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Geology of the onshore part of San Mateo County, California: A digital database

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Originator: Graymer, R.W.
Originator: Jones, D.L.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Geology of the onshore part of San Mateo County, California: A digital database
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-137
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/>
Description:
Abstract:
This digital map database, compiled from previously published and unpublished data, and new mapping by the authors, represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits in San Mateo County. Together with the accompanying text, it provides current information on the geologic stucture and stratigraphy of the area covered. The database delineates map units that are identified by general age and lithology following the stratigraphic nomenclature of the U.S. Geological Survey. The scale of the source maps limits the spatial resolution (scale) of the database to 1:62,500 or smaller.
Purpose:
This map is intended to be of general use to engineers and land-use planners. However, its small scale does not provide sufficient detail for site development purposes. In addition, this map does not take the place of fault-rupture hazard zones designated by the California State Geologist (Hart, 1988). Similarly, the database cannot be used to identify or delineate landslides in the region. For a depiction of landslide distribution, see Brabb and Pampeyan (1972), Brabb and others (1978), Mark (1992), Wieczorek and others (1985), and Wieczorek and others (1988).
Supplemental_Information:
Additional information is available in two textual reports: smgeo.ps is a PostScript report containing detailed unit descriptions and geological information, sources of data and cited references. The text is available in smgeo.txt. smdb.ps is a PostScript report describing the structure of the database. The text is available in smdb.txt. 
ARC/INFO coverages
sm_um-py.e00
  Faults, depositional contacts, and rock units in San Mateo County
sm_um-sr.e00
  Strike and dip information and fold axes in San Mateo County
sm_quad.e00
  Index map of quadrangles in San Mateo County.
sm_um-flt.e00
  Index map of faults in San Mateo County with annotation showing the names of major faults.
sm_corr.e00
  Correlation table for the units in this map database.
sm_so.e00
  Sources of data index map for this map database.
sm_as.e00
  Index map of Assemblages in San Mateo County.  (Assemblages are described in smgeo.txt or smgeo.ps)
sm_um-dr.e00
  Drainage base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
sm_um-cu.e00
  Cultural base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
sm_um-topo.e00
  Topographic contours base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
Data_Set_Structure:
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-py.e00
Part_Description:
Faults, depositional contacts, and rock units in San Mateo County
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-sr.e00
Part_Description: Strike and dip information and fold axes in San Mateo County
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_quad.e00
Part_Description: Index map of quadrangles in San Mateo County.
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-flt.e00
Part_Description:
Index map of faults in San Mateo County with annotation showing the names of major faults.
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_corr.e00
Part_Description: Correlation table for the units in this map database.
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_so.e00
Part_Description: Sources of data index map for this map database.
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_as.e00
Part_Description:
Index map of Assemblages in San Mateo County. (Assemblages are described in smgeo.txt or smgeo.ps)
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-dr.e00
Part_Description: Drainage base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-cu.e00
Part_Description: Cultural base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
Data_Set_Part:
Part_Type: ARC/INFO coverage
Part_Name: sm_um-topo.e00
Part_Description: Topographic contours base map (from 1:100,000 scale original).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Currentness_Reference:
Date given is publication date. Age of the rocks described in this map ranges from Jurassic through Holocene, with some occurrence of metamorphic rocks thought to be Paleozoic.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
Irregular. The USGS Open-File Reports are used for rapid release of information to the public; this map will likely be superseded by one in the more formal Miscellaneous Investigations map series in the next few years.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.554
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.075
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.717
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.100
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Bedrock geology
Theme_Keyword: Surficial geology
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary depositional environments
Theme_Keyword: Faults
Theme_Keyword: Depositional contacts
Theme_Keyword: Rock units
Theme_Keyword: fold axes
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS
