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Santa Clara County Geology Publications

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CD 2002-04 Geologic Map of Monterey 30' x 60' Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, California: A Digital Database. This CD contains a digital database including two colored versions of the geologic map, one overlaying a shaded-relief map and one without the shaded-relief map. There is also a colored explanation of the map units. Graphic files include Adobe Acrobat pdf and Postscript files. GIS files in ArcInfo export format (uncompressed .e00) are also included.
AMM 5 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco-San Jose  Quadrangle, California, 1992, scale 1:250,000
B 183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000
B 185 Geology of the East Half of the Mt. Hamilton [15'] Quadrangle, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California, 1965, scale 1:62,500
BGA 16 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: San Francisco Sheet, 1968, scale: 1:250,000
BGA 20 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, (Revised) 1980, scale: 1:250,000
GAM 20 Geologic Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, 1965, scale 1:250,000
RGM Map No. 1 Geologic Map of the Monterey 30' x 60' Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, California, 2003. This map was compiled from geologic maps covering the Monterey 1:100,000 scale quadrangle, part of the Palo Alto 1:100,000 scale quadrangle, and Monterey Bay, between latitudes 36º30' and 37º00' north to approximately 122º20'00" west longitude. 3 color plates, map scale 1:100,000.
RGM 5 Geologic Map of the San Francisco-San Jose Quadrangle, California, 1992, scale 1:250,000 (3 sheets only available: Sheet 1-Geologic Map, Sheet 2-Geologic Map Explanation, and Sheet 5-Recency of Faulting). Available only as rolled sheets.
MS 3 Geology of the Mt. Boardman [15'] Quadrangle, Santa Clara and Stanislaus Counties, California, 1964, scale 1:62,500
MS 8 Geology of the Palo Alto Quadrangle, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, California, 1966, scale 1:62,500
SP 109 Geologic Excursions in Northern California: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevada (For Joint Meeting of Geological Society of America and Seismological Society of America), 1991, 130 p.
    SP 119 Geologic Field Trips in Northern California (For the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America), 1999, 254 p.

      OFR 99-03

      		 Interpretation of Gravity, Magnetic and Seismic Refraction Data in Stanislaus County and Vicinity [parts of Alameda, Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, Santa Clara and Tuolumne counties], California, 1999

      OFR 93-01

      		 Geology of the Hollister and San Felipe Quadrangles, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties, California, 1993
      OFR 88-07 Aeromagnetic Map of the Monterey 1° By 2.2° Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000
      OFR 87-04 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco/San Jose 1° By 3° Quadrangle, California, 1987, scale 1:250,000
      OFR 78-14 Principal Facts and Sources for 1,734 Gravity Stations on the Santa Cruz (Monterey) 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1978

      Santa Clara County Geohazards & Environmental Geology Publications

      PR 17 Environmental Geologic Analysis of the Monte Bello Ridge Mountain Study Area [Santa Clara County, California], 1973
      PR 18 Environmental Geologic Analysis of the South County Study Area [Santa Clara County, California], 1973
      PR 24 Processed Data from the Gilroy Array and Coyote Creek Records, Coyote Lake Earthquakes, 6 August 1979
      SHZR 048 Seismic Hazard Zone Report for the Calaveras Reservoir 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2001 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 051 Seismic Zone Report for the Milpitas 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2001 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 058 Seismic Zone Report for the San Jose West 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2002 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 060 Seismic Zone Report for the Mountain View 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2002 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 068 Seismic Zone Report for the Cupertino 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2002 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 069 Seismic Zone Report for the Los Gatos 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2002 - Download from SHMP
      SHZR 097 Seismic Zone Report for the Santa Teresa Hills 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2003 - Download from SHMP
      SP 61 Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake on the San Andreas fault in San Francisco Bay Area, 1982
      SP 68 The 1984 Morgan Hill [Santa Clara County, California] Earthquake, 1985
      SP 78 Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake on the Hayward fault in San Francisco Bay Area, 1982
      SP 113 Proceedings of the Second Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, 1992
      SR 97 Geologic and Engineering Aspects of San Francisco Bay Fill, 1969, 130 p., 4 plates, scale 1:80,000. Contains 6 papers on the topic, plus maps of Bay Area geology, bay mud thicknesses and bedrock contours.
      OFR 2000-010 Seismic Hazard Evaluation of the San Jose East 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, 2000 - Download from SHMP
      OFR 90-06 Preliminary Map of Landslide Features and Coseismic Fissures in the Summit Road Area of the Santa Cruz Mountains Triggered By the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 17 October, 1989, 1990
      OFR 82-23 Script and Slides for Earthquake Planning Scenario Presentation on the San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1982
      OFR 81-03 Summary Report: California Fault Evaluation Program, 1979-1980 Area — South San Francisco Bay Region (and Other Areas) [Alameda, Contra Costa, Mendocino, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties, California], 1981
      OFR 81-07 The Sargent, San Andreas, and Calaveras Fault Zones: Evidence for Recency in Watsonville East, Chittenden, and San Felipe [7.5] Quadrangles, [Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties], California, 1981 (map only)
      OFR 81-08 Recently Active Strands of the Greenville Fault, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties, California, 1981 (map only)
      OFR 80-11 Environmental Geologic Analysis of the Tar Creek South Study Area, Santa Clara County, California, 1980
      OFR 78-11 Environmental Geologic Analysis of the Diablo Range Study Area I, Southern Santa Clara County, California, 1978
      OFR 78-12 Environmental Geologic Analysis of the Diablo Range Study Area Ii, Southern Santa Clara County, California, 1978

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      		 Official Maps of Seismic Hazard Zones, Santa Clara County, scale 1:24,000 [color map]. Click here to see which quadrangles are available.

      Santa Clara County Mineral Resource Publications

      B 194 The Mineral Economics of the Carbonate Rocks and Limestone and Dolomite Resources of California, 1973, 60 p., 2 plates, scale 1:1,000,000
      B 197 Limestone, Dolomite, and Shell Resources of the Coast Ranges Province, California, 1978, 103 p., 2 plates, scale 1:1,000,000 and 1:62,500
      B 208 Zeolites in California, 1988, 73 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000
      SR 87 Expansible Shale resources of the San Jose-Gilroy Area, Santa Clara County, California, 1965
      SR 146 (PART I) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area [Central California], 1986
      SR 146 (PART II) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the South San Francisco Bay Production-Consumption Region [Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California], 1983
      SR 146 (PART IV) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Monterey Bay Production-Consumption Region [Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties, California], 1987

      OFR 99-01

      		 Update of Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Monterey Bay Production-Consumption Region [parts of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties], 1999, scales 1:48,000 to 1:100,000

      OFR 96-03

      		 Update of Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the South San Francisco Bay Production-Consumption Region [Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties], 1996, scale: 1:125,000
      OFR 88-19 Mineral Land Classification of the San Bruno Canyon Greenstone Deposits, Morgan Hill [7.5'] Quadrangle, Santa Clara County—For Aggregate Materials, 1988