Cretaceous stratigraphic sequences of north-central California suggest a discontinuity in the Late Cretaceous forearc basin
The Cretaceous sedimentary succession preserved east of Redding, at the northern end of California's Great Valley, indicates that marine deposition was widespread in the region for only two periods during the Late Cretaceous. If it is assumed that there was minimal Cenozoic offset between the northern Sierra Nevada and eastern Klamath Mountains terranes, Cretaceous sedimentation in this region was most likely restricted to a narrow trough and was not a continuation of the wide, Cretaceous forearc basin of central California. The dissimilar depositional histories of the Redding basin and the Hornbrook basin of north-central California suggest that the basins were not linked continuously during the Late Cretaceous. A thick section of Cretaceous strata beneath the southwestern Modoc Plateau is considered unlikely.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- OSTI ID:
- 5599914
- Journal Information:
- Geology; (United States), Vol. 14:10
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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