Index to Geologic Mapping - San Jose

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AUTHOR YEAR

TITLE

AGENCY PUB NO. SCALE
Armstrong, C.F., and Wagner, D.L. 1978 Environmental geologic analysis of the Diablo range study area 1, Southern Santa Clara County, California DMG OFR 78-11 12
Atwater, B.F. 1982 Geologic maps of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California USGS MF-1401 24
Bailey, E.H. and Everhart, D.L. 1964 Geology and quicksilver deposits of the New Almaden District, Santa Clara County, California USGS P 360, pl. 14 24
Barlock, V.E. 1988 Geologic map of the Livermore gravels, Alameda County, California USGS OF 88-516 24
Bartow, J.A., and others 1985 Geologic map of the east flank of the Diablo Range from Hospital Creek to Poverty Flat, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced counties, California USGS I-1656 62
Bartow, J.A., Marchand, D.E., and Shipley, S. 1981 Preliminary geologic map of Cenozoic deposits of the Copperopolis quadrangle, California USGS OF 81-1048 62
Bishop, C.C. 1970 Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy on the west side of the northern San Joaquin Valley, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, California DMG SR 104, pl. 1 62
Brabb, E.E. 1998 Geologic map of Santa Cruz County, California: A digital database USGS OF 97-489 62
Brabb, E.E. 1989 Geologic map of Santa Cruz County, California USGS I-1905 62
Brabb, E.E., Sonneman, H.S., and Switzer, J.R. 1971 Preliminary geologic map of Mount Diablo-Byron area, California USGS BDC 28 62
California Department of Water Resources 1966 Livermore and Sunol Valleys: Evaluation of ground water resources DWR B 118-2 (Appendix A) 125
Clark, J.C., and others 1989 Geologic map and structure sections of the Laurel 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, California USGS OF 89-676 24
Clark, J.C., and Rietman, J.D. 1973 Oligocene stratigraphy, tectonics, and paleogeography southwest of the San Andreas Fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, and Gabilan Range, California Coast Ranges USGS P 783, pl. 1 125
Cotton, W.R. 1972 Preliminary geologic map of the Franciscan rocks in the central part of the Diablo Range, Santa Clara and Alameda counties, California USGS MF-0343 62
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Diablo 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988 Geologic Map of the La Costa Valley 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1995 Geologic Map of the Brentwood 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Antioch South 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the clayton 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Tassajara 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1995 Geologic Map of the Tracy 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988 Geologic Map of the Niles 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Livermore 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Altamont 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1988, 1995 Geologic Map of the Dublin 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1995 Geologic Map of the Midway 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crane, Ron 1995 Geologic Map of the Byron Hot Springs 7.5' quadrangle unpublished 24
Crawford, K.E. 1976 Reconnaissance geologic map of the Eylar Mountain quadrangle, Santa Clara and Alameda counties, California USGS MF-764 24
Crittenden, M.D., Jr. 1951 Geologic map of the San Jose-Mount Hamilton area, California DMG B 157, pl. 1 62
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1973 Preliminary geologic map of the Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle, Alameda and Santa Clara counties, California USGS OF 73-058 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the La Costa Valley quadrangle, Alameda County, California USGS OF 80-533-A 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1981 Preliminary geologic map of the Solyo quadrangle, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, California USGS OF 81-465 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1975 Geologic maps of the Pacheco Pass, Hollister, Quien Sabe, Ortigalita Peak, San Benito, Panoche Valley, and "Tumey Hills" quadrangles, California USGS OF 75-394 62
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1972 Preliminary geologic map of the San Jose East quadrangle, California USGS OF 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1981 Preliminary geologic map of the Mendenhall Springs quadrangle, Alameda and San Joaquin counties, California USGS OF 81-235 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Loma Prieta quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California USGS OF 80-944 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Niles quadrangle, Alameda County, California USGS OF 80-533-C 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1972 Preliminary geologic map of the Lick Observatory quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California USGS OF 72-090 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1973 Preliminary geologic maps of the Gilroy Hot Springs, Gilroy, Mt. Sizer, Morgan Hill, Mt. Madonna 7.5-minute quadrangles, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, California USGS OF 73-0059 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Clayton quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California USGS OF 80-547 