Western Region Geologic Information Server

California Earth Science Digital Publications and Datasets

Earth Science Applications for the U.S. Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Mojave Desert, California

Professional Paper 1592*

The Nature and Timing of Tectonism in the Western Facies Terrane of Nevada and California -- An Outline of Evidence and Interpretations Derived from Geologic Maps of Key Areas

By: Keith B. Ketner

Professional Paper 1598*

Desert Winds: Monitoring Wind-Related Surface Processes in Arizona, New Mexico, and California

Edited by Carol S. Breed and Marith C. Reheis

Professional Paper 1649

Mountain Meadows Dacite: Oligocene Intrusive Complex that Welds Together the Los Angeles Basin, Northwestern Peninsular Ranges, and Central Transverse Ranges, California

By: Thane H. McCulloh, Larry A. Beyer, and Ronald W. Morin

Professional Paper 1658

Crustal Structure of the Coastal and Marine San Francisco Bay Region, California

Edited by: Tom Parsons

Professional Paper 1669

Age and Tectonic Significance of Volcanic Rocks in the Northern Los Angeles Basin, California

By: Thane H. McCulloh, Robert J. Fleck, Rodger E. Denison, Larry A. Beyer, and Richard G. Stanley

Professional Paper 1687

Marine Geology and Earthquake Hazards of the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California

By: Michael A. Fisher, William R. Normark, Victoria E. Langenheim, Andrew J. Calvert, and Ray Sliter

Professional Paper 1690

Mid-Tertiary Isopach and Lithofacies Maps for the Los Angeles Region, California: Templates for Palinspastic Reconstruction to 17.4 Ma

By: Thane H. McCulloh and Larry A. Beyer

Professional Paper 1701*

Tephra Layers of Blind Spring Valley and Related Upper Pliocene and Pleistocene Tephra Layers, California, Nevada, and Utah: Isotopic Ages, Correlation, and Magnetostratigraphy

By: Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, Marith C. Reheis, Malcolm S. Pringle, Robert J. Fleck, Doug Burbank, Charles E. Meyer, Janet L. Slate, Elmira Wan, James R. Budahn, Bennie Troxel, and James P. Walker

Geologic Investigations Series I-1874

Geologic Map of Yosemite National Park and Vicinity, California: a digital database

Compiled By: N. King Huber, Paul C. Bateman, and Clyde Wahrhaftig; Digital database by: D. Aitken and E. Phillips

Geologic Investigations Series I-2542*

Geologic Map of the Red Bluff 30' x 60' Quadrangle, California

By: M.C. Blake, Jr., D.S. Harwood, E.J. Helley, W.P. Irwin, A.S. Jayko, and D.L. Jones

Geologic Investigations Series I-2697

Geologic Map of the Tower Peak Quadrangle, Central Sierra Nevada, California

By: Clyde Wahrhaftig

Geologic Investigations Series I-2723

Geologic Map of the Lassen Peak, Chaos Crags, and Upper Hat Creek Area, California

By: Robert L. Christiansen, Michael A. Clynne, and L.J. Patrick Muffler

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325*

Maps showing locations of damaging landslides caused by El Niño rainstorms, winter season 1997-98, San Francisco Bay region, California; Pamphlet to accompany Miscellaneous Field Studies Maps MF-2325-A-J

By: Jonathan W. Godt, Editor

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-A*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Napa County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Jonathan W. Godt, William Z. Savage, and Raymond C. Wilson

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-B

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Alameda County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Jeffrey A. Coe, Jonathan W. Godt, Dianne Brien, and Nicolas Houdre

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-C

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Marin County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Meghan M. Morrissey, Gerald F. Wieczorek, and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-D

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Santa Cruz County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Rex L. Baum, Robert L. Schuster, and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-E

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Contra Costa County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Russell W. Graymer and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-F*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Sonoma County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: David W. Ramsey and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-G*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in San Francisco City and County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: John W. Hillhouse and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-H*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in San Mateo County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: Angela S. Jayko, Jean De Mouthe, Kenneth R. Lajoie, David W. Ramsey, and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-I*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Solano County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: David G. Howell and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2325-J*

Map Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides in Santa Clara County, California, Resulting From 1997-98 El Niño Rainstorms

By: William L. Ellis, Edwin L. Harp, Caroline H. Arnal, and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2332*

Geologic Map and Map Database of the Palo Alto 30' x 60' Quadrangle, California

By: E.E. Brabb, R.W. Graymer, and D.L. Jones

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2336

Geology of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and Southwestern Part of the Hayfork 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles and Adjacent Offshore Area, Northern California

By: Robert J. McLaughlin, S.D. Ellen, M.C. Blake, Jr., Angela S. Jayko, W.P. Irwin, K.R. Aalto, G.A. Carver, and S.H. Clarke Jr.

Digital Database by J.B. Barnes, J.D. Cecil, and K.A. Cyr

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2337

Geologic Map and Map Database of Parts of Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma Counties, California

By: M. C. Blake Jr., R.W. Graymer, and D.L. Jones

Digital Database by Adam Soule and R.W. Graymer

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2342

Geologic Map and Map Database of the Oakland Metropolitan Area, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties, California

By: R.W. Graymer

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2345

Seafloor Rocks and Sediments of the Continental Shelf From Monterey Bay to Point Sur, California

By: Stephen L. Eittreim, Roberto J. Anima, Andrew J. Stevenson, and Florence L. Wong

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2349

Geologic Map and Map Database of the Spreckels 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Monterey County, California

By: Joseph C. Clark, Earl E. Brabb, and Lewis I. Rosenberg

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2360

Surface Fractures Formed in the Potrero Canyon, Tapo Canyon, and McBean Parkway Areas in Association with the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake

By: Michael J. Rymer, Jerome A. Treiman, Thomas J. Powers, Thomas E. Fumal, David P. Schwartz, John C. Hamilton, and Francesca R. Cinti

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2370*

Interpretive Geologic Cross Sections for the Death Valley Regional Flow System and Surrounding Areas, Nevada and California

By: Donald S. Sweetkind, Robert P. Dickerson, Richard J. Blakely, and Paul D. Denning

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2372*

Hydrostructural Maps of the Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California

By: C.J. Potter, D.S. Sweetkind, R.P. Dickerson, and M.L. Killgore

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2373

Geologic Maps and Structure Sections of the southwestern Santa Clara Valley and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California

By: R.J. McLaughlin, J.C. Clark, E.E. Brabb, E.J. Helley, and C.J. Colón

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2378

Seismic Landslide Hazard for the City of Berkeley, California

By: Scott B. Miles and David K. Keefer

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2379

Seismic Landslide Hazard for the Cities of Oakland and Piedmont, California

By: Scott B. Miles and David K. Keefer

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-C*

Isostatic Gravity Map of the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California

By: D.A. Ponce, R.J. Blakely, R.L. Morin, and E.A. Mankinen

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-D*

Aeromagnetic Map of the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California

By: D.A. Ponce and R.J. Blakely

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-E*

Map Showing Depth to Pre-Cenozoic Basement in the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California

By: R.J. Blakely and D.A. Ponce

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2384*

Debris Flows Triggered by the El Niño Rainstorm of February 2-3, 1998, Walpert Ridge and Vicinity, Alameda County, California

By: Jeffrey A. Coe and Jonathan W. Godt

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2385

Map and Map Database of Susceptibility to Slope failure by sliding and earthflow in the Oakland area, California

By: Richard J. Pike, Russell W. Graymer, Sebastian Roberts, Naomi B. Kalman, and Steven Sobieszczyk

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2386

Logs and Data from Trenches Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California

