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On the north half of the hogbacks, by foliated biotite-hornblende tonalite and on the southern half by hornblende gabbro. The basalt is potassium-argon dated to 10.4 to 10.8 million years and is a remnant of a channel-filling basalt flow, overlying a thin deposit of unconsolidated gray stream gravel, indicating that the basalt had filled in a ...
Because of the steeply dipping nature of the strata that forms a hogback, a slight shift in location may take place as the landscape is lowered by erosion, but it will be a matter of feet rather than miles, as might happen with cuestas. [3] [5] All gradations occur between hogbacks, homoclinal ridges, and cuestas. The differences between these ...
Editor's Note: For the latest on the Palisades Fire for Jan. 8, click here for updates. A large bush fire threatens more than 25,000 homes and structures in Los Angeles as Southern California ...
L.A. fire maps show Palisades, Eaton and more fires in California right now Emily Mae Czachor, John Kelly, Taylor Johnston, Grace Manthey Updated January 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 22: The Hughes Fire burns north of Los Angeles on January 22, 2025 near Castaic, California. "Seeing significant amounts of smoke through Ventura County to the I-5 ...
The Temescal Mountains were originally named by the Spanish as Sierra Temescal (perhaps from the nearby Rancho Temescal), a name which appears on the Rail Road Route survey map made by the U. S. Army Pacific Railroad Surveys in 1854–55. [3]
Located in the western part of Los Angeles, the Pacific Palisades neighborhood is among the city’s most scenic, affluent, yet fire-prone communities where more than 27,000 residents live.
The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, [2] are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California. Located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Verdugo Mountains region incorporates the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and La Cañada ...