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Antioch South quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California USGS OF 80-536 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1972 Preliminary geologic map of the Milpitas quadrangle, Alameda and Santa Clara counties, California USGS OF 72-0091 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1981 Preliminary geologic map of the Lone Tree Creek quadrangle, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, California USGS OF 81-466 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Byron Hot Springs quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California USGS OF 80-534 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Tassajara quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California USGS OF 80-544 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Cedar Mountain quadrangle, Alameda and San Joaquin counties, California USGS OF 80-850 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1981 Preliminary geologic map of the Tracy quadrangle, San Joaquin County, California USGS OF 81-464 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Diablo quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California USGS OF 80-546 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Midway quadrangle, Alameda and San Joaquin counties, California USGS OF 80-535 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Altamont quadrangle, Alameda County, California USGS OF 80-538 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Livermore quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California USGS OF 80-533-B 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr. 1980 Preliminary geologic map of the Dublin quadrangle, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California USGS OF 80-537 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr., and Brabb, E.E. 1978 Preliminary geologic maps of the Chittenden, Los Gatos, and Watsonville East quadrangles, California USGS OF 78-453 24
Dibblee, T.W., Jr., and others 1978 Preliminary geologic map of the Laurel quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California USGS OF 78-84 24
Dupre, W.R. 1975 Maps showing geology and liquefaction potential of Quaternary deposits in Santa Cruz County, California USGS MF-0648 62
Eric, J.H., Stromquist, A.A., and Swinney, C.M. 1955 Geology of the Angels Camp and Sonora quadrangles, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, California DMG SR 41 24
Ernst, W.G. 1993 Geology of the Pacheco Pass Quadrangle, central California Coast Ranges GSA MCH078 24
Evans, J.R., and Bowen, O.E. 1977 Geology of the southern Mother Lode, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, California DMG MS 036 24
Graymer, R.W., and others 1994 Preliminary geologic map emphasizing bedrock formations in Contra Costa County, California: A digital database USGS OF 94-622 75
Graymer, R.W., Jones, D.L., and Brabb, E.E. 1996 Preliminary geologic map emphasizing bedrock formations n Alameda County, California: A digital database USGS OF 96-252 75
Graymer, R.W., Jones, D.L., Brabb, E.E., and Helley, E.J. 1994 Preliminary geologic map of the Niles 7.5-minute quadrangle, Alameda County, California USGS OF 94-132 24
Harner, J.L., and others 1983 Mineral resource potential of the Tuolumne River Roadless Area, Tuolumne County, California USGS MF-1617-A 62
Hart, E.W. 1959 Geology of limestone and dolomite deposits in the south half of the Standard 7.5-minute quadrangle, Tuolumne County, California DMG SR 58 24
Helley, E.J., and Graymer, R.W. 1997 Quaternary geology of Alameda County, and parts of Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties, California: A digital database USGS OF 97-097 24
Helley, E.J., and Graymer, R.W. 1997 Quaternary geology of Contra Costa County, and surrounding parts of Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento, and San Joaquin counties, California: A digital database USGS OF 97-098 24
Helley, E.J., and Nakata, J.K. 1991 Geologic map of the Gilroy 7.5-minute quadrangle, USGS OF 91-278 24
Helley, E.J., and Wesling, J.R. 1989 Quaternary geologic map of the Milpitas quadrangle, Alameda and Santa Clara counties, California USGS OF 89-671 24
Helley, E.J., and Wesling, J.R. 1990 Quaternary geologic map of the San Jose East quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California USGS OF 90-427 24
Herd, D.G. 1979 Geologic map of O'Neill Forebay, western Merced County, California USGS OF 79-359 24
Huey, A.S. 1948 Geologic map of the Tesla quadrangle, California DMG B 140, pl. 1 62
Knudsen, K.L., Sowers, J.M., Witter, R.C., Wentworth,C.M., and Helley, E.J. 2000 Preliminary maps of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility, nine-county San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database USGS OF 00-444 275
Lettis, W.R. 1982 Late Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure of the western margin of the San Joaquin Valley, California USGS OF 82-526 24
Maddock, M.E. 1964 Geology of the Mt. Boardman 15-minute quadrangle, Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties, California DMG MS 003 62
Marchand, D.E. 1981 Preliminary geologic maps showing Cenozoic deposits of the Snelling and Merced Falls quadrangles, Merced and Stanislaus counties, California USGS OF 81-107 24
Marchand, D.E. 1980 Preliminary geologic maps showing Quaternary deposits of the Ceres, Denair, and Montpelier 7.5-minute quadrangles, Stanislaus and Merced counties, California USGS OF 80-607 24
