Excerpt from Fauna and Stratigraphic Relations of the Tejon Eocene at the Type Locality in Kern County, CaliforniaIt appears from a closer study of these deposits that during Eocene time, as during later Tertiary periods, the area was normally sensitive to the crustal stresses that affected the margin of the continent, and oscillations of land level have been perhaps more plainly recorded here than elsewhere on the coast. The region seems to have been structurally and otherwise well constituted to respond to such stresses, and to preserve the records of all the more important dynamic events of Tertiary time, even as it is at present.Volume: It is not claimed that the thickest development of the Eocene deposits of California is in the central valley, although they attain here a stratigraphic volume of over feet, according to estimates that have been made. In contrast with the smaller aggregate of the Eocene deposits of the Gulf Coast this estimate for the California Eocene seems large, though it is much less than the estimates for parts of the Rocky Mountains, and less also than that of western Oregon or Washington. Contrasted with the vol ume of Eocene strata in western Europe, with the exception possibly of England, that of central California is by no means exceptional, or even above average.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.