Stop #5

 

On a clear day, the top of Mount Calavera offers spectacular views on the surrounding areas. Here's a panoramic video.

An aerial view of the Calavera Hills volcanic dome with fieldtrip stops

This stop is located on top of the volcanic dome. (Google Earth)

 

 

References

Abbott P.L. 1999 The Rise and Fall of San Diego, Sunbelt Publications.

Adkins, Caleb 2017 Using Smectite as a Geothermometer to Understand Emplacement Temperatures of Mount Calavera Dome, Carlsbad, California

Atwater T.M.1998 Plate Tectonic History of Southern California with Emphasis on the Traverse Ranges and Northern Channel Islands: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section MP 45, p.1-8

El-Najjar, A., Mohammad, and Camp, E., Victor, 2016 Field and Petrochemical Description of the Mount Calavera Volcanic Dome, Carlsbad, California. San Diego State University, Undergraduate thesis.

Fritsche A.E., Weigand P.W., Colburn I.P., Harma R.L., 2001, Transverse/Peninsular Range Connections-Evidence for the Incredible Miocene Rotation: Geologic Excursions in Southwestern California, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Pacific Section, book 89, pg. 101-146

Larson E.S. Jr. 1948 Batholith and Other Associated Rocks of Corona, Elsinore, and San Luis Rey Quadrangles, Southern California: The Geologic Society of America Memoir 29, 1 plate scale 1:125,000.

Tan, S.S. 1986 Landslide Hazards in the Encinitas Quadrangle, San Diego County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, open File Report 86-8, 3 plates, scale 1:24,000

Tan, S.S. 1987 Landslide Hazards in the Rancho Sante Fe Quadrangle, San Diego County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, open File Report 86-15, 3 plates, scale 1:24,000

Tan, S.S., Kennedy M.P. 1996 Geologic Maps of the Northwestern Part of San Diego County: California Division of Mines and Geology, open File Report 96-02, 3 plates, scale 1:24,000

Tan, S.S., Kennedy M.P. 2005 Geologic Map of the Oceanside 30' X 60' Quardrangle, California: Regional Geologic Map Series, 1:100,000 scale Map No. 2 Sheet 1 of 2.

Tarbuck and Lutgens 2007 Earth, An Introduction to Physical Geology,  Prentise Hall

Weigand P.W., Savage K.L., Nicholson C. 2002 The Conejo Volcanics and Other Miocene Volcanic Suites in Southwestern California: Geological Society of America Special Paper #365.

 

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