General Information Products are specifically intended to educate and inform teachers, students, the news media, nature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in studying things in, on, or around the Earth. The focus is on USGS programs, projects, services, and general scientific information of public interest. The series covers a broad range of topics in a variety of media, including General Interest Publications booklets, pamphlets, postcards, posters, videos, teacher kits, CD/DVDs, bookmarks, and interactive and motion graphics.
Publications in this series from the Western Region of the Geologic Division will be posted here as they are produced.
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
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/15/
The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit—A Teacher's Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities
By: Dave Frank, John Galloway, and Ken Assmus
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/17/
Where’s the San Andreas Fault? A Guidebook to Tracing the Fault on Public Lands in the San Francisco Bay Region
By Philip W. Stoffer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2006/16/
Earthquake Science Explained—A Series of Ten Short Articles for Students, Teachers, and Families
Compiled by Matthew A. d'Alessio
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2006/21/
Facing the Great Disaster, How the Men and Women of the U.S. Geological Survey Responded to the 1906 “San Francisco Earthquake”
By Elizabeth M. Colvard and James Rogers
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2006/31/
Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes—The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety (in English and Spanish)
Developed by American Red Cross, Asian Pacific Fund, California Earthquake Authority, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, New America Media, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency, and U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/41/
Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes—The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety (in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean)
Developed by American Red Cross, Asian Pacific Fund, California Earthquake Authority, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, New America Media, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency, and U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/42/
Riding the Storm; Landslide Danger in the San Francisco Bay Area [movie]
Produced, directed, and edited by Karen Adams
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/48/
Sand Waves at the Mouth of San Francisco Bay, California [Postcard]
By Helen Gibbons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/54/
South San Francisco Bay, California [Postcard]
By Peter Dartnell and Helen Gibbons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/57/
Eruptions in the Cascade Range During the Past 4,000 Years
By Bobbie Myers and Carolyn Driedger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/63/
Geologic Hazards at Volcanoes
By Bobbie Myers and Carolyn Driedger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/64/
Geology of National Parks
By Philip W. Stoffer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/69/
Diagram of Common Volcano Hazards [Postcard]
By Dina Y. Venezky, Bobbie Myers, and Carolyn Driedger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/74/
Cascades Volcano Observatory [postcard]
By Dina Y. Dina Venezky, Carolyn Driedger, and John Pallister
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/75/
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [postcard]
By Dina Y. Venezky and Tim Orr
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/76/
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory [postcard]
By Dina Y. Venezky and Jacob Lowenstern
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/77/
Long Valley Observatory [postcard]
By Dina Y. Venezky and David Hill
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/78/
Alaska Volcano Observatory [postcard]
By Dina Y. Venezky, Tom Murray, and Cyrus Read
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/79/
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
By John F. Hamill
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/85/
Sea Floor off San Diego, California [Postcard]
By Peter Dartnell and Helen Gibbons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/87/
Tsunami Preparedness in California (videos)
Filmed and edited by Kurt Loeffler and Justine Gesell
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/91/
Marin Tsunami (video)
Filmed and edited by Kurt Loeffler and Justine Gesell
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/95/
Tsunami Preparedness in Oregon (video)
Filmed and edited by Kurt Loeffler and Justine Gesell
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/96/
Tsunami Preparedness in Washington (video)
Filmed and edited by Kurt Loeffler and Justine Gesell
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/97/
The Heat Is On; Desert Tortoises and Survival (video)
Stephen M. Wessells and Steven E. Schwarzbach
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/98/
Alaska Volcanoes Guidebook for Teachers
Jennifer N. Adleman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/99/
Utah Science Activities, Update 2010
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/100/
30 Cool Facts about Mount St. Helens
By Carolyn Driedger, Liz Westby, Lisa Faust, Peter Frenzen, Jeanne Bennett, and Michael Clynne
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/
Tsunami Preparedness Along the U.S. West Coast (video)
Filmed and edited by Kurt Loeffler and Justine Gesell
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/105/
Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes—Past, Present, and Future
Robert I. Tilling, Christina Heliker, and Donald A. Swanson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/117/
Floor of Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada [postcard]
Peter Dartnell and Helen Gibbons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/132/
The Story of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory—
A Remarkable First 100 Years of Tracking Eruptions and Earthquakes
Janet L. Babb, James P. Kauahikaua, and Robert I. Tilling
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/135/
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