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Setting

* Extensional Basin within Coast Ranges
young magmatism related to mantle hotspot [McLaughlin and Donnelly-Nolan(1981)] and/or crustal extension in pull-apart basin (Blackwell, 1999)

Raised relief view of Northern California and Nevada (lit from West). \includegraphics[width=6in]{Figs/flyRNO2GEY0000.eps}



Brikowski & Norton, GRC Reno, Wed. Oct. 20, 1999