By: James J. Lienkaemper, Timothy E. Dawson, Stephen F. Personius, Gordon G. Seitz, Liam M. Reidy, and David P. Schwartz

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2393

Digital Bathymetric Model of Mono Lake, California

By: Christian G. Raumann, Scott Stine, Alexander Evans, and Jerry Wilson

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2398

Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Depot Hill, Santa Cruz County, California

By: Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, and Mimi M. D'Iorio

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2399

Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Seacliff State Beach, Santa Cruz County, California

By: Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, and Mimi M. D'Iorio

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2400

Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz County, California

By: Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, and Mimi M. D'Iorio

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2402

Geologic Map and Map Database of Western Sonoma, Northernmost Marin, and Southernmost Mendocino Counties, California

By: M.C. Blake, Jr., R.W. Graymer, and R.E. Stamski

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2403

Geologic Map and Map Database of Northeastern San Francisco Bay Region, California

By: R.W. Graymer, D.L. Jones, and E.E. Brabb

Scientific Investigations Map 2848

Earthquakes and Faults in the San Francisco Bay Area (1970-2003)

By: Benjamin M. Sleeter, James P. Calzia, Stephen R. Walter, Florence L Wong, and George J. Saucedo

Scientific Investigations Map 2851

Geologic Map of the Cerro Gordo Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, Inyo County, California

By: Paul Stone, George C. Dunne, James E. Conrad, Brian J. Swanson, Calvin H. Stevens, and Zenon C. Valin

Scientific Investigations Map 2852

Maps Showing Estimated Sediment Yield From Coastal Landslides and Active Slope Distribution Along the Big Sur Coast, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties, California

By: Cheryl J. Hapke, Krystal R. Green, and Kate Dallas

Scientific Investigations Map 2853

Map Showing Coastal Cliff Retreat Rates Along the Big Sur Coast, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties, California

By: Cheryl J. Hapke and Krystal R. Green

Scientific Investigations Map 2858

Geology, Tephrochronology, Radiometric Ages, and Cross Sections of the Mark West Springs 7.5' Quadrangle, Sonoma and Napa Counties, California

By: R.J. McLaughlin, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, R.J. Fleck, W.H. Wright, V.R.G. Levin, and Z.C. Valin

Open-File Report 93-693

Digital compilation by: Carl M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 94-197

Compiled by: C.M. Wentworth, R.D. Borcherdt, R.K. Mark, and D.M. Boore

Open-File Report 94-231

By: E.J. Helley, R.W. Graymer, G.A. Phelps, P.K. Showalter, and C.M. Wentworth
Geology by: E.J. Helley
Compiled by: R.W. Graymer, G.A. Phelps, P.K. Showalter, and C.M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 94-266

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Topanga Quadrangle, Southern California

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 94-622

Preliminary Geologic Map Emphasizing Bedrock Formations In Contra Costa County, California: A Digital Database

Compiled by: R.W. Graymer, D.L. Jones, and E.E. Brabb

Open-File Report 95-51

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-88

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-89

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-90

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-91

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-96

By: Carl M. Wentworth, G. Reid Fisher, Paia Levine, and Robert C. Jachens

Open-File Report 95-213*

Inventory of Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, in ARC/INFO export format, with Postscript and HPGL plot files and descriptive text

Open-File Report 95-597

Geologic Map of the Hayward fault zone, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara Counties, California: A digital database

By: R.W. Graymer, D.L. Jones, and E.E. Brabb

Open-File Report 95-699

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-800

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-801

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 95-802

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 96-86

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Van Nuys 7.5’ Quadrangle, Southern California

Compiled By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 96-252

Preliminary geologic map emphasizing bedrock formations in Alameda County, California: A digital database

By: R.W. Graymer, D.L. Jones, and E.E. Brabb

URL: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of96-252

Open-File Report 96-291

By: Michael D. Carr, David A. Sawyer, Kathryn Nimz, Florian Maldonado, and WC Swadley

Open-File Report 98-512

MAS/MILS Arc/Info Point Coverage for the Western U.S. (excluding Hawaii)

By: J. Douglas Causey

Open-File Report 97-30

By: Joseph C. Clark, William R. Dupre, and Lewis I. Rosenberg

Open-File Report 97-97

By: E.J. Helley and R.W. Graymer

Open-File Report 97-98

By: E.J. Helley and R.W. Graymer

Open-File Report 97-163

By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 97-164

By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 97-165

By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 97-166

By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 97-257

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-258

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-259

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-260

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-270

By: R. F. Yerkes

Open-File Report 97-276

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-430

By: R. F. Yerkes and S. E. Graham

Open-File Report 97-431

By: R. F. Yerkes and S. E. Graham

Open-File Report 97-432

By: R. F. Yerkes and S. E. Graham

Open-File Report 97-456

By: Joseph C. Clark and Earl E. Brabb

Open-File Report 97-459

By: R. F. Yerkes and R. H. Campbell

Open-File Report 97-465

Compiled by: William P. Irwin

Open-File Report 97-489

By: E. E. Brabb

Open-File Report 97-500

By: Douglas S. Aitken

Open - File Report 97-693

By: Keith A. Howard, Michael L. Dennis, Karl Karlstrom, and Geoffrey A. Phelps

Open-File Report 97-710

By: R.W. Graymer

Open - File Report 97-715

By: K.L. Knudsen, J.S. Noller, J.M. Sowers and W.R. Lettis

Open-File Report 97-744

Compiled by Carl M. Wentworth

Based on the work of E.E. Brabb (1989), S.E. Ellen and C.M. Wentworth (1995), and E.J. Helley and K.R. Lajoie (1979)

Open-File Report 97-745

By: San Francisco Bay Landslide Mapping Team

*NOTE Part C - Summary distribution of slides and earthflows in the San Francisco Bay Region - was updated on Feb. 17, 1998*

*NOTE Part D - Index to detailed maps of landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California - was updated on Sept. 22, 1999*

Open-File Report 98-113*

A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area

Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, and John A. Michael

Open-File Report 98-114

Rotational and Accretionary Evolution of the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon, from Devonian to Present time

By: Willian P. Irwin and Edward A. Mankinen

Open-File Report 98-137

By: E.E. Brabb, R.W. Graymer, and D.L. Jones

Open-File Report 98-348

By: E.E. Brabb, R.W. Graymer, and D.L. Jones

Open-File Report 98-354

By: M.G. Bonilla

Open-File Report 98-460

By: Janet M. Sowers, Jay S. Noller and William R. Lettis

Open-File Report 98-467*

By: Gerald F. Wieczorek, Meghan M. Morrissey, Giulio Iovine, and Jonathan Godt

Open-File Report 98-579

By: F.K. Miller, J.C. Matti, H.J. Brown, and R.E. Powell

Digital preparation by: P.M. Cossette, and G. Morton

Open-File Report 98-594

The Purisima Formation and Related Rocks (Upper Miocene - Pliocene), Greater San Francisco Bay Area, Central California: Review of literature and USGS collection (now housed at the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley)

Open-File Report 98-625

Elevation maps of the San Francisco Bay Region, California: A digital database

By: Scott E. Graham and Richard J. Pike

Open-File Report 98-759

Sedimentation and Bathymetric Change in San Pablo Bay: 1856–1983

By: Bruce E. Jaffe, Richard E. Smith, and Laura Zink Torresan

Open-File Report 98-766

By: Scott E. Graham and Richard J. Pike

Open-File Report 98-792

By: Sebastian Roberts and Andrew D. Baron

with a preface by Earl E. Brabb and Richard J. Pike

Open-File Report 98-795

By: Carl M. Wentworth, M. Clark Blake, Jr., Robert J. McLaughlin, and Russell W. Graymer

