Franciscan Complex

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The Franciscan Complex is a chaotic assemblage of deformed oceanic and continental rocks in coastal California, formed in a subduction zone setting and prominently exposed in ranges such as the Santa Lucia Range.

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Generate an image of the Franciscan Complex (The Franciscan Complex is a chaotic assemblage of deformed oceanic and continental rocks in coastal California, formed in a subduction zone setting and prominently exposed in ranges such as the Santa Lucia Range.)

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Franciscan Complex canonical 12

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf accretionary complex ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
mélange ⓘ
tectonostratigraphic terrane ⓘ
age Cretaceous ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ
early Cenozoic ⓘ
associatedWith Farallon Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
containsFossilsOf deep‑marine fauna ⓘ
radiolaria ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
deformation folded ⓘ
intensely deformed ⓘ
strongly faulted ⓘ
formedBy subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath continental margin ⓘ
lithology basalt ⓘ
blueschist ⓘ
chert ⓘ
eclogite ⓘ
greenstone ⓘ
greywacke sandstone ⓘ
high‑pressure metamorphic rocks ⓘ
serpentinite ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
California Coast Ranges ⓘ
linked to: Coastal Ranges

Diablo Range ⓘ
Marin County ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Santa Lucia Range ⓘ
coastal California ⓘ
northern California ⓘ
linked to: Northern California

western margin of North America ⓘ
metamorphicGrade high‑pressure low‑temperature ⓘ
namedAfter Franciscan friars of California missions ⓘ
overlies Coast Range Ophiolite ⓘ
significance classic example of an accretionary prism complex ⓘ
record of Mesozoic subduction along western North America ⓘ
structuralStyle chaotic assemblage ⓘ
mélange with tectonic blocks in sheared matrix ⓘ
studiedIn sedimentology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting accretionary prism ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
underlies Great Valley Group ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Lucia Range → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Gabilan Range → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Sonoma Mountains → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Eel River Basin → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
San Bruno Mountain → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Mendocino Range → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Coast Range Ophiolite → associatedWith → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Great Valley Group → overlies → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Morro–Islay volcanic field → overlies → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Oakland hills → geology → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Central California Coast Ranges → contains → Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Great Valley forearc basin → overlies → Franciscan Complex ⓘ