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General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

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6.1 Geology, Soils, and Mineral Resources<br />

• Issues<br />

• No issues have been identified related to geologic or mineral resources.<br />

• Glossary<br />

• Alluvial—Pertaining to or composed <strong>of</strong> alluvium, or deposited by a stream or<br />

running water.<br />

• Alluvium—A general term for clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar unconsolidated<br />

detrital material deposited during comparatively recent geologic time by a stream or<br />

other body <strong>of</strong> running water as a sort or semi-sorted sediment in the bed <strong>of</strong> the<br />

stream or on its flood plain or delta, or as a cone or fan at the base <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mountain.<br />

• Consolidated material—Soil or rocks that have become firm as a result <strong>of</strong><br />

compaction.<br />

• Cretaceous—The period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 145 to 65 million years ago.<br />

• Eocene—The period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 58 to 40 million years ago.<br />

• Holocene—a period <strong>of</strong> geologic time since the last ice age in North America,<br />

approximately 11,000 years.<br />

• Miocene—A period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 24 to 5 million years before the<br />

present.<br />

• Paleocene—A period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 64 to 58 million years ago.<br />

• Pleistocene—A geologic period which began about 2.0 million years ago and<br />

ended with the melting <strong>of</strong> the large continental glaciers about 11,000 years ago.<br />

• Pliocene—A period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 5 to 2 million years ago.<br />

• Quaternary—a period <strong>of</strong> geologic time from 2.0 million years to the present.<br />

• References<br />

<strong>Inglewood</strong>, <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong>. 1995. Safety Element <strong>of</strong> the <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>. July.<br />

<strong>Inglewood</strong>, <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong>. 1997. Conservation Element <strong>of</strong> the <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>. July.<br />

<strong>Inglewood</strong>, <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong>. 2003 The Renaissance Final EIR. November 26.<br />

<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Inglewood</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Update</strong> Technical Background Report<br />

6.1-3

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