Open-File Report 99-14

Complied by T. W. Dibblee

Digital database compiled by S. E. Graham, T. M. Mahony, J. L. Blissenbach, J. J. Mariant, and C. M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 99-34

Geology by Jane E. Nielson and Ryan D. Turner

Digital database by David R. Bedford

Open-File Report 99-35

Geology by Jane E. Nielson

Digital database by David R. Bedford

Open-File Report 99-152

Cruise Report for A1-98-SC Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project

By: William R. Normark, Robert G. Bohannon, Ray Sliter, Gita Dunhill, David W. Scholl, Jane Laursen, Jane A. Reid, and David Holton

Open-File Report 99-158

Long Valley Coring Project, Inyo County, California, 1998-, Preliminary Stratigraphy and Images of Recovered Core

By: Penelope C. Sackett, Vicki S. McConnell, Angela L. Roach, Susan S. Priest, John H. Sass

Open-File Report 99-162

Geology of the Cordelia and the northern part of the Benicia 7.5 minute quadrangles, California: A digital map database

By: R.W. Graymer, E.E. Brabb, and D.L. Jones

Open-File Report 99-169

An ARC/Info Point Coverage of Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) Locations in Eleven Western States

By: David G. Frank

Open-File Report 99-172, Version 2.0

Preliminary Digital Geologic Map of the Santa Ana 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Southern California, Version 2.0 (2004)

Compiled by: D.M. Morton

Digital preparation by: Rachel M. Hauser and Kelly R. Ruppert

Open-File Report 99-304

Gas and Isotope Geochemistry of 81 Steam Samples from Wells in The Geysers Geothermal Field, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California, U.S.A.

By: Jacob B. Lowenstern, Cathy J. Janik, Lynne Fahlquist, and Linda S. Johnson

Open-File Report 99-318

Timing of Paleoearthquakes on the Northern Hayward Fault—Preliminary Evidence in El Cerrito, California

By: the Hayward Fault Paleoearthquake Group (HPEG)

Open-File Report 99-320

High-Resolution Seismic Reflection/Refraction Imaging from Interstate 10 to Cherry Valley Boulevard, Cherry Valley, Riverside County, California: Implications for Water Resources and Earthquake Hazards

By: G. Gandhok, R. D. Catchings, M.R. Goldman, E. Horta, M. J. Rymer, P. Martin, and A. Christensen

Open-File Report 99-325

Digital Databases Containing Mining Claim Density Information for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Created From the BLM Mining Claim Recordation System: 1996

By: Paul C. Hyndman and Harry W. Campbell

Open-File Report 99-360

Cruise Report: RV Coastal Surveyor Cruise C-1-99-SC

Multibeam Mapping of the Long Beach, California, Continental Shelf

April 12, through May 19, 1999 Long Beach, California

James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke, and Larry A. Mayer

Open-File Report 99-374

Plutons and Accretionary Episodes of the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon

By: William P. Irwin and Joseph L. Wooden

Open-File Report 99-398

Isostatic Gravity Map of the Las Vegas 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, California and Nevada

By: V.E. Langenheim, R.L. Morin, J.G. Davidson, K.M. Schmidt, and H.R. Blank, Jr.

Open-File Report 99-409

Digital Mining Claim Density Map for Federal Lands in California: 1996

By: Paul C. Hyndman and Harry W. Campbell

Open-File Report 99-434

Calibration Formulae and Values for Velocity Seismometers Used in the 1998 Santa Clara Valley, California Seismic Experiment

By: Allan G. Lindh, Jerry P. Eaton, Mary O'Neill Allen, John H. Healy, Samuel W. Stewart, and Lu Damerell

Open-File Report 99-440

Preliminary Aeromagnetic Anomaly Map of California

By: Carter W. Roberts and Robert C. Jachens

Open-File Report 99-504

Landslides in Alameda County, California, A Digital Database Extracted from Preliminary Photointerpretation Maps of Surficial Deposits by T.H. Nilsen in USGS Open-File Report 75-277

By: Sebastian Roberts, Michelle A. Roberts , and Eileen M. Brennan

with a preface by Richard J. Pike and Sebastian Roberts

Open-File Report 99-517

Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2000 to 2030 - A Summary of Findings

By: Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities

Open-File Report 99-554*

Part A - Digital Geologic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California, Revision 4

By: Janet L. Slate, Margaret E. Berry, Peter D. Rowley, Christopher J. Fridrich, Karen S. Morgan, Jeremiah B. Workman, Owen D. Young, Gary L. Dixon, Van S. Williams, Edwin H. McKee, David A. Ponce, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, W C Swadley, Scott C. Lundstrom, E. Bartlett Ekren, Richard G. Warren, James C. Cole, Robert J. Fleck, Marvin A. Lanphere, David A. Sawyer, Scott A. Minor, Daniel J. Grunwald, Randell J. Laczniak, Christopher M. Menges, James C. Yount, and Angela S. Jayko

Part B - Digital aeromagnetic map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California

By: David A. Ponce

Part C - Digital isostatic gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California

By: D.A. Ponce, E.A. Mankinen, J.G. Davidson, R.L. Morin, and R.J. Blakely

Open-File Report 99-560

Cruise Report for 01-99-SC: Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project

By: William R. Normark, Jane A. Reid, Ray W. Sliter, David Holton, Christina E. Gutmacher, Michael A. Fisher, and Jonathon R. Childs

Open-File Report 99-563

Sedimentation and Bathymetry Changes in Suisun Bay: 1867-1990

By: Karen Cappiella, Chris Malzone, Richard Smith, and Bruce Jaffe

Open-File Report 99-578

Rock-fall Potential in the Yosemite Valley, California

By: Gerald F. Wieczorek, Meghan M. Morrissey, Giulio Iovine and Jonathan Godt

Open-File Report 99-585

Physical, Chemical, and Isotopic Data for Samples from the Anderson Springs Area, Lake County, California, 1998­1999

By: C.J. Janik, F. Goff, M.L. Sorey, J.J. Rytuba, D. Counce, E.M. Colvard, M. Huebner, L.D. White, and A. Foster

Open-File Report 00-002

Height Changes in the Epicentral Region Preceding the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake

By: Robert O. Castle, Robert F. Packard, and Laura B. Dinitz

Open-File Report 00-037

Abrupt Physical and Chemical Changes During 1992 - 1999, Anderson Springs, SE Geysers Geothermal Field, California

By: Cathy J. Janik, Fraser Goff, Stephen R. Walter, Michael L. Sorey, Dale Counce, and Elizabeth M. Colvard

Open-File Report 00-043

Bathymetric, Geophysical, and Geologic Sample Data from Medicine Lake, Siskiyou County, northern California

By: onathan R. Childs, Jacob B. Lowenstern , R. Lawrence Phillips, Patrick Hart, James J. Rytuba, John A. Barron, Scott W. Starratt, and Sarah Spaulding

Open-File Report 00-127

Possible Costs Associated with Investigating and Mitigating Geologic Hazards in Rural Areas of Western San Mateo County California

By: Earl E. Brabb, Sebastian Roberts, William R. Cotton, Alan L. Kropp, Robert H. Wright, and Erik N. Zinn

With a section on Using the USGS Website to Determine the Cost of Developing Property for Residences in Rural Parts of San Mateo County, California

By: Sebastian Roberts and Earl E. Brabb

Open-File Report 00-145

Digital Geologic Map of the Butler Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: Fred K. Miller, Jonathan C. Matti, Howard J. Brown