Place_Keyword: San Mateo County, CA
Place_Keyword: California
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Anchor Bay Conglomerate
Stratum_Keyword: Butano Sandstone
Stratum_Keyword: Colma Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Franciscan Complex
Stratum_Keyword: Ladera Sandstone
Stratum_Keyword: Lambert Shale
Stratum_Keyword: Lobitos Mudstone Member
Stratum_Keyword: Lompico Sandstone
Stratum_Keyword: Merced Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Mindego Basalt
Stratum_Keyword: Monterey Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Page Mill Basalt
Stratum_Keyword: Pigeon Point Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Pomponio Mudstone Member
Stratum_Keyword: Purisima Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Rices Mudstone Member
Stratum_Keyword: San Gregorio Sandstone Member
Stratum_Keyword: San Lorenzo Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Santa Clara Formation
Stratum_Keyword: Santa Cruz Mudstone
Stratum_Keyword: Santa Margarita Sandstone
Stratum_Keyword: Tahana Member
Stratum_Keyword: Tunitas Sandstone Member
Stratum_Keyword: Twobar Shale Member
Stratum_Keyword: Vaqueros Sandstone
Stratum_Keyword: Whiskey Hill Formation
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: Jurassic
Temporal_Keyword: Cretaceous
Temporal_Keyword: Tertiary
Temporal_Keyword: Paleocene
Temporal_Keyword: Eocene
Temporal_Keyword: Oligocene
Temporal_Keyword: Miocene
Temporal_Keyword: Pliocene
Temporal_Keyword: Quaternary
Temporal_Keyword: Holocene
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 2100 - Transportation
Theme_Keyword: 2101 - Roads
Theme_Keyword: 2102 - Railroads
Theme_Keyword: 2500 - Political Boundaries
Theme_Keyword: 2502 - County Boundaries
Theme_Keyword: 2503 - City Boundaries or Locations
Theme_Keyword: 2200 - Hydrography
Theme_Keyword: 2201 - Streams
Theme_Keyword: 2202 - Lakes
Theme_Keyword: 2203 - Coastline
Theme_Keyword: 2600 - Topography
Theme_Keyword: 2601 - Contours
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: 06081 = San Mateo
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Western Geologic Mapping Team
Contact_Person: Russ Graymer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-4921
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rgraymer@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smmap.jpg>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image of entire map on black background
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smmap.pdf>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
A PDF representation of the Quaternary geologic map and base maps of San Mateo County and surrounding areas at a scale of 1:62,500 (Sheet 1). 5.5 megabytes.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smexpl.pdf>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
A PDF representation of the map keys and index maps for San Mateo County (Sheet 2). 1.2 megabytes.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
Data_Set_Credit:
We are grateful to the following U.S. Geological Survey paleontologists who have examined our fossils and provided ages necessary to establish the stratigraphic sequence and structure: David Bukry (Cretaceous and Tertiary nannoplankton), Kristin McDougall (Tertiary foraminifers), Willam Sliter (deceased - Cretaceous and Eocene foraminifers), John Barron (Tertiary diatoms), Charles Powell II (Tertiary mollusks), and Bonita Murchey (Mesozoic radiolaria).
We are also very grateful to managers and staff of Chevron, EXXON, UNOCAL, ARCO, and Shell Petroleum Companies who have provided reports, maps, picked slides, and residues for about 25,000 microfossil localities in the San Francisco Bay Region.
We are grateful to Tracey Felger, who made the original scan and a preliminary edit of author materials; to Judy Mariant, who did additional editing and tagging of lines; and to Dominique Garnier, who digitized many of the bedding attitudes. Carl Wentworth kindly provided advice on digitizing and editing procedures. Ed Helley provided materials and advice on Quaternary units.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
The databases in this repot were compiled in ARC/INFO, a commercial Geographic Information System (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California), with version 3.0 of the menu interface ALACARTE (Fitzgibbon and Wentworth, 1991, Fitzgibbon, 1991, Wentworth and Fitzgibbon, 1991). The files are in either GRID (ARC/INFO raster data) format or COVERAGE (ARC/INFO vector data) format. Coverages are stored in uncompressed ARC export format (ARC/INFO version 7.x). ARC/INFO export files (files with the .e00 extension) can be converted into ARC/INFO coverages in ARC/INFO (see below) and can be read by some other Geographic Information Systems, such as MapInfo via ArcLink and ESRI's ArcView (version 1.0 for Windows 3.1 to 3.11 is available for free from ESRI's web site: <http://www.esri.com/> ). The digital compilation was done in version 7.0.4 of ARC/INFO with version 3.0 of the menu interface ALACARTE (Fitzgibbon and Wentworth, 1991, Fitzgibbon, 1991, Wentworth and Fitzgibbon, 1991). The PostScript plotfiles for maps were produced by the "postscript" command with compression set to zero in ARC/INFO version 7.0.4. The PostScript plotfiles for pamphlets were produced in Microsoft Word 6.0 using the Destination PostScript File option from the Print command.
