Shoo_Fly_complex

Shoo Fly Complex

Shoo Fly Complex

Subduction complex of rock

The Shoo Fly Complex in the northern Sierra Nevada in California (USA) is a subduction complex of rock metamorphosed to lower greenschist facies.[1][2] The name comes from an 1892 description by Joseph S. Diller of a prominent part of the formation between Shoo Fly Bridge (near Indian Falls[3]) and Spanish Creek.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Mendoza, Y.; Wakabayashi, J. (2013). "High-grade burial metamorphism of sedimentary mélange, Shoo Fly Complex, central Sierra Nevada, California". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013: T11A–2407. Bibcode:2013AGUFM.T11A2407M.
  2. [2]
    Irwin, William; Wooden, Joseph (2001). "Map Showing Plutons and Accreted Terranes of the Sierra Nevada, California, With a Tabulation of U/Pb Isotopic Ages" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Shoo Fly Bridge Meeting Thursday". Feather River Bulletin. Quincy, California. February 5, 1986. p. 6A – via newspapers.com.
  4. [4]

38.9786°N 120.6128°W / 38.9786; -120.6128


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