Digital Preparation by P.M. Cossette

Open-File Report 00-154

Location and Ages of Middle Tertiary Volcanic Centers in Coastal California

By: Richard G. Stanley, Douglas S. Wilson, and Patricia A. McCrory

Open-File Report 00-164

Earthquake Ground-Motion Amplification in Southern California

By: Edward H. Field

Open-File Report 00-175

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Cougar Buttes 7.5' Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: Robert E. Powell and Jonathan C. Matti

Digital Preparation by P.M. Cossette

Open-File Report 00-188

Aeromagnetic Survey of the Amargosa Desert, Nevada and California: A Tool for Understanding Near-Surface Geology and Hydrology

By: Richard J. Blakely, Victoria E. Langenheim, David A. Ponce, and Gary L. Dixon

Open-File Report 00-193

Principal Facts for Gravity Stations in the Vicinity of San Bernardino, Southern California

By: Megan L. Anderson, Carter W. Roberts, and Robert C. Jachens

Open-File Report 00-219

Preliminary Potential-Field Constraints on the Geometry of the San Fernando Basin, Southern California

By: V.E. Langenheim, A. Griscom, R.C. Jachens, and T.G. Hildenbrand

Open-File Report 00-221, version 1.1

Bibliography of Literature Pertaining to Long Valley Caldera and Associated Volcanic Fields

By: John W. Ewert and Christopher J. Harpel

Open-File Report 00-222

Geologic Map Database of the El Mirage Lake Area, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California

By: David M. Miller and David R. Bedford

Digital preparation by: D.R. Bedford

Open-File Report 00-319

Age and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Mega-Invertebrates from the "San Pedro" Formation in the Coyote Hills, Fullerton and Buena Park, Orange County, Southern California

By: Charles L. Powell, II and Dave Stevens

Open-File Report 00-321

Activities and prelimiary results of nearshore benthic habitat mapping in Southern California, 1998

By: Guy R. Cochrane and Kevin D. Lafferty

Open-File Report 00-438

Geology and Coastal Hazards in the Northern Monterey Bay, California Field Trip Guidebook November 4, 2000

By: Cheryl Hapke

Open-File Report 00-444

Preliminary Maps of Quaternary Deposits and Liquefaction Susceptibility, Nine-County San Francisco Bay Region, California: A Digital Database

Geology By Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Robert C. Witter, Carl M. Wentworth, and Edward J. Helley

Digital Database By Carl M. Wentworth, Robert S. Nicholson, Heather M. Wright, and Katherine H. Brown

Open-File Report 00-494

High-resolution marine seismic reflection data from the San Francisco Bay area

By: Jonathan R. Childs, Patrick Hart, Terry R. Bruns, Michael S. Marlow, and Ray Sliter

Open-File Report 00-512

The Lasting Effects of Tank Maneuvers on Desert Soils and Intershrub Flora

By: Douglas V. Prose and Howard G. Wilshire

Open-File Report 00-516

Cruise Report for A1-00-SC Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project, Part A

By: Christina E. Gutmacher, William R. Normark, Stephanie L. Ross, Brian D. Edwards, Ray Sliter, Patrick Hart, Becky Cooper, Jon Childs, and Jane A. Reid

Open-File Report 01-030

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Porcupine Wash 7.5 minute Quadrangle, Riverside County, Southern California

By: Robert E. Powell

Digital preparation by Pamela M. Cossette

Open-File Report 01-031

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Conejo Well 7.5 minute Quadrangle, Riverside County, Southern California

By: Robert E. Powell

Digital preparation by Pamela M. Cossette

Open-File Report 01-060

Stratigraphic and Structural Characterization of the OU-1 area at the former George Air Force Base, Adelanto, Southern California

By: R. D. Catchings, G. Gandhok, and M.R. Goldman

Open-File Report 01-074

Analytical Data for Waters of the Harvard Open Pit, Jamestown Mine, Tuolumne County, California, March 1998 – September 1999

By: R.P. Ashley and K.S. Savage

Open-File Report 01-077

Clay Mineral Content of Continental Shelf and River Sediments, Southern California

By: James R. Hein and Jennifer S. Dowling

Open-File Report 01-90

Under San Francisco Bay—A New View of the Floor of West-Central San Francisco Bay

Contributors: David A. Cacchione, Paul R. Carlson, Pat F. Chavez, Jr., John L. Chin, Peter Dartnell, James V. Gardner, Helen Gibbons, David M. Rubin, Miguel Velasco, and Florence L. Wong

Open-File Report 01-101

1:100,000-Scale Topographic Contours Derived from Digital Elevation Models, San Francisco Bay Region, California: A Digital Database

By: Heather M. Wright and Carl M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 01-111

Seismic Images and Fault Relations of the Santa Monica Thrust Fault, West Los Angeles, California

By: R. D. Catchings, G. Gandhok, M. R. Goldman, and D. Okaya

Open-File Report 01-124

Principal Facts for Gravity Data Along the Hayward Fault andVicinity, San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California

By: David A. Ponce

Open-File Report 01-145*

Six Aeromagnetic Surveys in Nevada and California: A Web Site for Distribution of Data

Open-File Report 01-152

Preliminary Compilation of Data for Selected Oil Test Wells in Northern California

By: Earl E. Brabb, Charles Powell, II, and Thomas M. Brocher

Open-File Report 01-153

Heavy Minerals from the Palos Verdes Margin, Southern California: Data and Factor Analysis

By: Florence L. Wong

Open-File Report 01-164

Earthquake Ground-Motion Amplification in Southern California

By: Edward H. Field

Open-File Report 01-173

Geologic Map of the Devore 7.5' Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: D.M. Morton and J.C. Matti

Open-File Report 01-174

Geologic Map of the Lakeview 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Jonathan C. Matti

Open-File Report 01-202

Impacts of Climate Change on Landscapes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Western Great Basin

By: A.S. Jayko and C.I. Millar

Open-File Report 01-229

Map Showing Plutons and Accreted Terranes of the Sierra Nevada, California with a Tabulation of U/Pb Isotopic Ages

By: William P. Irwin and Joseph L. Wooden

Open-File Report 01-230*

Automated Remote Digital Imaging System (ARDIS): Applications for Monitoring Dust Emissions in the Mojave Desert, California

By: Richard K. Tigges, Stuart Sides, and Mark Ohms

Open-File Report 01-237

Eagle Mountain Mine—Geology of the Former Kaiser Steel Operation in Riverside County, California

By: Eric R. Force

Open-File Report 01-263

Petrography and Physical Properties of Selected Rock Types Associated with the Hayward Fault, California

By: Diane E. Moore and David A. Ponce

Open-File Report 01-290

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California

By: John G. Vedder and Richard G. Stanley

Open-File Report 01-293

Geologic Map of the Telegraph Peak 7.5’ quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: D.M. Morton, M.O. Woodburne, and J.H. Foster

Open-File Report 01-311

Geologic map of the Cucamonga Peak 7.5’ quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: D.M. Morton and J.C. Matti

Open-File Report 01-336

Geochemistry of Selected Mercury Mine-tailings in the Parkfield Mercury District

By: James J. Rytuba, Boris B. Kotlyar, Gregg Wilkerson, and Jerry Olson

Open-File Report 01-351*

Facies Analysis of Late Proterozoic through Lower Cambrian Rocks of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water System and Surrounding areas, Nevada and California

By: Donald S. Sweetkind and Diane K. White

Open-File Report 01-375

A Gravity Data Along LARSE (Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment) Line 2, Southern California

By: R.J. Wooley and V.E. Langenheim

Open-File Report 01-394

Implications for the Formation of the Hollywood Basin from Gravity Interpretations of the Northern Los Angeles Basin, California

By: Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Jeffrey G. Davidson, Daniel J. Ponti, and V.E. Langenheim

