Features of
San Francisco Bay: From River Valley to Estuary , Figure 9
Effect of human activity and population growth in the
S.F. Bay area during the period from 1850 to 1990. The green pattern
shows open wetlands, and the red pattern shows growing population centers.
Also shown are some of the major earthquakes (yellow dots) that have
taken place.
Source: San Andreas Fault and Coastal Geology, from
Half Moon Bay to Fort Funston-Crustal Motion, Climate Change, and Human
Activity by Andersen D., Sarna-Wojcicki, A., Sedlock, R. (2001).
In: Stoffer, Philip W. and Gordon, Leslie C. 2001 (eds.). Geology
and Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Area, A Field-Trip Guidebook.
U.S. Geological
Survey, Bulletin 2188. Field Trip 4, pp. 87-104. (Fig. 4.7)
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