PACIFIC OCEAN

SANTA MONICA BAY

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Geology of the Santa Monica Mountains

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Highways

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area authorized boundaryVentura County - Los Angeles County Line

Santa Monica MountainsNational Recreation AreaNovember 2007

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

= Anticline= Unconformity

Geology modeled from Dibblee Geological Foundation Maps. Not all fault lines shown.

Site-specific conditions should be verified by the landowner via surface and/or subsurface mapping and exploration. The park boundary extends to the mean high tide line along the coast.

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

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Geological Units Recent Sediments Detrital Sediments of Lindero Canyon, Monterey, and Modelo Formations

Conejo Volcanics and Diabase Intrusions

Lower, Middle, UpperTopanga Formations

Sespe Formation

Santa Susana / Coal Canyon and Llajas Formations

Chico, Tuna Canyon, and Chatsworth Formations

Cretaceous Intrusions

Santa Monica Formation

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