Open-File Report 01-400*

Facies Analysis of Tertiary Basin-Filling Rocks of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water System and Surrounding Areas, Nevada and California

By: Donald S. Sweetkind, Christopher J. Fridrich, and Emily Taylor

Open-File Report 01-408

Report for Borehole Explosion Data Acquired in the 1999 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE II), Southern California: Part I, Description of the Survey

By: Gary S. Fuis, Janice M. Murphy, David A. Okaya, Robert W. Clayton, Paul M. Davis, Kristina Thygesen, Shirley A. Baher, Trond Ryberg, Mark L. Benthien, Gerry Simila, J. Taylor Perron, Alan K. Yong, Luke Reusser, William J. Lutter, Galen Kaip, Michael D. Fort, Isa Asudeh, Russell Sell, John R. Vanschaack, Edward E. Criley, Ronald Kaderabek, Will M. Kohler, Nickolas H. Magnuski

Open-File Report 01-421

Hayward Fault Rocks: Porosity, Density, and Strength Measurements

By: C.A. Morrow and D.A. Lockner

Open-File Report 01-449

Geologic Map of the Steele Peak 7.5'Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 01-450

Geologic Map of the Sunnymead 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Jonathan C. Matti

Open-File Report 01-451

Geologic Map of the Riverside West 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Brett F. Cox

Open-File Report 01-452

Geologic Map of the Riverside East 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Brett F. Cox

Open-File Report 01-453

Rb-Sr Whole-Rock and Mineral Ages, K-Ar, 40Ar/39Ar, and U-Pb Mineral ages, and Strontium, Lead, Neodymium, and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions for Granitic Rocks from the Salinian Composite Terrane, California

By: R. W. Kistler and D. E. Champion

Open-File Report 01-479

Geologic Map of the Lake Mathews 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and F. Harold Weber

Open-File Report 01-506

Borehole P- and S-Wave Velocity at Thirteen Stations in Southern California

By: James F. Gibbs, David M. Boore, John C. Tinsley, and Charles S. Mueller

Open-File Report 02-021

Geologic Map of the Corona South 7.5’Quadrangle, Riverside and Orange Counties, California

By: C.H. Gray, Jr., Douglas M. Morton, and F. Harold Weber, Jr.

Open-File Report 02-022

Geologic Map of the Corona North 7.5’ Quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and C.H. Gray Jr.

Open-File Report 02-37

Felt Reports and Intensity Assignments for Aftershocks and Triggered Events of the Great 1906 California Earthquake

By: Aron J. Meltzner and David J. Wald

Open-File Report 02-107

Shear-Wave Velocity Compilation for Northridge Strong-Motion Recording Sites

By: Roger D. Borcherdt and Thomas E. Fumal

Open-File Report 02-121

Field-Trip Guide to the Southeastern Foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains In Santa Clara County, California

By: Philip W. Stoffer and Paula Messina

Open-File Report 02-132

Distribution of High-Temperature (>150 °C) Geothermal Resources in California

By: John H. Sass and Susan S. Priest

Open-File Report 02-136*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Santa Barbara Coastal Plain Area, Santa Barbara County, California

By: Scott A. Minor, Karl S. Kellogg, Richard G. Stanley, Paul Stone, Charles L. Powell, II, Larry D. Gurrola, Amy J. Selting, and Theodore R. Brandt

Open-File Report 02-162

Multibeam Mapping of the Los Angeles, California Margin

By: James V. Gardner and Peter Dartnell

Open-File Report 02-179

Report for Borehole Explosion Data Acquired in the 1999 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE II), Southern California, California: Part II, Data Tables and Plots

By: Janice M. Murphy, Gary S. Fuis, David A. Okaya, Kristina Thygesen, Shirley A. Baher, Trond Ryberg, Galen Kaip, Michael D. Fort, Isa Asudeh, and Russell Sell

Open-File Report 02-203

Borehole Velocity Measurements at Five Sites That Recorded the Cape Mendocino, California Earthquake of 25 April, 1992

By: James F. Gibbs, John C. Tinsley, and David M. Boore

Open-File Report 02-209

Seismicity maps of the Santa Rosa 1° x 2° quadrangle, California for the period 1969-1995

By: Jeroen S. Preiss, Stephen R. Walter, and David H. Oppenheimer

Open-File Report 02-225

Data from Theodolite Measurements of Creep Rates on San Francisco Bay Region Faults, California: 1979–2001

By: Jon S. Galehouse

Open-File Report 02-227

Multielement Geochemical Dataset of Surficial Materials for the Northern Great Basin

By: Mary Jane Coombs, Boris B. Kotlyar, Steve Ludington, Helen W. Folger, and Victor G. Mossotti

Open-File Report 02-271

Digital Version of "Open-File Report 92–182: Geologic Map of the Marl Mountains Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"

Geology by: Howard G. Wilshire

GIS database by: David R. Bedford and Teresa Coleman

Open-File Report 02-272

Digital Version of "Open-File Report 92–181: Geologic Map of the Indian Spring Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"

Geology by: Howard G. Wilshire

GIS database by: David R. Bedford and Teresa Coleman

Open-File Report 02-273

Digital Version of "Open-File Report 92–183: Geologic Map of the Granite Spring Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"

Geology by: Howard G. Wilshire

GIS database by: David R. Bedford and Teresa Coleman

Open-File Report 02-274

Digital Version of "Open-File Report 92–179: Geologic Map of the Cow Cove Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"

Geology by: Howard G. Wilshire

GIS database by: David R. Bedford and Teresa Coleman

Open-File Report 02-277

Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy of the Santa Cruz Coastal Terraces

By: Colin Pinney, Jacob Aniku, Raymond Burke, Jennifer Harden, Michael Singer, and Jennie Munster

Open-File Report 02-296

Liquefaction Hazard and Shaking Amplification Maps of Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont, California: A Digital Database

By: Thomas L. Holzer, Michael J. Bennett, Thomas E. Noce, Amy C. Padovani, and John C. Tinsley III

Open-File Report 02-316

Physical Data of Soil Profiles Formed on Late Quaternary Marine Terraces near Santa Cruz, California

By: Jennie Munster and Jennifer W. Harden

Open-File Report 02-353

Gravity Map and Data of the Eastern Half of the Big Bear Lake, 100,000 Scale Quadrangle, California and Analysis of the Depths of Several Basins

By: Carter Roberts, Robert Jachens, Allan Katzenstein, Gregory Smith, and Russell Johnson

Open-File Report 02-406*

Geologic Map of the Sawmill Mountain Quadrangle, Kern and Ventura Counties, California

By: Karl S. Kellogg and Daniel P. Miggins

Open-File Report 02-425

Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Mare Island, Solano County, California

By: T.L. Holzer, C.M. Wentworth, W.H. Bakun, J. Boatwright, T.E. Brocher, M. Çelebi, W.L. Ellsworth, J.P.B. Fletcher, E.L. Geist, R. W. Graymer, R.E. Kayen, D. K. Keefer, D. H. Oppenheimer, W.U. Savage, D.P. Schwartz, and R. W. Simpson

Open-File Report 02-486*

Six Aeromagnetic Surveys in California, Nevada, and Arizona: A Web Site for Distribution of Data

By: By Ronald E. Sweeney

Open-File Report 02-491

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Pinto Mountain 7.5 minute quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Robert E. Powell

Open-File Report 02-498

Geologic map and digital database of the San Bernardino Wash 7.5 minute quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Robert E. Powell

Open-File Report 03-12

Investigation of Linear Magnetic Anomalies in the Funeral Mountains, Death Valley Region, California

