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Preliminary report on the geology of the continental borderland of Southern California

Appraisal of the mineral resource potential and assessment of environmental problems of any specific area require an understanding of the regional geology. The geology of t he coastal zone and offshore islands from Point Conception to the Mexican boundary serves as a frame of reference from which rock units and structures can be extrapolated into submerged parts of the borderland (sheet 1). Such e