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| Guidebook Title | Geographic Area | Year | Author | PDF Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk along the Old Bay Margins in Downtown San Francisco | San Francisco | 2017 | Ray Sullivan, Greg Bartow | Download |
| Monterey-Santa Margarita(.) Petroleum System of the Santa Cruz County Coast | San Mateo Coast | 2015 | Allegra Hosford Scheirer, Les Magoon | Download |
| Calaveras Dam Replacement Project | East Bay | 2014 | C. Philip Respess | Download |
| Geology of the Golden Gate Headlands | Marin County | 2013 | Dr. William Elder | Download |
| The Caldecott Fourth Bore Project: Tunneling through a Miocene Plate Boundary | East Bay | 2012 | Chris Risden, Ivy Morrison | Download |
| Tertiary Sequences on the Flanks of Mt. Diablo: Subduction to Transform [revised 2017] | Mount Diablo | 2012 | Dr. Raymond Sullivan | Download |
| Stroll to Subduction: Geology of Sunol Regional Wilderness, California | East Bay | 2012 | Dr. John Wakabayashi | Download |
| Geology of the Lake Tahoe Region, Nevada and California | Sierra Nevada | 2011 | Richard Schweickert, Mary Lahren, Jim Howle, Winnie Kortemeier | Download |
| Geology and Tectonics of the Smartville Complex, NW Sierra Nevada, California | Sierra Foothills | 2010 | Dr. Eldridge Moores | Download |
| Mammoth Rocks and the Geology of the Sonoma Coast | Sonoma Coast | 2010 | E. Breck Parkman, Rolfe Erickson | Download |
| Gold Country Field Trip | Sierra Foothills | 2009 | Ross Smith | Download |
| The Geology of Sonoma Mountain, Sonoma County, CaA | North Bay | 2009 | James R. Allen, Peter Holland, Ron Rubin | Download |
| Earthquakes at UCB? The Hayward Fault, Campus Retrofit, and the Seismological Laboratory | East Bay | 2008 | Peggy Hellweg, Doris Sloan, Christine Shaff | Download |
| The Calaveras Fault in Santa Clara County, California | South Bay | 2008 | Phil Stoffer, Richard Sedlock | Download |
| Wilson Grove and Petaluma Formations, Sonoma County, CA | North Bay | 2008 | James R. Allen, Peter Holland, James Wilen | Download |
| Geophysical Investigation of the Green Valley Fault | North Bay | 2007 | James Lienkaemper, Mitchell Craig | Download |
| Sierra Nevada Frontal Fault Zone | Sierra Nevada | 2007 | Dylan H. Rood | Download |
| Digital Geological Mapping Methods (Sibley Preserve) | East Bay | 2006 | George Brimhall | Google Docs Download |
| Tracing Hayward Fault: A Potential Disaster Area | East Bay | 2006 | Dr. Joyce Blueford, Dr. Mitchell Craig | Download |
| Retracing the Events of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire Along the Old Bay Margins in Downtown San Francisco | San Francisco | 2006 | Raymond Sullivan | Download |
| Coastal Cliffs—Landslides and Urban Developments | San Francisco San Mateo Coasts | 2005 | Monty Hampton, Bob McLaughlin, Orville Magoon et al. | Download |
| Panoche Hills Paleocene Cold Seeps | San Joaquin Valley | 2005 | Hilde Schwartz, J. Casey Moore, James Sample | Download |
| Blueschists and Breweries: Brewschists II | North Bay | 2005 | John Wakabayashi | Download |
| Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in the Berkeley Hills | East Bay | 2005 | Stephen C. Edwards, Mel C. Erskine | Download |
| Geology of the Fremont Area | East Bay | 2005 | Dr. Joyce Blueford, Dr. Paul Belasky | |
| Geology of the Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, CA | Marin County | 2004 | David A. Bero | Download |
| Geology and Ground-water Resources of the Merced Formation in the Westside Basin of Coastal San Mateo and San Francisco Counties | San Francisco Peninsula | 2004 | H. Edward Clifton, R. E. Hunter, Greg Bartow | |
| Geology of the South Flank of Mount Diablo | Mount Diablo | 2004 | Ron Crane | Download |
| Mesozoic and Tertiary Stratigraphy of the Burdell Mountain Area and Implications for Slip along the East Bay Fault System, Marin County California | Marin County | 2003 | Eric W. Ford | Download |
| Geology of the Point Reyes Area, California | Point Reyes | 2003 | Tom MacKinnon, John R. (Rusty) Gilbert | Download |
| The Clear Lake Volcanic Field, Lake County, California | Clear Lake | 2003 | Rolfe Erickson | Download |
| Geology of the Right Stepover Region between the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg and Maacama Faults, Northern S.F. Bay Region | North Bay | 2003 | Bob McLaughlin, Dave Wagner, Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki | Download |
| Mount Diablo–Diablo Range Intersection: The Altamont Hills | East Bay | 2003 | Ron Crane | Download |
| Franciscan Metasedimentary Section at Panoche Pass | San Joaquin Valley | 2003 | Dr. Gary Ernst | Download |