By: John W. Hillhouse and Robert Morin

Open-File Report 03-17

Preliminary Soil-Slip Susceptibility Maps, Southwestern California

By: D.M. Morton, R.M. Alvarez, and R.H. Campbell

Open-File Report 03-51*

Stratigraphic inferences derived from borehole data of Tertiary basin-filling rocks of the Pahrump Valley basin, Nevada and California

By: Donald S. Sweetkind, Emily Taylor and Heather Putnam

Open-File Report 03-62*

Huntington Beach Shoreline Contamination Investigation, Phase III: Coastal Circulation and Transport Patterns: The Likelihood of OCSD's Plume Impacting Huntington Beach Shoreline

By: Marlene Noble, Jingping Xu, Leslie Rosenfeld, John Largier, Peter Hamilton, Burt Jones, and George Robertson

Open-File Report 03-84

Data Report for the Main Line of the PSINE Seismic Survey Across the San Andreas Fault and SAFOD Site Near Parkfield, California

By: R. D. Catchings, M. R. Goldman, M. J. Rymer, G. Gandhok, and G. S. Fuis

Open-File Report 03-85

Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume 1

By: Guy R. Cochrane, Nicole M. Nasby, Jane A. Reid, Ben Waltenberger, and Kristen M. Lee

Open-File Report 03-96

Geologic Map of the Valjean Hills 7.5'Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: J.P. Calzia and B.W. Troxel

Open-File Report 03-102

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Romoland 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-103

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Bachelor Mountain 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Michael P. Kennedy

Open-File Report 03-110

Cruise Report for A1-02-SC Southern California CABRILLO project, Earthquake Hazards Task

By: William R. Normark, Michael A. Fisher, Christina E. Gutmacher, Ray Sliter, Lori Hibbeler, Beth Feingold, and Jane A. Reid

Open-File Report 03-111

Preliminary Analysis Of Cores From North San Francisco Bay, California

By: Dan Allison, Margaret Hampton, and Bruce Jaffe

Open-File Report 03-122

Cruise Summary For P-1-02-SC: Acoustic Imaging Of Natural Oil And Gas Seeps and Measurement of Dissolved Methane Concentration In Coastal Waters Near Pt. Conception, California

By: Thomas D. Lorenson, Jennifer A. Dougherty, William Ussler III, and Charles K. Paull

Open-File Report 03-135

Geologic database for digital geology of California, Nevada, and Utah—An application of the North American Data Model

By: David R. Bedford, Steve Ludington, Constance M. Nutt, Paul A. Stone, David M. Miller, Robert J. Miller, David L. Wagner, and George J. Saucedo

Open-File Report 03-138*

Dust Deposition in Nevada, California, and Utah, 1984-2002

By: Marith C. Reheis

Open-File Report 03-167, version 2.0

Location and Age of Foraminifer Samples Collected by Chevron Petroleum Geologists in California

By: Earl E. Brabb and John M. Parker

Open-File Report 03-187

Preliminary Paleomagnetic Results from the Coyote Creek Outdoor Classroom Drill Hole, Santa Clara Valley, California

By: Edward A. Mankinen and Carl M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 03-188

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Winchester 7.5’ Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-189

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Murrieta 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Michael P. Kennedy and Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-214

Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2002–2031

By: Working Group On California Earthquake Probabilities

Open-File Report 03-250

Bed-Sediment Grain-Size and Morphologic Data from Suisun, Grizzly, and Honker Bays, CA, 1998-2002

By: Margaret A. Hampton, Noah P. Snyder, John L. Chin, Dan W. Allison, David M. Rubin

Open-File Report 03-251

Chromium geochemistry of serpentinous sediment in the Willow core, Santa Clara County, CA

By: Christopher J. Oze, Matthew J. LaForce, Carl M. Wentworth, Randall T. Hanson, Dennis K. Bird, and Robert G. Coleman

Open-File Report 03-269

Isostatic Gravity Map with Simplified Geology of the Los Angeles 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle

By: R.J. Wooley, R.F. Yerkes, V.E. Langenheim, and F.C. Chuang

Open-File Report 03-270

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Perris 7.5’ Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-281

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Elsinore 7.5’ Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

Compiled by: Douglas M. Morton and F. Harold Weber, Jr.

Open-File Report 03-293

Preliminary geologic map of the San Bernardino 30' x 60' quadrangle, California

By: Douglas M. Morton and Fred K. Miller

Open-File Report 03-301

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Yucaipa 7.5’ Quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California

By: J.C. Matti, D.M. Morton, B.F. Cox, S.E. Carson, and T.J. Yetter

Open-File Report 03-302

Geologic Map and Digital Database of the Redlands 7.5’ Quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California

By: J.C. Matti, D.M. Morton, B.F. Cox, and K.J. Kendrick

Open-File Report 03-306

A Bibliography of Klamath Mountains Geology, California and Oregon, listing Authors from Aalto to Zucca for the Years 1849 to Mid-2003

Compiled by: William P. Irwin

Open-File Report 03-360

Shaded Relief Aeromagnetic Map of the Santa Clara Valley and Vicinity, California

By: Carter W. Roberts and Robert C. Jachens

Open-File Report 03-383

Bathymetric and geophysical surveys of Englebright Lake, Yuba-Nevada Counties, California

By: Jonathan R. Childs, Noah P. Snyder, and Margaret A. Hampton

Open-File Report 03-397

Preliminary Cross Section of Englebright Lake Sediments

By: Noah P. Snyder and Margaret A. Hampton

Open-File Report 03-418

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Fontana 7.5’ Quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California

By: Douglas M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-429

Location and Age Database for Selected Foraminifer Samples Collected by Exxon Petroleum Geologists in California

Compiled By: Earl E. Brabb and John M. Parker

Open-File Report 03-449

Photomosaics and Logs of Trenches on the San Andreas Fault, Thousand Palms Oasis, California

By: Thomas E. Fumal, William T. Frost, Christopher Garvin, John C. Hamilton, Monique Jaasma and Michael J. Rymer

Open-File Report 03-450

Photomosaics and Logs of Trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Arano Flat near Watsonville, California

By: Thomas E. Fumal, Gordon F. Heingartner, Laura Samrad, Timothy E. Dawson, John C. Hamilton and John N. Baldwin

Open-File Report 03-465

Preliminary Location and Age Database for Invertebrate Fossils Collected in the San Francisco Bay Region, California

Compiled by: John M. Parker, William B. West, William T. Malmborg, and Earl E. Brabb

Open-File Report 03-469

Photomosaics and Logs of Trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Mill Canyon Near Watsonville, California

By: Thomas E. Fumal, Timothy E. Dawson, Rebecca Flowers, John C. Hamilton, Gordon F. Heingartner, James Kessler, and Laura Samrad

Open-File Report 03-485

Proceedings of the Hayward Fault Workshop, Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, California, September 19-20, 2003

Edited By: David A. Ponce, Roland Bürgmann, Russell W. Graymer, James J. Lienkaemper, Diane E. Moore, and David P. Schwartz

Open-File Report 03-488

Logs and Data from Trenches Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson’s Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California, 2001-2003

By: James J. Lienkaemper, Patrick L. Williams, Timothy E. Dawson, Stephen F. Personius, Gordon G. Seitz, Samuel J. Heller, and David P. Schwartz

Open-File Report 03-489

Isotopes and Ages in the Northern Peninsular Ranges Batholith, Southern California

By: R. W. Kistler, J. L. Wooden, and D.M. Morton

Open-File Report 03-501

Surficial and Bedrock Geologic Map Database of the Kelso 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: David R. Bedford

Open-File Report 03-502

Geology of the Right Stepover Region between the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg, and Maacama Faults, Northern San Francisco Bay Region; A Contribution to Northern California Geological Society Field Trip Guide, June 6-8, 2003

