Marine Geology of the Gulf of California

Abstract

Previously issued in print: Tulsa, Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1964. The Gulf of California has been largely ignored by geologists and oceanographers, due largely to its inaccessibility by land. The large variations in many factors controlling sedimentation, such as climate, water depth, and type of sediment supply, plus the Gulf's nearly land-locked character and well defined water circulation, make it a natural laboratory for the study of many aspects of sedimentology and oceanography in which the effects of various factors can ultimately be isolated.