The Geology of a Portion of the Quincy L5’ Quadrangle Plumas County, California
The Geology of a Portion of the Quincy l5’ Quadrangle Plumas County, California By DOUGLAS INGRAM SHEEKS B.A., Geology (California State University, Sonoma) 1974 Thesis Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geology in the OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Approved: Eldridge M. Moores, Chairman Howard W. Day Peter Schiffman Committee in Charge 2016 i. © Copyright by Douglas Ingram Sheeks 2016 All Rights Reserved DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to the late Professor Cordell Durrell and to all past, present, and future students of geology - Alvarez’s* “noble science” - whether amateur, professional, or academic, without whose dedication, work, and insight our understanding of this awe-inspiring planet and the rocks that we all live on would be impoverished to become myth, or worse. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My thanks go to a number of individuals. Chief among them is Professor Durrell, my thesis advisor at the University of California, Davis, and while I conducted the initial fieldwork for this thesis. Included in my appreciation are my dear wife, Gayle, who maintained the hope and the faith that this effort would finally bear fruit; my former, fellow students, including Professor Jad D’Allura, for his important contributions to northern Sierra Nevada geology and gracious permission to include a portion of his mapping in this report’s geologic map, and Joe DeVay for his work on the Shoo Fly rocks (and with the late Gerard Bond), encouragement, discussions, reviewing the draft manuscript, and for loaning me his Shoo Fly thin sections.
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