San Francisco Bay showing San Andreas Rift. California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission, 1908


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Full Title: Map of the region about San Francisco Bay showing the relation of the city of San Francisco to the San Andreas Rift, the fault of April 18, 1906 and the fault of October 21, 1868. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908)

Author: California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission

Date: 1908

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Author: California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission

Date: 1908

Short Title: San Francisco Bay showing San Andreas Rift.

Publisher: Washington: Carnegie Institution

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 81

Object Width cm: 49

Scale 1: 198,000

Note: Color. Relief shown by contours and spot heights; depths by soundings and isoline. "Topography by the C. and G. Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey."

State / Province: California

Subject: Physical ; Geology

Full Title: Map of the region about San Francisco Bay showing the relation of the city of San Francisco to the San Andreas Rift, the fault of April 18, 1906 and the fault of October 21, 1868. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908)

List No: 2130.004

Page No: map 4

Series No: 7

Engraver or Printer: Julius Bien & Co.

Published In: Atlas of maps and seismograms accompanying the report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission upon the California earthquake of April 18, 1906. Andrew C. Lawson, G.K. Gilbert, H.F. Reid, J.C. Branner, A.O. Leuschner, George Davidson, Charles Burckhalter, W.W. Campbell. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C. 1908. (seal) Carnegie Institution of Washington 1902.

Publication Author: California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission; Lawson, Andrew C.; Reid, Harry Fielding; Gilbert, G. K.; Branner, John Casper

Publication Date: 1908

Publication Reference: P3703; U.S. Atlases L452.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 2130.000

Publication Type: Physical Atlas

Publication Maps: 25

Publication Height cm: 62

Publication Width cm: 49

Image No: 2130004

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