Geology Links

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Paleontology

Several world class paleontological sites such as the Maricopa and McKittrick brea pits, Shark Tooth Hill, Bena Road petrified forest, Chico Martinez Creek and the Bopesta Formation-Horse Canyon fossil beds attract scientists to the public lands managed by the Bakersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.  Please note that vertebrate fossils are protected by law. They can not be collected without a permit. Usually no permit is needed for small scale collection on invertebrate specimens.

BLM Paleo Links

• Main BLM Paleo Home Page
• BLM Hollister Field Office Paleontological Resources web page.

San Andreas Fault / Carrizo Plain

• Geology of the Carrizo Plain
• Geologic Research In the Carrizo Plain
• Selected Carrizo Plain Geologic References
• The San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek (USGS)
• The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake (USGS)
• The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake - the largest in California's History (USGS)
• The San Andreas Fault (US Geological Survey)

Earthquake Information

• Southern California Earthquake Center: Current Earthquake Map
• USGS Earthquakes Homepage
• USGS, States of California and Nevada Current Earthquake Map

• California Department of Conservation, Earthquakes