Bay Area Geology: Episode 5

Audible Mount Diablo by Joan Hamilton

Jan 12, 202401:48Sports & Recreation

Mount Diablo's distinctive "pillow basalt" erupted from submarine volcanoes hundreds of millions of years ago. Learn how it made its way to the top of a mountain, in the fifth episode of the TRAIL THROUGH TIME, a series...

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