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
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Abstract
Alameda County is located at the northern end of the Diablo Range of Central California. It is bounded on the north by the south flank of Mount Diablo, one of the highest peaks in the Bay Area, reaching an elevation of 1173 meters (3,849 ft). San Francisco Bay forms the western boundary, the San Joaquin Valley borders it on the east and an arbitrary line from the Bay into the Diablo Range forms the southern boundary. Alameda is one of the nine Bay Area counties tributary to San Francisco Bay. Most of the country is mountainous with steep rugged topography. Alameda County is covered by twenty-eight 7.5' topographic Quadrangles which are shown on the index map.
The Quaternary deposits in Alameda County comprise three distinct depositional environments. One, forming a transgressive sequence of alluvial fan and fan-delta facies, is mapped in the western one-third of the county. The second, forming only alluvial fan facies, is mapped in the Livermore Valley and San Joaquin Valley in the eastern part of the county. The third, forming a combination of Eolian dune and estuarine facies, is restricted to the Alameda Island area in the northwestern corner of the county.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | 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 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 97-97 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr9797 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | Report: 13 p.; 2 Plates: 36.51 x 33.21 inches and 20.00 × 14.89 inches; Readme; Database; Maps: PostScript files |
| Public Comments | The USGS does not support this software or technical questions for the software associated with the publication. |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Stanislaus County |
| Other Geospatial | Diablo Range, Mount Diablo |
| Projection | Stateplane projection |
| Scale | 100000 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |