| Point Lobos State Reserve | |
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| Location | Point Lobos, Monterey County, California |
| Nearest city | Carmel-by-the-Sea |
| Coordinates | 36°31′1.56″N 121°56′33.36″W / 36.5171000°N 121.9426000°W |
| Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
The geological history of Point Lobos, regarding the Point Lobos headland on the Central Coast in Monterey County, California.
The area's geology encompasses the last 80 million years. The oldest rocks exposed here were formed during the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs still roamed the earth and pterodactyls dominated the sky. The area forms part of the Salinian Block, a sliver of continental crust caught up in the transform boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates.[1]
Point Lobos is the common name for the landform and area, which include Point Lobos State Reserve on land; and two adjoining marine protected areas: Point Lobos State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area.
- ^ Greene, H.G. "III. Geology and Tectonics". Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Site Characterization Project. Retrieved 16 April 2010.