<b>Red Island</b>, Imperial County, California.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Red Island, Imperial County, California.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S. See also: Rock Hill. See also: Obsidian Butte.
	A sometimes island on the southeast shore of the Salton Sea, composed of two rhyolitic domes dated at 16,000 BP. One of the Salton Buttes. Geochemical data support the idea that the Salton Buttes are formed by MORB-type magma, thus suggesting that oceanic rifting has initiated in the Salton Trough. Elevation: -174ft, -53m. Articles that refer to this location: Red Hill Road, Imperial County, California: Red Hill; Field Notes: 20-Apr-08; Literature Referring To This Location: Schmitt, Axel K., Arturo Martín, Bodo Weber, Daniel F. Stockli, Haibo Zou, and Chuan-Chou Shen. 2013. Oceanic magmatism in sedimentary basins of the northern Gulf of California rift. GSA Bulletin. 125(11/12):1833-1850. {TAS-pdf}
	No collections made at this location.
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