Publications of the United States Government. 37 



UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. 



Report of 1855. Observations on the physical geography and 

 geology of the coast of California from Bodega Bay to 

 San Diego ; by W. P. Blake, pp. 376-398. 4 plates. 

 Part 2. Geology of the principal bays and ports from 

 Point Reyes to San Diego: 



1. Punta de los Reyes. The end of the point composed of granite ; 

 form of the point ; Tertiary strata ; etc. 



2. San Francisco. Golden Gate ; character of the shores ; rocks 

 forming the points of the peninsula of San Francisco ; sandstone 

 strata uplifted; quarries; probable age; metamorphosed rock; 

 erupted rocks and serpentine alluvial deposits ; sand dunes ; etc. 



3. Monterey. Point Pinos ; Cypress Point ; San Carlos ; Point 

 Pinos of granite; Tertiary strata; fossils and infusoria; rocks of 

 Cypress Point; granite and conglomerate; rock formation of San 

 Carlos Bay ; Point Lobos. 



4. San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. Recent Tertiary strata; 

 mountains, probably of sandstone; resemblance to volcanic rocks. 



5. San Pedro and vicinity. Absence of mountain ridges ; banks 

 of Tertiary strata ; sandstone with sun-cracks ; disturbance of the 

 strata ; fossils ; bitumen. 



6. San Diego. Tertiary strata forming rounded hills ; Tertiary 

 strata of the slope ; fossils ; trappean rock. 



7. Islands near the coast. Probably composed of sandstone and 

 shale ; flexures of the strata of Santa Catalina : etc. 



Notice of earthquake waves, etc.; by A. D. Bache. Idem, p. 

 342; also, in Report of 1862, p. 238. 



U. S. CENSUS KEPORTS. 



Report on the physical and agricultural features of the State of 

 California, with a discussion of the present and future of 

 cotton production in the State; also, remarks on cotton 

 culture in New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Mexico; by 

 E. W. Hilgard. 10th U. S. Census Report, Vol. VI, part 

 2, 1884. 



A general description of the geology of the State is given on page 8. 

 The outlines of the physical geography of the State, pp. 7, 83. 



