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Stop 32, Baker Beach Serpentinite: Three Franciscan Rocks

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From front to back are serpentinite, chert and graywacke brought face to face by the tectonic shuffling of the Franciscan subduction complex.

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Day 1, Coast Range: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Day 2, Sierra Nevada: 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18

Day 3, Sierra Nevada: 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28

Day 4, Coast Range: 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33

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