10-31-2014, 03:30 AM
I've done some quick digging. Towsley Canyon is in the Santa Susana Mts.
I found a nice page which shows cross sections of the geology. The Pico anticline is to the south. There apparently were some oil wells in the past.
http://www.elsmerecanyon.com/anticline/anticline.htm
As for seismicity, this area seems to be "upwind" of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, which I seem to recall caused the Santa Susana range to rise up several inches.
From http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/htdocs/stude...cec95.html
Brian
I found a nice page which shows cross sections of the geology. The Pico anticline is to the south. There apparently were some oil wells in the past.
http://www.elsmerecanyon.com/anticline/anticline.htm
As for seismicity, this area seems to be "upwind" of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, which I seem to recall caused the Santa Susana range to rise up several inches.
From http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/htdocs/stude...cec95.html
Brian