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Bookmark or Share- Los Angeles Basin - WikipediaThe Los Angeles Basin is a sedimentary basin located in Southern California, in a region known as the Peninsular Ranges. The basin is also connected to an anomalous group of east–west trending chains of mountains collectively known as the Transverse Ranges.
- Chapter 3 Structural Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Los Angeles ...The Los Angeles basin formed in late Neogene time on a continental margin previously shaped by Cretaceous and early Paleogene subduction, Paleogene terrane accretion, and mid-Miocene rifting and block rotation.
- Geology of the Los Angeles Basin, California — An introductionLos Angeles basin: Google Analytic Metrics: Metrics page: Additional publication details. Part or all of this report is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF). For best results viewing and printing PDF documents, it is recommended that you download the documents to your computer and open them with Adobe Reader.
- Beneath L.A.! | Invertebrate Paleontology @ NHMThe Los Angeles Basin encompasses the coastal lowland area bordered by the Santa Monica mountains, Puente, Elysian, and Repetto hills to the north, and the Santa Ana mountains and San Joaquin hills to the southeast.
- Natural History: Basin Formation, River Hydrology, and Native SpeciesWritten histories of the LA River typically begin when the LA basin was still an ocean, up to 10 million years ago. With seismic uplift, the ocean receded, leaving the Santa Susana, Santa Monica, and San Gabriel mountain ranges in its place. The LA River traversed the lowest passages.
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