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    The California Geological Survey, previously known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, is the California state geologic agency. Although it...
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  • A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model...
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    The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines...
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    Josiah Whitney (category California Geological Survey)
    American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874). Through his travels...
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    "California Geomorphic Provinces" (PDF). California Geological Survey. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2004. "California Geologic Provinces"...
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  • 1996–1998". California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 121. "Forest and Watershed Geology Program". California Geological Survey. Archived...
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    August 26, 1861, while working for Josiah D. Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William H. Brewer invited local San Jose preacher (and Brewer's...
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    on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP), a collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the California Geological Survey (CGS)...
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    William Henry Brewer (category California Geological Survey)
    November 2, 1910) was an American botanist. He worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield...
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    Mount Brewer (category Mountains of Tulare County, California)
    in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park, The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey...
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    Mountains of California. United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System @ USGS United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Geodetic...
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    Mount Humphreys (category Mountains of Inyo County, California)
    highest peak in the Bishop area. The mountain was named by the California Geological Survey of 1873 for Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief engineer of the United...
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    Bureau of Land Management California Geological Survey California Coastal Records Project - A photographic survey of the California Coastline, free to use...
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    James Graham Cooper (category People associated with the California Academy of Sciences)
    and naturalist. Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological Survey (1860–1874) with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer...
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  • its various responsibilities. The California Geological Survey provides scientific analysis of the state's geology, seismic hazards, and mineral resources...
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  • Alquist Priolo Special Studies Zone Act (category California Geological Survey)
    1) It directs the state's California Geological Survey agency (then known as the California Division of Mines and Geology) to compile detailed maps of...
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    Quintana Roo West: Sinaloa, Baja California Sur, Nayarit The Mexican Geological Survey developed a database containing geological mining exploration maps at...
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    Pywiack Dome (category Mountains of Mariposa County, California)
    are north. Josiah Whitney the head of California Geological Survey wrote in 1863 about Pywiack Dome in Geology: At the head of Lake Tenaya is a very conspicuous...
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  • of the geological survey are: United States Geological Survey California Geological Survey Arkansas Geological Survey Arizona Geological Survey Delaware...
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    Retrieved June 29, 2008. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coloma, California U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information...
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    Earthquake (category Geological hazards)
    for evaluating the hazard of surface fault rupture, California Geological Survey" (PDF). California Department of Conservation. 2002. Archived from the...
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    The Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 explored the region of northwestern Wyoming that later became Yellowstone National Park in 1872. It was led by geologist...
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  • and named to honor geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005) of the California Geological Survey for his work in the area where it was discovered. Alforsite is...
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    current collection has grown, were those gathered as part of the California Geological Survey from 1860 to 1867. UCMP was one of the first museums to have...
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  • Fredonyer Pass (category Landforms of Lassen County, California)
    "California Geomorphic Provinces" (PDF). California Geological Survey. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-07-21. California Geological Survey...
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    United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20. "Alphabetical List of California Dams (over...
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  • Central California". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-26. David L. Durham, "California's Geographic...
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    Charles F. Hoffmann (category California Geological Survey)
    Lander's survey to the Rocky Mountains. He came to California in 1858. He was recruited by Josiah Whitney to join the California Geological Survey because...
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    members of the California Geological Survey named the peak after Josiah Whitney, the state geologist of California and benefactor of the survey. During the...
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    2011. Retrieved January 18, 2007. "Southern California Landslide Localities". California Geological Survey. October 30, 2006. Archived from the original...
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