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Miscellaneous Field Studies

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Simplified structural-physiographic map of

Long Valley, California

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The geologic cross section and the simplified structural - physiographic map of Long Valley

are very generalized and should not be used for precise geologic interpretations or reconstructions.

Scurces:

Bailey, R. A., Dalrymple, G. B., and Lanphere, M.A., 1976, Volcanism, structure, and geochronology of Long Valley caldera,

Mono County, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. B1, no. 5, p. 725-744.

Christensen, M. N., Gilbert, C. M., Lajoie K. R., a .nd Al-Rawi, Y., 1969, Geological - geophysical interpretation of Mono Basin, California - Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 74, no.22, p. 5221 - 52]9.

Gilbert, C. M., Christensen M, N., Al-Rawi, Y., and Lajoie,K. R. ·1968, Structur<il and volcanic history of Mono Basin, California - Nevada: Geological Society of America Memoir 116, p. 275 - 329.

Lajoie, K. R., 1968, Late Quaternary stratigraph·y and geologic history of Mono Basin: University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. thesis, 271 p.

Miller, C. D., Mullineaux, D. R., Crandel~, D. R.,and Bailey, R. A., 1982, Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley -

Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada--a preliminary assessment: U. 5. Geological Survey Circular 877, 10 p.

Putnam, W. C., 1938, The Mono Craters, California: The Geographical Review, v. 28, no 1, p. 68-82.

Putnam, W. C., 1949, Quaternary geology of the June lake district, California: Geological Society of America Bullelin, v. 60, p. 1281-1302.

Russell, I. C., 1889, Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report, 8 p. 261 ~ 394.

Geology by Roy A . Bailey, Kenneth R. Lajoie, and Malcolm M. Clark

Physiographic Diagrams of Long Valley, Mono and Inyo Counties, California

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Tau Rho ~pha, Roy ~ Bailey, ~nneth R. Lajoie, and Malcolm M. Clark.___

1983