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Main Title Geologic guidebook of the San Francisco Bay counties; history, landscape, geology, fossils, minerals, industry, and routes to travel.
Author Averill, Charles Volney
CORP Author California. Division of Mines.
Publisher California Dept. of Natural Resources, Div. of Mines,
Year Published 1951
OCLC Number 00684927
Subjects Geology--California--San Francisco Bay Area ; Mines and mineral resources--California--San Francisco Bay Area ; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif)--Description and travel
Additional Subjects Geology--California--San Francisco Bay region ; Mines and mineral resources--California--San Francisco Bay region ; San Francisco Bay region--Decription and travel
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://archive.org/details/sfbaycountiesgeo00calirich
Holdings
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Status
ERAM  TN24.C2A3 no. 154 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 01/01/1988
Collation 392 p. illus., maps 22 x 27 cm.
Notes
At head of title: State of California Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Mines. Includes bibliographies.
Contents Notes
Historical background -- Opening of the Golden Gate / by Dorothy G. Jenkins -- Place names in the San Francisco Bay counties / by Erwin G. Gudde -- Indians of the San Francisco Bay area / by Robert F. Heizer -- Adobe houses in the San Francisco Bay region / by J.N. Bowman -- Old lime kilns near Olema / by Adan E. TreganzaHistory of the landscape -- Geological history of San Francisco Bay / by George D. Louderback -- Development of the landscape of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Arthur David HowardGeologic history -- History of geologic investigation in the Bay region / by V.L. VanderHoof -- Geology of the San Francisco Bay counties / N.L. Taliaferro -- History of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area / by Perry Byerly -- Geologic map of the San Francisco Bay region / Oliver E. Bowen, Jr., and Richard A. Crippen, Jr.Prehistoric life -- Prehistoric land animals of the San Francisco Bay region / by R.A. Stirton -- Invertebrate fossils and fossil localities in the San Francisco Bay area / by Leo George Hertlein -- Prehistoric forests of the San Francisco Bay area / by Ralph W. ChaneyMineral industry -- California's contribution of mineral raw material to San Francisco industries / by Lauren A. Wright -- Utilization of minerals in industries of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Charles Volney Averill -- Salines in the Bay area / by W.E. Ver Plauck -- Mineral fuels in the San Francisco Bay counties / by Gordon B. Oakeshott -- Limestone and the cement industry of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Oliver E. Bowen, Jr. -- The building stone and aggregate industry of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Mort D. Turner -- Volcanic rocks useful in the San Francisco Bay area / by C.W. Chesterman -- Clay and the ceramic industry of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Mort D. Turner -- Ceramic education and industry in the San Francisco Bay area / by Joseph A. Pask -- Manganese and quicksilver mineralization in the San Francisco Bay region / by Oliver E. Bowen, Jr. -- The New Almaden quicksilver mines / by Edgar H. Bailey -- Serpentine and chromite deposits of the San Francisco Bay counties / by Francis G. Wells -- Mangnesite mineralization of the Red Mountain district / by A.J. Bodenlos -- Diatom deposits / by G. Dallas HannaWater -- Surface water supplies in the San Francisco Bay area / by Robert L. WingPlaces to go and routes to travel -- Geology of the Farallon Islands / by G. Dallas Hanna -- Unusual minerals of the Bay area / by Richard A. Crippen, Jr. -- Highways and byways of particular geologic interest / by Oliver E. Brown, Jr. -- San Francisco north to Gualala via State Highway 1 -- San Francisco south to Davenport via State Highway 1 -- San Francisco south to Saratoga via Skyline Boulevard and State Highway 9 -- San Francisco to Sacramento via U.S. Highway 40 -- Oakland to Byron via Broadway Tunnel and Marsh Creed roads -- Vallejo to Mount St. Helena via State Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail -- Sir Francis Drake Highway -- Grizzly Peak and Skyline boulevards -- Hayward and Altamont passes -- Hill and valley between Hayward and San Jose.Glossary and index.