GRD02G8S0

W69-2C

Chert

Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Late Cretaceous
65.5 - 99.6

2

Camp Elliott

radiolarians

Green laminated chert with thin cross-cutting calcite veins. Billet. Original label: Green chert in melange unit #2, at stop #6, Hsu Guide to Morro Bay - San Simeon Coast. 3/24/69.

Ophiolite and Melange sequence

Point Sal, Atascadero- Cayucos

California
9 miles North of Morro Bay, on coast near Highway #1. Point Sal.
Latitude: 35.45423°
Longitude: -120.9529°

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GRD02G8T0

scan

crossed

GRD02G8T1

scan

crossed

GRD02G8T0: Radiolarian chert - radiolarians are very abundant (a radiolarian sand) but poorly preserved. (R. Norris)

GRD02G8T1: Radiolarian chert - radiolarians are very abundant (a radiolarian sand) but poorly preserved. Cross-cutting calcite veins of coarse spar (R. Norris)

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