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Contra Costa County Geology Publications

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PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION PRICE
AMM 1 Aeromagnetic Map of the Sacramento Quadrangle, California, 1988, Scale 1:250,000 $12.00
AMM 5 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco-San Jose   Quadrangle, California, 1992, Scale 1:250,000 $12.00
B  183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000 $8.00
BGA  16 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: San Francisco Sheet, 1968, scale: 1:250,000 $12.00
BGM  1 Bouguer Gravity Map of the Sacramento Quadrangle, California, 1985, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
BGM  2 Bouguer Gravity Map of the Santa Rosa Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
MS  16 Geology and Slope Stability of the Southwestern Quarter of the Walnut Creek [7.5'] Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California, 1973, scale: 1:12,000 $12.00
RGM 1 Geologic Map of the Sacramento Quadrangle, California, 1981, scale 1:250,000 (set of 4 sheets) $20.00
RGM 2 Geologic Map of the Santa Rosa Quadrangle, California, 1982, scale 1:250,000 (set of 5 sheets) $20.00
RGM  5A 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. $20.00
Rolled in tube
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.
    		$10.00
    SP  114 Field Guide to the Geology and Metamorphism of the Franciscan Complex and Western Metamorphic Belt of Northern California (for the International Symposium "The Transition from Basalt to Metabasalt: Environments, Processes, and Petrogenesis"), 1992, 78 p. $10.00
    SP  119 Geologic Field Trips in Northern California (For the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America), 1999, 254 p. $20.00
    OFR  87-04 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco/San Jose 1 ° By 3 ° Quadrangle, California, 1987, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
    OFR  78-07 Principal Facts and Sources for 1,607 Gravity Stations on the Santa Rosa 1 ° By 2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1978 $8.00

    Contra Costa County Geohazards & Environmental Geology Publications

    CD  2001-04 GIS Files of the Official Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones, Central Coastal Region. CD contains 211 Alquist-Priolo (AP) Earthquake Faults Zones 7.5-minute quadrangles, affecting Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Yolo counties, and is current as of 12/2001. Data is provided as MapInfo .tab files, ESRI shape files, and .dxf export files. Also included is a digital version Special Publication 42, Fault-Rupture Zones in California, which explains the AP Act, the zoning program and associated regulations. SP 42 and the explanatory text can be viewed with Adobe ® Acrobat Reader 5.0, included in the CD-ROM. $60.00 each or set of all 3 CD's for $150.00
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    CD  2000-004 Digital Images of Official Maps of Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones of California, Central Coastal Region. This CD contains Adobe Acrobat (PDF) versions of 192 7.5-minute quadrangles of Official Earthquake Fault Zone Maps in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Napa, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo counties. Please note that these are digital image files only, not GIS data files. $30.00
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    MS  16 Geology and Slope Stability of the Southwest Quarter of the Walnut Creek [7.5'] Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California, 1973, scale: 1:12,000 12.00
    PR  19 Geological and Geophysical Investigations for Tri-Cities [El  Cerrito, Richmond and San Pablo] Seismic Safety and Environmental Resource Study [Contra Costa County, California], 1973 $8.00
    SP  61 Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in San Francisco Bay Area, 1982 $8.00
    OFR  82-23 Script and Slides for Earthquake Planning Scenario Presentation on the San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1982 $25.00
    SP  78 Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake on the Hayward Fault in San Francisco Bay Area, 1982 $30.00
    SP  112 Planning Scenario for a Major Earthquake on the Rodgers Creek Fault in Northern San Francisco Bay Area, 1994 $25.00
    SP  113 Proceedings of the Second Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, 1992 $22.00
    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. $8.00
    OFR 95-12 Landslide Hazards in the Martinez-Orinda Walnut Creek Area, Contra Costa County, California ¾ Landslide Hazards Identification Map No. 32, 1995, scale 1:24,000 $15.00
    OFR 95-14 Landslide Hazards in the Hayward Quadrangle and Parts of the Dublin Quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California ¾ Landslide Hazards Identification Map No. 37, 1995, scale 1:24,000 $10.00
    OFR 95-15 Landslide Hazards in the Las Trampas Ridge Quadrangle and Parts of the Diablo Quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California ¾ Landslide Hazards Identification Map No. 38, 1995, scale 1:24,000 $10.00
    OFR  88-13 Soil Development and Displacement Along the Hayward Fault, Volume II, Point Pinole [Contra Costa County], California, 1988 $15.00
    OFR  86-07 Landslide Hazards in Parts of the Diablo and Dublin [7.5'] Quadrangles, Contra Costa County, California, Landslide Hazard Identification Map No. 3, 1986, scale 1:24,000 $8.00
    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 $8.00
    OFR  81-08 Recently Active Strands of the Greenville Fault, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties, California, 1981 (map only) $8.00
    OFR  81-09 Evidence for Recent Faulting, Calaveras and Pleasanton Faults, Diablo and Dublin [7.5'] Quadrangles, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, 1981 (map only) $8.00

    Contra Costa County Mineral Resource Publications

    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 $8.00
    B  208 Zeolites in California, 1988, 73 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000 $8.00
    SR  146 (PART  I) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area [Central California], 1986 $14.00
    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 $20.00
    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 $25.00