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The map is compiled from 20 different sources, including direct observations by the authors. One of the included coverages (SM_SO.E00) indicates the geographic area covered by each of the source maps. Citations for published sources are given in the lineage, and unpublished sources and original mapping are described in the appropriate process step.
Completeness_Report:
The mapped area includes parts of the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, and several large lakes; these areas are identified as water bodies and the geologic units underlying them are not indicated in this report.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Uses of this digital geologic map should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Although the digital form of the data removes the constraint imposed by the scale of a paper map, the detail and accuracy inherent in map scale are also present in the digital data. The fact that this database was edited at a scale of 1:24,000 means that higher resolution information is not present in the dataset. Plotting at scales larger than 1:24,000 will not yield greater real detail, although it may reveal fine-scale irregularities below the intended resolution of the database. Similarly, where this database is used in combination with other data of higher resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lower resolution of these data. Note that in contrast to the geologic coverages, the base map layers have a resolution of 1:100,000, so significant discrepancies with the geologic coverages are possible. The base map layers are provided for reference only.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Topographic base map of Palo Alto, California
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Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: scale-stable printing negatives
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1982
Source_Currentness_Reference: edition date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Palo Alto base map
Source_Contribution: Base map layer used to compile this geologic map.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1978
Title: Topographic base map of San Francisco, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: scale-stable printing negatives
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1978
Source_Currentness_Reference: edition date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: San Francisco base map
Source_Contribution: Base map layer used to compile this geologic map.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Originator: Graymer, R.W.
Originator: Jones, D.L.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: sm_um-dr.e00: Drainage base map
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-137
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Type_of_Source_Media: digital
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: edition date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sm_um-dr
Source_Contribution:
Drainage base map (from 1:100,000 scale original) produced in compiling this map, supplied for reference only.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Originator: Graymer, R.W.
Originator: Jones, D.L.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: sm_um-cu.e00: Cultural base map
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-137
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/sm_g1.tar.gz>
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: edition date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sm_um-cu
Source_Contribution:
Cultural base map (from 1:100,000 scale original) produced in compiling this map, supplied for reference only.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Originator: Graymer, R.W.
Originator: Jones, D.L.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: sm_um-topo.e00: Topographic contours base map
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-137
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sm_um-topo
Source_Contribution:
Topographic contours base map (from 1:100,000 scale original) produced in compiling this map, supplied for reference only.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bonilla, M.G.
Title: Geologic map of the San Francisco South quadrangle, California
Publication_Date: 1965
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1965
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Contribution: Source map for region 1 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Title: Geology of the Big Basin area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Publication_Date: 1960
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Stanford, California
Publisher: Stanford University
Other_Citation_Details: Ph.D. thesis
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1960
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Contribution: Source map for region 18 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Title:
Subdivision of San Lorenzo Formation (Eocene-Oligocene), west-central California
Publication_Date: 1964
Series_Information:
Series_Name: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin
Issue_Identification: v. 48, no. 5
Other_Citation_Details: p. 670-697
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1964
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Originator: Clark, J.C.
Originator: Throckmorton, C.K.
Title:
Measured sections of Paleogene rocks from the California Coast Ranges
Publication_Date: 1977
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
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Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1977
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Contribution: Source map for region 20 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brown, R.D., Jr.
Title:
Active faults, probable active faults, and associated fracture zones, San Mateo County, California
Publication_Date: 1972
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Issue_Identification: MF-355
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
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Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clark, J.C.
Title:
Geologic map of the Davenport area, Santa Cruz County, California
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clark, J.C.
Title:
Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Geology of the Central Santa Cruz Mountains, California Coast Ranges
Publication_Date: 1981
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clark, J.C.