Marchand, D.E. and Harden, J.W. 1978 Preliminary geologic maps showing Quaternary deposits of the lower Tuolumne and Stanislaus alluvial fans and the lower San Joaquin River, Stanislaus County, California USGS OF 78-656 24
Marchand, D.E., and Allwardt, A. 1981 Late Cenozoic stratigraphic units, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California USGS B 1470 125
Marchand, D.E., and Allwardt, A. 1978 Preliminary geologic map showing Quaternary deposits of the northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California USGS MF-945 125
Marchand, D.E., and Allwardt, A. 1977 Late Cenozoic stratigraphic units, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California USGS OF 77-0748, pl. 2 125
Marchand, D.E., and Allwardt, A. 1977 Late Cenozoic stratigraphic units, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California USGS OF 77-0748, pl. 3, 4 24
Marchand, D.E., and Wagner, H. 1980 Preliminary geologic maps showing late Cenozoic deposits of the Turlock Lake quadrangle, Merced and Stanislaus counties, California USGS OF 80-913 24
Marchand, D.E., Bartow, J.A., and Shipley, S. 1981 Preliminary geologic maps showing Cenozoic deposits of the Farmington and Bachelor Valley quadrangles, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Calaveras counties, California USGS OF 81-1050 24
Marchand, D.E., Bartow, J.A., and Shipley, S. 1981 Preliminary geologic maps showing Cenozoic deposits of the Cooperstown and La Grange quadrangles, California USGS OF 81-1049 24
McLaughlin, R.J. 1973 Geologic map of the Sargent Fault Zone in the vicinity of Mt. Madonna, California USGS OF 12
McLaughlin, R.J., and others 1988 Geologic map and structure sections of the Loma Prieta quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, California USGS OF 88- 752 24
McLaughlin, R.J., and others 1971 Preliminary geologic map of the Loma Prieta-Mt. Madonna area, California USGS OF 24
McLaughlin, R.J., Clark, J.C., Brabb, E.E., and Helley, E.J. 1991 Geologic map and structure sections of the Los Gatos 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, California USGS OF 91-593 24
Merguerian, C. 1981 The extension of the Calaveras-Shoo Fly thrust to the southern end of the Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt, California DMG unpublished, DBAP 24
Morgan, B.A. 1976 Geologic map of the Chinese Camp and Moccasin quadrangles, Tuolumne County, California USGS MF-840 24
Nakata, J.K. 1981 Distribution and petrology of the Anderson-Coyote Reservoir volcanic rocks, California USGS OF 80-1256 24
Noller, J.S., Sowers, J.M., and Lettis, W.R. 1993 Preliminary maps showing Quaternary geology of the Solyoand Lone Tree Creek 7.5-minute quadrangles, California USGS OF 93-224 24
Pampeyan, E.H. 1963 Geology and mineral deposits of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California DMG SR 80, pl. 1 32
Pulver, B.S. 1979 Geology and landslides of the Santa Teresa Hills 7.5' quadrangle, CA, CDF Title II Geologic Data Compilation Project CDF unpublished 24
Reiche, P. 1950 Geology of part of the Delta-Mendota Canal near Tracy,California DMG SR 2, fig. 2 60
Rogers, T.H. and Armstrong 1972 Environmental geologic analysis, Santa Cruz Mountains Study Area, Santa Clara County, California DMG OFR 72-21 12
Rogers, T.H., and Williams, J.W. 1974 Potential seismic hazards in Santa Clara County DMG SR 107 62
Soliman, S.M. 1965 Geology of the east half of the Mount Hamilton quadrangle, California DMG B 185, pl. 1 62
Sorg, D.H. and McLaughlin, R.J. 1975 Geologic map of the Sargent-Berrocal fault zone between Los Gatos and Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara County, California USGS MF-643 24
Sowers, J.M., Noller, J.S., and Lettis, W.R. 1993 Preliminary maps showing Quaternary geology of the Patterson and Crows Landing 7.5-minute quadrangles, California USGS OF 93-223 24
Sowers, J.M., Noller, J.S., and Lettis, W.R. 1993 Preliminary maps showing Quaternary geology of the Tracy and Midway 7.5-minute quadrangles, California USGS OF 93-225 24
Spittler, T.E., and Hart, E.W. 1991 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 October 17, 1989 (also published as DMG OFR 90-06) USGS OF 90-688 48
Standard Oil Co. 1962 San Francisco Bay Area Surficial Geology SO

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Taliaferro, N.L., and Solari, A.J. 1948 Geologic Map of the Copperopolis quadrangle, California DMG B 145, pl. 1 62
Throckmorton, C.K. 1988 Geology and paleontology of the Tesla Formation, Alameda and San Joaquin counties, central California USGS OF 88-59 12
Tolman, C.F. 1931 Geology of upper San Francisco Bay region DWR B 28 (Plate D-IX) 53
Turner, H.W., and Ransome, F.L. 1897 Geologic atlas of the United States, Sonora folio USGS Folio 41 125
Wagner, D.L. 1978 Environmental geologic analysis of the Diablo Range Study Area II, southern Santa Clara County, California DMG OFR 78-12 12
Wagner, H.C., and Kelley, F.R. 1962 Geologic guide maps on Highway 50-Hayward to Tracy, California DMG B 182 125
Wentworth, C.M., Blake, M.C., Jr., McLaughlin, R.J., Graymer, R.W. 1999 Preliminary Geologic Description of the San Jose 30 x 60-minute quadrangle, California USGS OF 98-795 100
Wesling, J.R., and Helley, E.J. 1989 Quaternary geologic map of the San Jose West quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California USGS OF 89-672 24

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