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

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Mullet Island, Imperial County, California.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S. See also: Obsidian Butte. See also: Rock Hill.
	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: -203ft, -62m. Articles that refer to this location: Davis Road: at Alcott Rd; Literature Referring To This Location: Lynch, David K., Kenneth W. Hudnut, and Paul M. Adams. 2013. Development and growth of recently-exposed fumarole fields near Mullet Island, Imperial County, California. Geomorphology. 195: 27-44. {TAS-pdf} 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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