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Title:
Stratigraphic contrasts across the San Gregorio fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, West-central California
Publication_Date: 1978
Series_Information:
Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1978
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Classen, J.S.
Title:
Geology of a portion of the Halfmoon Bay quadrangle, San Mateo County, California
Publication_Date: 1959
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Stanford, California
Publisher: Stanford University
Other_Citation_Details: M.S. thesis
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1959
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Contribution: Source map for region 7 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Cummings, J.C.
Title:
Geology of the Langley Hill-Waterman Gap area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Publication_Date: 1960
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Stanford, California
Publisher: Stanford University
Other_Citation_Details: Ph.D. thesis
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Type_of_Source_Media: paper
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1960
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Cummings, J.C.
Originator: Touring, R.M.
Originator: Brabb, E.E.
Title: Geology of the northern Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Publication_Date: 1962
Series_Information:
Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin
Issue_Identification: 181
Other_Citation_Details: p. 179-220
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1962
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Darrow, R.L.
Title:
Age and structural relationships of the Franciscan Formation in the Montara Mountain quadrangle, California
Publication_Date: 1963
Series_Information:
Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report
Issue_Identification: 78
Source_Scale_Denominator: 35000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1963
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Contribution: Source map for region 2 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dibblee, T.W., Jr.
Title:
Geology of the Palo Alto quadrangle, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, California
Publication_Date: 1966
Series_Information:
Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology Map
Issue_Identification: 8
Source_Scale_Denominator: 62500
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1966
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Esser, R.W.
Title:
The reconnaissance geology of a part of the Woodside quadrangle northeast of Skyline Boulevard, San Mateo County, California
Publication_Date: 1958
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Stanford, California
Publisher: Stanford University
Other_Citation_Details: M.S. thesis
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1958
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Esser (1958)
Source_Contribution: Source map for region 11 (see coverage sm_so)
Source_Information:
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Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene of the western part of the San Francisco Peninsula
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Pigeon Point Formation of Late Cretaceous age, San Mateo County, California
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Petrology of the type Merced Group, San Francisco Peninsula, California
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Late Cenozoic stratigraphy between Mussel Rock and Fleishhacker Zoo, San Francisco Peninsula
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Northern Great Basin and California-International Association of Quaternary Research
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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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Preliminary evaluation of the interaction between engineering development and natural geologic processes on the Bovet property, Town of Portola Valley, California, with a section on the San Andreas fault by William R. Dickinson
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Description of the San Francisco district: Tamalpais, San Francisco, Concord, San Mateo, and Hayward quadrangles
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Reconnaissance geology of part of the Woodside quadrangle, San Mateo County
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The Franciscan series and Eocene(?) rocks west of San Jose, San Carlos and Belmont, California
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Geologic map of the Palo Alto 7.5-minute quadrangle, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California
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Geologic map of the Redwood Point 7.5-minute quadrangle, San Mateo County, California
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Geologic map of the Palo Alto and part of the Redwood Point 7.5-minute quadrangles, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California
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Geologic map of the Montara Mountain and San Mateo 7.5-minute quadrangles, San Mateo County, California
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Originator: Pampeyan, E.H.
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Approximate trace of the main surface rupture in the San Andreas fault zone between Pacifica and the vicinity of Saratoga, California, formed during the earthquake of April 18, 1906
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Title: An example of reintrusion of serpentine
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Structure and stratigraphy of the La Honda and San Gregorio quadrangles, San Mateo County, California
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Originator: Lajoie, K.R.
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Map of Quaternary faulting along the San Gregorio fault zone, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, California
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1. Bonilla (1965). See also Hall (1965a and b).
2. Darrow (1963), modified from Pampeyan (1994), and field checking by authors.
3. Lawson (1914), extensively modified from Pampeyan (1994), and field checking by authors.
4. Jack (1969). See also Glen (1959) and Pampeyan (1994).
5. McLauglin (1969); some field checking by E.E. Brabb, 1969, and E.H. Pampeyan, 1971.
6. Pampeyan (1970b and 1993)
7. Unpublished geologic mapping by S.A. Brooks, K.F. Oles, and Eugene Borax, Union Oil Company of California, 1956, scale 1:24,000; some data from Classen (1959). Additional field work by T.W. Dibblee, Jr. 1947-49, and by E.E. Brabb, 1968-69.
