Pliocene palaeogeography of Southern California

Discovering the Beauty
of Charmlee Park's
Geological Formations

Dalina Thrift-Viveros (Millikin High and Caltech) with:
   María Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences)
   Christine M. Rodrigue(CSULB Geography)
   Eugene W. Williams (Millikan High)
   Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography)
   Aziz Bakkoury (CSULB Geography)
   Brian Sims (CSULB Geography)

[ Pliocene palaeogeography of Southern California, modified from
Reed and Hollister, Structural Evolution of Southern California, 1936 ]

Fig. 2. Map of Pliocene paleogeography showing the extent of the sea level and the position of Charmlee Park. The areas marked in brown represent the coastline of California during the Pliocene epoch (about 1 to 4 million years ago).

Fig. 2. Map of Pliocene paleogeography showing the extent of the sea level and the position of Charmlee Park. The areas marked in brown represent the coastline of California during the Pliocene epoch (about 1 to 4 million years ago).

Maintained by GDEP webmaster First placed on the web: 08/02/03 Last revised: 08/02/03

Maintained by GDEP webmaster
First placed on the web: 08/02/03
Last revised: 08/02/03