DMU Headnote
DMU Headnote
[Occurs in the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada in the Boyden Cave and Mineral King roof pendants, and in adjacent roof pendants to north and south. Terrane metamorphosed from upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies. Roof pendants containing this terrane form a NNW-trending belt that extends for about 170 km. Terrane faulted against Sierra Crest Terrane to the east along the Kings River Suture. Units in terrane intensely folded at map and outcrop scales, sheared, and structurally imbricated. Units occur in dismembered isoclinal folds that are locally refolded into NNW-trending, SSE-plunging synclines and anticlines. Units display intense schistosity and parallel foliation aligned with bedding. Terrane consists of a sequence of marine, craton-margin sediments with interlayered intermediate to siliceous volcanic rocks formed along a continental margin.]