Satellite image of San Francisco Bay Area processed by Michael J. Rymer, USGS. This image shows San Francisco Peninsula and Bay (top left), the Santa Cruz Mountains (lower center), Santa Clara Valley ("Silicon Valley") (center), Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay (bottom), and the Diablo Range (upper right). The San Andreas Fault crosses this image from lower right to upper left. Data from Landsat 5, path 44, row 34, bands 7,4, and 2 in a respective red, green, and blue assemblage. Date of imagery November 30, 1991.
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This report consists of six field trip guides and five articles available here as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Each guide and article can be downloaded separately here or the entire field guide can be downloaded as one document.
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Cover and title page (5.6 MB)
Field-trip guides
A Geologic Excursion to the East San Francisco Bay Area (29.5 MB)
Geology of the Golden Gate Headlands (11.4 MB)
The Calaveras and San Andreas Faults in and Around Hollister (5.8 MB)
Articles
… And the Fog Will Burn Off By Noon—A Brief Introduction to the Weather of the San Francisco Bay Area (396 KB)
Consumer Uses of Industrial Minerals in the San Francisco Bay Area—Houses to Interstates (1.7 MB)
A Brief History of Population Growth in the Greater San Francisco Bay Region (1.2 MB)
Resource Directory For Discovering Native Americans and Archaeology in the San Francisco Bay Area (412 KB)
Information Resources About the Geology and Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Area (428 KB)
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Created: November 9, 2001 (cad)
Updated: July 6, 2007 (bwr, mfd)