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k" KLEINFELDER <br /> Information aboutthe regional geology is presented on Table S. This information was obtained .. <br /> E from published 'data and maps, interviews with public agencies, and/or from previous <br /> investigations conducted by Kleinfelder in the vicinity of the site. <br /> TABLE 8 <br /> REGIONAL GEOLOGY <br /> f The site is in the western part of the Great Valley Geomorphic Province of <br /> .; California. The valley is 400 miles long, 50 miles wide, and comprises <br /> t x <br /> approximately 20,006 square miles. The valley has been filled with a thick ' <br /> E <br /> sequence of marine and nonmarine sediments from the late Jurassic to Holocene. <br /> r .e E <br /> The uppermost strata of the Great Valley represents, for the most part,the alluvial, <br /> flood, and delta plains of two major rivers (Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers) <br /> .REGIONAL �E <br /> and their tributaries. C <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> (California Division of 1 <br /> Mmes and Geolo The valley deposits are derived from the Coast Ranges to the west and the Sierra <br /> gy'p. Nevada to the east. Granitic and metamorphic rocks outcrop along the eastern and <br /> Regional geological southeastern flanks of the valley. Marine sedimentary rocks outcrop along most of <br /> 'Map lA,,Sacxamento�4�. <br /> the westernsouthwestern, southern, and southeastern flanks; and volcanic rocks <br /> ' <br /> and deposits outcrop along the northeastern flanks of the valley. The valley <br /> c N Re + geomorphology includes dissected uplands, low alluvial plains and fans, river <br /> `§ x floodp lains and channels, and overflow lands and lake bottoms. <br /> �} <br /> a The site is underlain by arkosic alluvium of the Quaternary age Modesto <br /> Formation <br /> i <br /> If 1 <br /> 4.4. USER PROVIDED INFORMATION <br /> t <br /> There is no user provided information regarding this site. <br /> 37417.P01 1 ST03R1777 Page 10 of 24 <br /> O 2003 Kleinfelder,Inc) December 16,2003 <br /> E <br /> E <br />