8. New mapping by authors.
9. Thomas (1951) and field reconnaissance by E.E. Brabb, 1969, and E.H. Pampeyan, 1963.
10. Schlocker and other (1965), and Brown (1972).
11. Esser (1958), and Mack (1959), modified by field checking by E.E. Brabb, 1968-69.
12. Pampeyan (1970a and 1993). Some data from Dibblee ( 1966).
13. Helley and Graymer (1997).
14. Touring (1959). See also Cummings and others (1962). Bedrock geology modified from unpublished maps, scale 1:24,000, by F.J. Noble, S.A. Brooks, Eugene Borax, K.F. Oles, R. S. Fiske, H.L. Fothergill, R.N. Hacker, and J.H. van Amringe, Union Oil Company of California, 1951-57. Additional field work by T.W. Dibblee, Jr., 1947-49 and E.E. Brabb, 1958, 1968-69.
15. Dibblee (1966) and Johnson and Ellen (1968).
16. Dibblee (1966). Some data from Cummings (1960) and Cummings and others (1962).
17. Unpublished geologic mapping, scale 1:24,000 by S.A. Brooks and R.S. Fiske, Union Oil Company of California, 1956. Additional field work by T.W. Dibblee, Jr., 1947-49, J.C. Clark and E.E. Brabb, 1969-70, and T.R. Simoni, 1971. Some San Gregorio fault lines from Weber and Lajoie (1980) and Roberta Smith (written communication, 1993). See also Hall and others (1959).
18. Brabb (1960). See also Cummings and others (1962) and Brabb (1964).
19. Cummings (1960). See also Cummings and others (1962).
20. Clark (1970), Clark and Brabb (1978), and Brabb, Clark, and Throckmorton (1977). More recently Clark (1981).
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Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SM_UM-PY.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Line attributes in coverage SM_UM-PY (Faults, depositional contacts, and rock units in San Mateo County).
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Line type
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: contact, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boundary between two mapped units that was observed.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: contact, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Boundary between two mapped units that is concealed and its position inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: contact, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Boundary between two mapped units whose position is not precisely known.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault that was observed.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault that is concealed and its position inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, concealed, queried
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault that is concealed and ... queried?
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, inferred
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault whose position was inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, inferred, queried
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault whose position was inferred and ... queried?
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault whose position is not precisely known.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fault, inferred
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strike-slip fault whose position is inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: reverse fault, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reverse fault that was observed.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: reverse fault, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reverse fault that is concealed and its position inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: reverse fault, approx. located
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reverse fault whose position is not known with precision.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: scratch boundary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boundary used for printing a diagram.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: water boundary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boundary of a body of water.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: water boundary,
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Boundary of a body of water. The comma at the end of the value is present in the database.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: map boundary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boundary of the mapped area.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: map boundary,
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Boundary of the mapped area. The comma at the end of the value is present in the database.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYMB
Attribute_Definition: Field used to save symbol assignments such as displayed color
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SM_UM-SR.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Line attributes of coverage SM_UM-SR (Strike and dip information and fold axes in San Mateo County).
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Line type
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., anticline, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fold axis of an anticline that was observed.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., anticline, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fold axis of an anticline that is concealed and its position inferred.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., syncline, certain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fold axis of a syncline that was observed.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: f.a., syncline, concealed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fold axis of a syncline that is concealed and its position inferred.
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SM_CORR.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Point attributes for coverage SM_CORR (Correlation table for the units in this map database).
