Coast of California showing San Andreas Rift. / California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission / 1908

Coast of California showing San Andreas Rift. California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission, 1908

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Full Title: Map of a portion of the coast of California showing the San Andreas Rift from Point Arena to Fort Ross and the trace of the fault of April 18, 1906. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Julius Bien & Co., 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: Coast of California showing San Andreas Rift.

Publisher: Washington: Carnegie Institution

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 51

Object Width cm: 40

Scale 1: 140,000

Note: Color. Also shows settlements, townships and sections, roads and drainage. "Compiled from the official maps of Sonoma and Mendocino Counties."

State / Province: California

County: Mendocino County (Calif.) ; Sonoma County (Calif.)

Subject: Physical ; Geology

List No: 2130.002

Page No: map 2

Series No: 5

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: 2130002

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