Many times this year I have traveled to California, and in turn I have entered and exited the state through LAX which puts me in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is a basin that is located in the southern California in the Peninsular Ranges. The peninsula is surrounded by many faults which makes it very active with seismic activity. Some of the faults include the Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Raymond which gives Southern California and LA a large portion of the tectonic activity and boundaries. The basin touches the edge of the Pacific plate where the higher hills decline into the sands of the beaches to the coast. The Santa Monica Mountains and various hills surround the basin and clearly make the distinct nature of the basin in the lowlands nature. During our time in Los Angeles we went to the Griffith Park Observatory where you can overlook the Lo Angeles Area. There I was able to see much of Los Angeles where you can see compared to mountain range around is very flat. The basin has a large range of creation and evolution that ranges from the Cretaceous period through Pleistocene. The basin has classifications as a pull-apart basin with rotational tectonics. “The Los Angeles basin is notable for its great structural relief and complexity in relation to its geologic youth and small size and for its prolific oil production” (Nolan, B. 1965). The LA basin is one of the smallest basins that produce large amounts of petroleum. It is estimated that the basin will provide 4.5 million barrels per cubic mile. The landscape is great and how the basin lines up with the various mountain ranges butted next to the ocean make it a favorable place to be, for us it is a great place to visit.