The BCCER is a geologically diverse Cascade range foothill canyonland. The major rock formations are the fossil-bearing Chico Formation, the Volcanic Lovejoy Basalt, and the Tuscan Formation, an ancient lahar. See our Geology page for more information.
Adams, Chloe, 2015: Slope Stability Analysis of a Small Intermittent Failure (PDF) (PDF)
Gonzalez, Marisol, 2014: Stratal Geometries of Tuscan Deposits in Big Chico Creek Canyon Outcrops and in the Subsurface Underlying Chico, California (PDF) (PDF)
Street, Quinn, 2009: Regional Paleo-Topographic Setting of the Lovejoy Basalt, Northern California (PDF) (PDF)
Walker, Kristoffer, 2012: Evaluating the opposing wave interaction hypothesis for the generation of microbaroms in the eastern North Pacific (PDF) (PDF)