CALIFORNIA SPECIFIC PG EXAM QUESTIONS
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a plutonic igneous rock composed almost entirely of plagioclase
Anorthosite feldspar, found in the San Gabriel Mountains and dated
about
1.022 billion years
Connate Water Water trapped in a formation at the time of deposition
a heterogeneous unit of sedimentary and volcanic rocks
consisting of graywakce and inter-bedded shale, minor amounts
Franciscan Formation
of chert, limestone, greenstone, andd metamorphic rocks of
greenschist and blueschist facies. May be 50,000 ft thick.
Franciscan Formation Basement rock in Coast Ranges
Freshwater lake that covered much of the western San Joaquin
Valley about 600,000 years ago. Freshwater deposits include
Lake Cocoran
lake clays, volcanic ash, and diatomite of Corcoran Clay member
of Tulare formation
A large downwarped basin formed in Late Tertiary that received
Los Angeles Basin thousands of feet of marine sediments. The basin produced
petroleum in prolific quantities.
Ma millions of years
2025\26 |LATEST VERSION |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
, Terms in this set (188)
a plutonic igneous rock composed almost entirely of plagioclase
Anorthosite feldspar, found in the San Gabriel Mountains and dated
about
1.022 billion years
Connate Water Water trapped in a formation at the time of deposition
a heterogeneous unit of sedimentary and volcanic rocks
consisting of graywakce and inter-bedded shale, minor amounts
Franciscan Formation
of chert, limestone, greenstone, andd metamorphic rocks of
greenschist and blueschist facies. May be 50,000 ft thick.
Franciscan Formation Basement rock in Coast Ranges
Freshwater lake that covered much of the western San Joaquin
Valley about 600,000 years ago. Freshwater deposits include
Lake Cocoran
lake clays, volcanic ash, and diatomite of Corcoran Clay member
of Tulare formation
A large downwarped basin formed in Late Tertiary that received
Los Angeles Basin thousands of feet of marine sediments. The basin produced
petroleum in prolific quantities.
Ma millions of years