By: Robert J. McLaughlin and Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki

Open-File Report 2004-1007*

Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity

By: Philip Stoffer

Open-File Report 2004-1017*

Inverterate Paleontology of the Wilson Grove Formation (Late Miocene to Late Pliocene), Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, with some Observations on Its Stratigraphy, Thickness, and Structure

By: Charles L. Powell, II, James R. Allen, and Peter J. Holland

Open-File Report 2004-1019*

Huntington Beach Shoreline Contamination Investigation, Phase III, Final Report: Coastal Circulation and Transport Patterns: The Likelihood of OCSD's Plume Impacting Huntington Beach Shoreline

Edited By: Marlene Noble and Jingping Xu

Open-File Report 2004-1049*

Geologic and Bathymetric Reconnaissance Overview of the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California

By: Stephen C. Wolf and Christina E. Gutmacher

Open-File Report 2004-1061*

Report on the May-June 2002 Englebright Lake Deep Coring Campaign

By: Noah P. Snyder, Charles N. Alpers, Lorraine E. Flint, Jennifer A. Curtins, Margaret A. Hampton, Brian J. Haskell, and Dennis L. Nielson

Open-File Report 2004-1080*

Sediment Grain-Size and Loss-on-Ignition Analyses from 2002 Englebright Lake Coring and Sampling Campaigns

By: Noah P. Snyder, James R. Allen, Carlin Dare, Margaret A. Hampton, Gary Schneider, Ryan J. Wooley, Charles N. Alpers, and Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale

Open-File Report 2004-1081*

Predicted Seafloor Facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California

By: Peter Dartnell and James V. Gardner

Open-File Report 2004-1083*

Cross-Sections and Maps Showing Double-Difference Relocated Earthquakes from 1984-2000 along the Hayward and Calaveras Faults, California

By: Robert W. Simpson, Russell W. Graymer, Robert C. Jachens, David A. Ponce, and Carl M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 2004-1094*

Map Showing Fossil Localities of the Rattlesnake Creek, Western and Eastern Hayfork, and North Fork Terranes of the Klamath Mountains

By: William P. Irwin, and Charles D. Blome

Open-File Report 2004-1192*

Deposition, Erosion, and Bathymetric Change in South San Francisco Bay: 1858-1983

By: Amy C. Foxgrover, Shawn A. Higgins, Melissa K. Ingraca, Bruce E. Jaffe, and Richard E. Smith

Open-File Report 2004-1193*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Big Bear City 7.5' Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

By: Fred K. Miller

Open-File Report 2004-1206

Review of Results and Recommendations from the GCMRC 2000-2003 Remote-Sensing Initiative for Monitoring Environmental Resources Within the Colorado River Ecosystem

By: Philip A. Davis

Open-File Report 2004-1221*

Los Angeles and San Diego Margin High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data

By: Peter Dartnell, James V. Gardner, Larry A. Mayer, & John E. Hughes Clarke

Open-File Report 2004-1245*

Spatial databases of the Humboldt Basin mineral resource assessment, northern Nevada

By: Mark J. Mihalasky and Lorre A. Moyer

Open-File Report 2004-1269*

Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading in Oceano, California, During the 2003 San Simeon Earthquake

By: Thomas L. Holzer, Thomas E. Noce, Michael J. Bennett, Carola Di Alessandro, John Boatwright, John C. Tinsley, III, Russell W. Sell, and Lewis I. Rosenberg

Open-File Report 2004-1282*

Using Twelve Years of USGS Refraction Lines to Calibrate the Brocher and others (1997) 3D Velocity Model of the Bay Area

By: John Boatwright, Luke Blair, Rufus Catchings, Mark Goldman, Fabio Perosi, and Clare Steedman

Open-File Report 2004-1286*

Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Coastal Ventura County, California

By: Stephanie L. Ross, David M. Boore, Michael A. Fisher, Arthur D. Frankel, Eric L. Geist, Kenneth W. Hudnut, Robert E. Kayen, Homa J. Lee, William R. Normark, and Florence L. Wong

Open-File Report 2004-1297*

Isostatic residual gravity map of The Santa Clara Valley and vicinity, California

By: Carter W. Roberts, Robert C. Jachens, David A. Ponce and Victoria E. Langenheim

Open-File Report 2004-1361*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the El Cajon 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Southern California

Compiled by Victoria R. Todd. Digital preparation by Rachel M. Alvarez and TGS, Techni Graphic Systems, Inc.

Open-File Report 2004-1376*

Acceleration and Volumetric Strain Generated by the Parkfield 2004 Earthquake on the GEOS Strong-Motion Array Near Parkfield, Calif.

By: Roger D. Borcherdt, Malcolm J.S. Johnston, Christopher Dietel, Gary Glassmoyer, Doug Myren, and Christopher Stephens

Open-File Report 2004-1390*

Real-time Forecasts of Tomorrow's Earthquakes in California: A New Mapping Tool

By: Matt Gerstenberger, Stefan Wiemer and Lucy Jones

Open-File Report 2004-1424*

Proceedings of the First Annual Northern California Earthquake Hazards Workshop, January 13-14, 2004

Edited by Mary Lou Zoback

Open-File Report 2004-1437*

Digital Database of Faulting Accompanying the 1966 Parkfield, California, Earthquake

Digital database prepared by Christopher J. Crosby

Open-File Report 2004-1455*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Hemet 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: D.M. Morton and J.C. Matti

Open-File Report 2005-1019*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Los Angeles 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Southern California

Compiled by Robert F. Yerkes and Russell H. Campbell

Digital preparation by Rachel M. Alvarez and Kelly R. Bovard

Open-File Report 2005-1084*

Multichannel seismic-reflection data acquired off the coast of southern California - Part A 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000

By: Ray W. Sliter, William R. Normark, and Christina E. Gutmacher

Open-File Report 2005-1127*

The San Andreas Fault In The San Francisco Bay Area, California: A Geology Fieldtrip Guidebook To Selected Stops On Public Lands

By: Philip W. Stoffer

Open-File Report 2005-1132*

Ground-Magnetic Studies of the Amargosa Desert Region, California and Nevada

By: Richard J. Blakely, John W. Hillhouse, and Robert L. Morin

Open-File Report 2005-1133*

Height Changes Along Selected Lines Through the Death Valley Region, California and Nevada, 1905-1984

By: Robert O. Castle, Thomas D. Gilmore, James P. Walker, and Susan A. Castle

Open-File Report 2005-1135*

Modified Mercalli Intensity Maps for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Plotted in ShakeMap Format

By: John Boatwright and Howard Bundock

Open-File Report 2005-1153*

Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data: Northeastern Channel Islands Region, Southern California

By: Peter Dartnell, Guy Cochrane, and Mary Elaine Dunaway

Open-File Report 2005-1169*

Blind Comparisons Of Shear-Wave Velocities At Closely-Spaced Sites In San Jose, California

Edited by Michael W. Asten and David M. Boore

Open-File Report 2005-1170*

Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume II

By: Guy R. Cochrane, James E. Conrad, Jane A. Reid, Sarah Fangman, and Nadine Golden

Open-File Report 2005-1191*

Map showing Features and Displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, During the Period March 31-May 7, 2005

By: Ray E. Wells, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice and Karen L. Wheeler

Open-File Report 2005-1285*

South San Francisco Bay 2004 Topographic Lidar Survey: Data Overview and Preliminary Quality Assessment

By: Amy C. Foxgrover and Bruce E. Jaffe

Open-File Report 2005-1285*

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Sage 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California

