The San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay area, California: A geology fieldtrip guidebook to selected stops on public lands

Open-File Report 2005-1127
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This guidebook contains a series of geology fieldtrips with selected destinations along the San Andreas Fault in part of the region that experienced surface rupture during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Introductory materials present general information about the San Andreas Fault System, landscape features, and ecological factors associated with faults in the South Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, the San Francisco Peninsula, and the Point Reyes National Seashore regions. Trip stops include roadside areas and recommended hikes along regional faults and to nearby geologic and landscape features that provide opportunities to make casual observations about the geologic history and landscape evolution. Destinations include the sites along the San Andreas and Calaveras faults in the San Juan Bautista and Hollister region. Stops on public land along the San Andreas Fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties include in the Loma Prieta summit area, Forest of Nicene Marks State Park, Lexington County Park, Sanborn County Park, Castle Rock State Park, and the Mid Peninsula Open Space Preserve. Destinations on the San Francisco Peninsula and along the coast in San Mateo County include the Crystal Springs Reservoir area, Mussel Rock Park, and parts of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, with additional stops associated with the San Gregorio Fault system at Montara State Beach, the James F. Fitzgerald Preserve, and at Half Moon Bay. Field trip destinations in the Point Reyes National Seashore and vicinity provide information about geology and character of the San Andreas Fault system north of San Francisco.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay area, California: A geology fieldtrip guidebook to selected stops on public lands
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2005-1127
DOI 10.3133/ofr20051127
Edition Online Version 1.0
Year Published 2005
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description iii, 130 p.
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial San Francisco Bay area
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