| Geology and Sequence Stratigraphy of Black Diamond Mines | East Bay | 2002 | Morgan Sullivan, Ray Sullivan, John Waters, Rick Yarborough | Google Docs Download |
| Geology of Central California: Mount Diablo Region | Mount Diablo | 2002 | Ron Crane, Craig Lyon | Download |
| Altamont Hills | East Bay | 2000 | Ron Crane | Download |
| Use of Tephrochronology in Correlation and Dating of Some Late Neogene Sedimentary Sections, East S. F. Bay Area, & Sediment Provenance in the Shell Ridge and Los Medanos Hills Areas, West of Mount Diablo | East Bay | 1999 | Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, James P. Walker | Download |
| Analysis of Neogene to Recent Tectonics of the Central Diablo Range | Central Coast | 1999 | M. C. Erskine | Download |
| Whitewater Rafting Down the American River | Sierra Foothills | 1999 | Russ Graymer | Download |
| Geology of the Northern Diablo Range (Sunol Wilderness) | East Bay | 1999 | Ron Crane | Download |
| Overview of the 1998 Mission Peak Landslide, Fremont, California | East Bay | 1999 | J. David Rogers, Patrick L. Drumm | Download |
| Geology of the Brushy Peak Area | Livermore Valley | 1999 | Ron Crane | Download |
| Late Quaternary Climate and Tectonics in the San Andreas Fault Valley near Point Reyes, California | Point Reyes | 1998 | Dr. Karen Grove | Download |
| The Franciscan Complex, San Francisco Bay Area: A Record of Subduction Complex Processes | San Francisco Bay Area | 1998 | Dr. John Wakabayashi | Download |
| Northern Sierra Nevada Region | Sierra Nevada | 1997 | Dr. Davey Jones, David Lawler | Download |
| Hollister/Cienaga/Pinnacles Monument: Classic Localities Demonstrating Both Small and Large Displacements on the San Andreas Fault System | Hollister/Cienega/Pinnacles | 1997 | Vincent Matthews | Download |
| Northern Sierra Nevada Region | Sierra Nevada | 1997 | David Lawler, Gregg Wilkerson | Download |
| New Idria Field Trip | Southern Diablo Range | 1996 | Robert G. Coleman, Stephan A. Graham | Download |
| Neogene Paleogeographies in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area | East Bay | 1996 | Anna V. Buising | Download |
| Tectonic Belts of the Sierra Nevada, Northern California | Sierra Foothills | 1995 | Timothy Fagan, Jason Mayfield, Howard W. Day | Download |
| Black Hawk Ranch Fossil Mammal Quarry, Contra Costa County, California | Mount Diablo | 1994 | David Lawler | Download |
| Field Guide to the Geology of Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve | East Bay | 1994 | Raymond Sullivan, John Waters, Morgan D. Sullivan | Download |
| Geology and Tectonics of the Southwestern Sacramento Valley and Adjacent Coast Ranges | Sacramento Valley | 1993 | E. M. Moores, editor | Download |
| Environmental Geology of the Livermore Valley and Nearby Environs | Livermore Valley | 1993 | R. J. Baldwin, R. C. Crane, B.J. Qualheim, R. W. N. Tinline, V. M. Madrid, S. J. Weber et al. | Download |
| Late Cenozoic Geology in the North Bay Region | North Bay | 1992 | T. L. Wright, editor | Download |
| The October 17, 1989 Earthquake: Geology & Impacts | Loma Prieta Earthquake | 1990 | Bob Kieckhefer, Francoise Bertaux, Ron Hamburger, Mike Rojansky | Download |
| NCGS trip no. 1. San Andreas Fault and Franciscan Complex in Marin County, California | Marin County | 1990 | AAPG and NCGS | **Available from GeoRef |
| Geologic Guidebook to the Point Reyes Area | Point Reyes | 1989 | Bruce J. Bilodeau, editor | Google Docs Download |
| Geology of the San Ramon Valley and Environs | Mount Diablo | 1988 | Ron Crane, editor | Download |
| Geologic Transect of the Northern San Francisco Bay Area | Marin, Sonoma, Lake Berryessa | 1983 | Paul F. Bertucci, John R. Kleist | Download |
| Guide to the Monterey Formation in the California coastal area, Ventura to San Luis Obispo | Central Coast | 1981 | AAPG and NCGS | GeoRef |
| Western Margin Sacramento Valley - Clear Lake Area | Sacramento Valley and Clear Lake Area | 1975 | Ernest I. Rich, Raymond V. Ingersoll | Download |
| Trip 5. North Flank of Mount Diablo | Mount Diablo | 1962 | AAPG and NCGS | archive.org (pp. 407-412) |
| Trip 4. San Francisco Peninsula | San Francisco Peninsula | 1962 | AAPG and NCGS | archive.org (pp. 391-406) |
| Trip 3. Point Reyes Peninsula and San Andreas Fault | Point Reyes | 1962 | AAPG and NCGS | archive.org (pp. 391-398) |
| Trip 2. San Francisco to Monterey | Santa Cruz Mountains | 1962 | AAPG and NCGS | archive.org (pp. 381-390) |
| Trip 1. Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Valley | 1962 | AAPG and NCGS | archive.org (pp. 369-380) |
| Capay Valley–Wilbur Springs, Westside Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Valley | 1954 | NCGS | Download |