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Very fine-grained sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones exhibit a progressive sequence of sedimentary structures indicative of deposition by low-density turbidity currents. The sandstones are green lithic graywackes composed of approximately 15% quartz, 30% plagioclase, and 55% volcanic lithic fragments. Geochemical analyses indicate that the sandstones were derived from an Ordovician-Silurian volcanoplutonic terrane located near an active continental margin. A retroarc successor basin model and a trench slope basin model are proposed to explain the tectonic setting of the Gazelle Formation.","abstract_html":"The Gazelle Formation of the eastern Klamath Mountains constitutes a large part of the fragmentary record of Devonian paleogeography in northern California and is the only record of Devonian tectonics and sedimentation in the Yreka Terrane. 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