By: D.M. Morton and M.P. Kennedy

Open-File Report 2005-1317*

Compressional and Shear Wave Velocity Versus Depth in the San Francisco Bay Area, California: Rules for USGS Bay Area Velocity Model 05.0.0

By: Thomas M. Brocher

Circular 1198

Beyond the Golden Gate—Oceanography, Geology, Biology, and Environmental Issues in the Gulf of the Farallones

Edited by: Herman A. Karl, John L. Chin, Edward Ueber, Peter H. Stauffer, and James W. Hendley II

Circular 1259

Shifting Shoals and Shattered Rocks-How Man Has Transformed the Floor of West-Central San Francisco Bay

By: John L. Chin, Florence L. Wong, and Paul R. Carlson

Bulletin 1995-AA

Quaternary Tectonic Setting of South-Central Coastal California

By: William R. Lettis, Kathryn L. Hanson, Jeffrey R. Unruh, Marcia McLaren, and William U. Savage

Chapter AA of

Evolution of Sedimentary Basins/Offshore Oil and Gas Investigations-Santa Maria Province

Edited by Margaret A. Keller

Bulletin 1995-BB

Style and Rate of Quaternary Deformation of the Hosgri Fault Zone, Offshore South-Central Coastal California

By: Kathryn L. Hanson, William R. Lettis, Marcia McLaren, William U. Savage, and N. Timothy Hall

Chapter BB of

Evolution of Sedimentary Basins/Offshore Oil and Gas Investigations-Santa Maria Province

Edited by Margaret A. Keller

Bulletin 2185

Response Plan for Volcano Hazards in the Long Valley Caldera and Mono Craters Region, California

By: David P. Hill, Dan Dzurisin, William L. Ellsworth, Elliot T. Endo, D.L. Galloway, Terry M. Gerlach, Malcolm S.J. Johnston, John Langbein, Ken A. McGee, C. Dan Miller, David Oppenheimer, and Michael L. Sorey

Bulletin 2188

Geology and Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Area—A Field-Trip Guidebook

Edited By: Philip W. Stoffer and Leslie C. Gordon

Bulletin 2195

Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Region

By: Philip Stoffer

General Information Product 15

Putting Down Roots, Your Handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region

Developed by: American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter, Association of Bay Area Governments, California Earthquake Authority, California Geological Survey, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, San Francisco Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Southern California Earthquake Center, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, University of California Berkeley, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Geological Survey

Fact Sheet 225-95

Southern Californians Cope With Earthquakes

By: Kenneth W. Hudnut, James J. Mori, William H. Prescott, and Peter H. Stauffer

Fact Sheet 094–96

When Will the Next Great Quake Strike Northern California?

By: Wayne R. Thatcher, Peter L. Ward, David J. Wald, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer

Fact Sheet 108–96

Living with a Restless Caldera—Long Valley, California

By: David P. Hill, Roy A. Bailey, Michael L. Sorey, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer

Fact Sheet 172–96

Invisible CO2 Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California

By: Michael L. Sorey, Christopher D. Farrar, Terrance M. Gerlach, Kenneth A. McGee, William C. Evans, Elizabeth M. Colvard, David P. Hill, Roy A. Bailey, John D. Rogie, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer

Fact Sheet 073–97

Future Eruptions in California's Long Valley Area—What's Likely?

By: David P. Hill, Roy A. Bailey, C. Dan Miller, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer

Fact Sheet 165-97

Living with Volcanic Risk in the Cascades

By: Dan Dzurisin, Peter H. Stauffer, and James W. Hendley II

Fact Sheet 077-98

Scientific Drilling in Long Valley, California—What Will We Learn?

By: Susan S. Priest, John H. Sass, Bill Ellsworth, Christopher D. Farrar, Michael L. Sorey, David P. Hill, Boy Bailey, Ronald D. Jacobson, John T. Finger, Vicki Su McConnell, and Mark Zoback

Fact Sheet 173-98

Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917

By: Michael A. Clynne, Robert L. Christiansen, Tracey J. Felger, Peter H. Stauffer, and James W. Hendley II

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 110-99

The "LARSE" project - working towards a safer future for Los Angeles

By: Thomas L. Henyey, Gary S. Fuis, Mark L. Benthien, Thomas R. Burdette, Shari A. Christofferson, Robert W. Clayton, Edward E. Criley, Paul M. Davis, James W. Hendley II, Monica D. Kohler, William J. Lutter, John K. McRaney, Janice M. Murphy, David A. Okaya, Trond Ryberg, Gerald W. Simila, and Peter H. Stauffer

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 111-99

El Proyecto Sísmico “LARSE”—Trabajando Hacia un Futuro con Más Seguridad para Los Angeles

De Thomas L. Henyey, Gary S. Fuis, Mark L. Benthien, Thomas R. Burdette, Shari A. Christofferson, Robert W. Clayton, Edward E. Criley, Paul M. Davis, James W. Hendley II, Monica D. Kohler, William J. Lutter, John K. McRaney, Janice M. Murphy, David A. Okaya, Trond Ryberg, Gerald W. Simila, y Peter H. Stauffer

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 151-99

Progress Toward a Safer Future Since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

A two-page fact sheet by Robert A. Page, Peter H. Stauffer, and James W. Hendley II

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 152-99

Major Quake Likely to Strike Between 2000 and 2030

Andrew J. Michael, Stephanie L. Ross, David P. Schwartz, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 030–02

Saltwater Intrusion in Los Angeles Area Coastal Aquifers—the Marine Connection

By: Brian D. Edwards and Kevin R. Evans

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 049–02

The Parkfield Experiment‹Capturing What Happens in an Earthquake

By: Steve Hickman and John Langbein

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 086–02

Probing the Los Angeles Basin—Insights into Ground-Water Resources and Earthquake Hazards

By: John W. Hillhouse, Eric G. Reichard, and Daniel J. Ponti

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 102–02

“Hot Water” in Lassen Volcanic National Park— Fumaroles, Steaming Ground, and Boiling Mudpots

By: Michael A. Clynne, Cathy J. Janik, and L.J.P. Muffler

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 155–02

Tracking Contaminants in Santa Monica Bay, Offshore of Greater Los Angeles

By: Homa J. Lee, Megan McQuarrie, and Lori Hibbeler

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 24-03

Bacterial Contamination at Huntington Beach, California—Is It From a Local Offshore Wastewater Outfall?

By: Jingping Xu, Marlene Noble, Leslie Rosenfeld, John Largier, Peter Hamilton, and Burt Jones

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 39-03

Is a Powerful Quake Likely to Strike in the Next 30 Years?

By: Andrew J. Michael, Stephanie L. Ross, Robert W. Simpson, Mary Lou Zoback, David P. Schwartz, Michael L. Blanpied, and Working Group 2002

Fact Sheet 117-03

Precipitation History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1893-2001

By: Richard Hereford, Robert H. Webb, and Claire I. Longpre

Fact Sheet 2004-3099

Rates of Landsliding and Cliff Retreat Along the Big Sur Coast, California—Measuring a Crucial Baseline

By: Cheryl J. Hapke and Krystal R. Green

Digital Data Series DDS-29 CD-ROM

Photo CD format Digital Images of the October 17th 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake

Digital Data Series DDS–43

Status of the Sierra Nevada: The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

By: Don C. Erman (General Editor) and the SNEP Team

Digital Data Series DDS–61

Año Nuevo to Santa Cruz, California—a Photographic Tour of the Coastline

By: Henry Chezar and Florence L. Wong

Shaded relief image of California

Shaded relief image of California (20 KB)

Created from 1:250,000 scale (3 arc-second resolution) Defense Mapping Agency Digital Elevation Models (DEM)

Download full image: calif.tif.tar.Z (4.0MB)

Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park

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