Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Devils Postpile Quadrangle, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California
Professional Paper
554-D
Prepared in cooperation with the California Division of Mines and Geology
By: N. King Huber and C. Dean Rinehart
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Abstract
Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Devils Postpile quadrangle are of late Pliocene to Recent age and are divided into 11 map units. The suite is alkalic-calcic and ranges in composition from basalt to rhyolite. It includes a rhyolitic welded ash-flow tuff which is probably correlative with the Bishop Tuff, although the two units are geographically isolated by the Sierra Nevada drainage divide. The Devils Postpile itself is a classic example of columnar jointing in the lower part of a lava flow.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Devils Postpile Quadrangle, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 554 |
| Chapter | D |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp554D |
| Year Published | 1967 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | p. D1-D21 |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1966 |