Southern California, Origin and Dispersal of the Poway Conglomerate

Southern California: Southern California, Origin and Dispersal of the Poway Conglomerate

Drawn and animated by Tanya Atwater using Photoshop and Morph. After Pat Abbott, 1999. The Rise and Fall of San Diego, 231 pp.

This illustrates a likely three step scenario for the dispersal of these distinctive rocks. The present day outcrop patterns are strong geological support for the Transverse Ranges rotation.

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