Author: William Herbert HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Earthquake of 1872 in the Owens Valley, California
Author: William Herbert HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Owens Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California, and Surface Faulting Associated with the 1872 Earthquake
Author: Sarah BeanlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Estimates of slip and magnitude of the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake and estimates of late Quaternary slip, slip rate, and earthquake recurrence associated with the 100-km-long fault zone as determined at 40 sites.
The Owens Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California, and Surface Faulting Associated with the 1872 Earthquake
Author: Sarah BeanlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Estimates of slip and magnitude of the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake and estimates of late Quaternary slip, slip rate, and earthquake recurrence associated with the 100-km-long fault zone as determined at 40 sites.
The Owens Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California, and Surface Faulting Associated with the 1872 Earthquake
Author: The Owen's Valley Earthquake of March 26, 1872 ...
Author: Josiah Dwight WhitneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Owens Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California, and Surface Faulting Associated with the 1872 Earthquake, Geological Survey Bulletin 1982
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Owen's Valley Earthquake of March 26, 1872
Author: Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America
Author: Mason L. HillPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813754070
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
One of six volumes generated by each GSA section for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project, this centennial field guide contains descriptions of 100 sites or site clusters representing outstanding geologic locations in Alaska, southern Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: History of Inyo County, California
Author: Source WikipediaPublisher: University-Press.org
ISBN: 9781230838489
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 1872 Lone Pine earthquake, Ballarat, California, Barker Ranch, Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons, California Historical Landmarks in Inyo County, California, California Water Wars, Carson and Colorado Railway, Cerro Gordo Mines, Coso artifact, Coso Hot Springs, Coso Rock Art District, Death Valley Railroad, Fort Independence (California), Frederick Eaton, Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708, Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Manzanar, National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California, Pacific Coast Borax Company, Ryan, California, Skidoo, California, Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, William Mulholland. Excerpt: Manzanar is most widely known as the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately 230 miles (370 km) northeast of Los Angeles. Manzanar (which means "apple orchard" in Spanish) was identified by the United States National Park Service as the best-preserved of the former camp sites, and was designated the Manzanar National Historic Site. Long before the first incarcerees arrived in March 1942, Manzanar was home to Native Americans, who mostly lived in villages near several creeks in the area. Ranchers and miners formally established the town of Manzanar in 1910, but abandoned the town by 1929 after the City of Los Angeles purchased the water rights to virtually the entire area. As different as these groups were, their histories displayed a common thread of forced relocation. Since the last incarcerees left in 1945, former incarcerees and others have worked to protect Manzanar and to establish it as a National Historic Site to preserve and...