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Another central coast gem is Montana de Oro State Park. One of its many attractions is
the beautifully preserved marine terraces. We’re looking south here so the modern
shoreline is to the right, just out of our field of view. The terraces are uplifted
wave-cut benches. Twelve have been identified in the general area and we see three (maybe
four) in this photo above (note the numbers). Radiometric and amino acid racimization
analysis on fossils within the terrace deposits indicate that the benches were formed #1,
80,000, #2, 120,000, and #3, 210,000 years ago. What does this information suggest about
the stability of the region? |
