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1977]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

THE SUTTER BUTTES OF CALIFORNIA

Introduction and Acknowledgments

Plutonic-Metamorphic Basement

Upturned Cretaceous and Tertiary Beds

Pre-Explosive Uplift of the Sedimentary Beds

Extrusive and Intrusive Domes

Rampart Beds

Central Lake-Beds

Intra-Volcanic Deformation

The Buried "Colusa Buttes"

APPENDIX.

Petrology

References

PLATES

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Apr 2021)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520319646

0520319648

OCLC:

1243312257