Cenozoic California - Cabrillo Collegedschwartz/documents/CenozoicCal...(divergent boundary) Subduction zone (convergent boundary) Transform fault, arrows show relative movement SAFZ.

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Cenozoic California

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The San Andreas fault

TheSalinianBlock,an alternateexplanationfor the NWboundary

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A rift zone was created when North America overran East Pacific spreading zone.

Model for Normal Faulting in Basin and RangeOR……

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Listric Faults

Detachment Fault

Pleistocene “Ice Ages”

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Life in

Cenozoic

California:

Molluscs

Diatoms

Foraminifera

Mammals

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Sabre-Toothed Cat