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Point type
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Map boundary polygon
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: H2O
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: water body
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: af
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial fill (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: alf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial levee fill (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhasc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial stream channels (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stream channel deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhbd
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Beach deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhbm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bay mud (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basin deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhfp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floodplain deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural levee deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial fan and fluvial deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qyf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Younger (inner) alluvial fan deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qyfo
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Younger (outer) alluvial fan deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qcl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Colluvium (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand dune and beach deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qal
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvium (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial fan and fluvial deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpaf1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpoaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Older alluvial fan deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qof
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Coarse-grained older alluvial fan and stream terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmt
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Colma Formation (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Clara Formation (lower Pleistocene and upper Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Merced Formation (lower Pleistocene and upper Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Purisima Formation (Pliocene and upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tptu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tunitas Sandstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lobitos Mudstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpsg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: San Gregorio Sandstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pomponio Mudstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpt
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tahana Member (Pliocene and upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Cruz Mudstone (upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Margarita Sandstone (upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ladera Sandstone (upper(?) and middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tlo
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lompico Sandstone (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Page Mill Basalt (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tuv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks (Miocene and Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tls
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Lambert Shale and San Lorenzo Formation, Undivided (lower Miocene, Oligocene, and middle and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tla
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lambert Shale (Oligocene and lower Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tmb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Mindego Basalt and related volcanic rocks (Miocene and/or Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tvq
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vaqueros Sandstone (lower Miocene and Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: San Lorenzo Formation (Oligocene and upper and middle Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rices Mudstone Member (Oligocene and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tst
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Twobar Shale Member (middle and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Butano Sandstone (middle and lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tbs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shale in Butano Sandstone (lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tw
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Whiskey Hill Formation (middle and lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tws
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shale in Whiskey Hill Formation (lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tss
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone, shale, and conglomerate (Paleocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kpp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pigeon Point Formation (Upper Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ksh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed shale (Upper Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ka
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Anchor Bay Conglomerate (Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ks
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone and shale (Cretaceous?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kgr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Granitic rocks of Montara Mountain
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed volcanic rocks (Cretaceous or older)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone (Cretaceous or Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Franciscan Complex, undivided (Cretaceous and Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandstone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greenstone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chert
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Limestone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphic rocks
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fcg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Conglomerate
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fsr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheared rock (melange)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: sp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Serpentinite (Cretaceous and/or Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jsv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Siliceous volcanic rocks and keratophyre (Jurassic?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jgb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gabbro (Jurassic?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marble and hornfels (Paleozoic?)
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SM_UM-PY.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Polygon attributes for coverage SM_UM-PY (Faults, depositional contacts, and rock units in San Mateo County).
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Polygon type
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Map boundary polygon
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: H2O
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: water body
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: af
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial fill (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: alf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial levee fill (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhasc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artificial stream channels (Historic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stream channel deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhbd
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Beach deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhbm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bay mud (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basin deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhfp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floodplain deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural levee deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qhaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial fan and fluvial deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qyf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Younger (inner) alluvial fan deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qyfo
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Younger (outer) alluvial fan deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qcl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Colluvium (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand dune and beach deposits (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qal
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvium (Holocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial fan and fluvial deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpaf1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alluvial terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qpoaf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Older alluvial fan deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qof
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Coarse-grained older alluvial fan and stream terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmt
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine terrace deposits (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Colma Formation (Pleistocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Clara Formation (lower Pleistocene and upper Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Merced Formation (lower Pleistocene and upper Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Purisima Formation (Pliocene and upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tptu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tunitas Sandstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lobitos Mudstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpsg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: San Gregorio Sandstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pomponio Mudstone Member (Pliocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpt
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tahana Member (Pliocene and upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Cruz Mudstone (upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Margarita Sandstone (upper Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ladera Sandstone (upper(?) and middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tlo
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lompico Sandstone (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Page Mill Basalt (middle Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tuv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks (Miocene and Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tls
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Lambert Shale and San Lorenzo Formation, Undivided (lower Miocene, Oligocene, and middle and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tla
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lambert Shale (Oligocene and lower Miocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tmb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Mindego Basalt and related volcanic rocks (Miocene and/or Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tvq
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vaqueros Sandstone (lower Miocene and Oligocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: San Lorenzo Formation (Oligocene and upper and middle Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rices Mudstone Member (Oligocene and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tst
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Twobar Shale Member (middle and upper Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Butano Sandstone (middle and lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tbs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shale in Butano Sandstone (lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tw
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Whiskey Hill Formation (middle and lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tws
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shale in Whiskey Hill Formation (lower Eocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tss
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone, shale, and conglomerate (Paleocene)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kpp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pigeon Point Formation (Upper Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ksh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed shale (Upper Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ka
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Anchor Bay Conglomerate (Cretaceous)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ks
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone and shale (Cretaceous?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kgr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Granitic rocks of Montara Mountain
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed volcanic rocks (Cretaceous or older)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unnamed sandstone (Cretaceous or Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: KJf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Franciscan Complex, undivided (Cretaceous and Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandstone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greenstone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chert
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fl
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Limestone
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphic rocks
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fcg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Conglomerate
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fsr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheared rock (melange)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: sp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Serpentinite (Cretaceous and/or Jurassic)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jsv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Siliceous volcanic rocks and keratophyre (Jurassic?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jgb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gabbro (Jurassic?)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: m
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marble and hornfels (Paleozoic?)
