Geology of the Joshua Tree National Monument
Trent D. 1984. Geology of the Joshua Tree National Monument. California Geology. 37 number 4
Joshua Tree National Monument is on the eastern end of the broad mountainous belt called the Transverse Ranges (Figure 1). The Tranverse Ranges stretch from Point Arguello, 50 miles west of Santa Barbara, eastward for nearly 300 miles to the Eagle Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The Monument region is made up of several distinct mountain ranges, the Little San Bernardino Mountains in the southwestern part, the Cottonwood, Hexie, and Pinto Mountains in the center, and the Eagle and Coxcomb Mountains in the eastern part.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Trent, D.D.
- Units
- HIST , JOTR
- Keywords
- California, ehistory, Geology, igneous, metamorphic, Mojave Desert