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SM_UM-SR.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Point features in coverage SM_UM-SR
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PTTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Type of point feature
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A depositional surface
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: flat bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A flat depositional surface
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: foliation
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A surface of metamorphic origin
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: joint
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Planar fractures
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ot bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Overturned bedding (older rocks on top)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: vert bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vertical bedding surface
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: vert foliation and bedding
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vertical foliation parallel to bedding
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: vert joint
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vertical planar fractures
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DIP
Attribute_Definition: Measured structural dip of planar features at the point
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STRIKE
Attribute_Definition: Measured structural strike of planar features at the point.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS OFR 98-137
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 359
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The databases in this report were compiled in ARC/INFO, a commercial Geographic Information System (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California), with version 3.0 of the menu interface ALACARTE (Fitzgibbon and Wentworth, 1991, Fitzgibbon, 1991, Wentworth and Fitzgibbon, 1991). Consequently each feature attribute table contains attributes generated by the software to describe the topology of the geographic features. In addition, the following integer fields are included by ALACARTE: 
SEL   user defined field used to save a selected set
SYMB  user defined field used to save symbol assignments (such as color)
The geologic linetypes are ALACARTE line types that correlate with the geologic line symbols in the ALACARTE line set GEOL61.LIN according to the ALACARTE lines lookup table (GEOL61.LUT).
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Open-File Report 98-137 file smdb.txt
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: San Mateo County Geologic Database
Contact_Position: Database coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-4921
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rgraymer@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 98-137
Distribution_Liability:
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
This database, identified as "Geology of San Mateo County, California: A digital database," has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcInfo export
Format_Version_Number: 7.0.4
Format_Information_Content: 
ARC/INFO coverages
sm_um-py.e00      Faults, depositional contacts, and rock units
sm_um-sr.e00      Strike and dip information and fold axes
sm_quad.e00       Index map of quadrangles
sm_um-flt.e00     Index map of faults
sm_corr.e00       Correlation table for the units
sm_so.e00         Sources of data index map
sm_as.e00         Index map of Assemblages
sm_um-dr.e00      Drainage base map
sm_um-cu.e00      Cultural base map
sm_um-topo.e00    Topographic contours base map
File_Decompression_Technique: gzip and tar
Transfer_Size: 5.4 megabytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/sm_g1.tar.gz>
Fees: none
Standard_Order_Process:
Non-digital_Form:
The map can be downloaded as a 5.5 megabyte PDF file from <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smmap.pdf>
The explanation sheet can be downloaded as a 1.2 megabyte PDF file from <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smexpl.pdf>
Fees: none
Custom_Order_Process:
Database files, PostScript plotfiles, and related files can be obtained by sending a tape or CDR (Recordable CD-ROM) with request and return address to: 
San Mateo County Geologic Database
c/o Database Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road, M/S 975
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Do not omit any part of this address!
NOTE: Be sure to include with your request the exact names, as listed above, of the tar files you require. An Open-File Report number is not sufficient, unless you are requesting both the database package and plotfile package for the report.
The compressed tar file will be returned on the tape or CD-ROM. The acceptable tape type is: 2.3 or 5.0 GB, 8 mm Exabyte tape.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19981217
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter N. Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 918
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6560
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/ext/parts.ext>
This page is <http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/98-137/metadata.html>
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