================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: California geologist Tor Helge Nilsen dead at 64. Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] San Francisco Bay Area geologist Tor Helge Nilsen died Oct. 9 at his home in San Carlos at age 64. Stanford University's online catalog lists some three dozen of Nilsen's landslide and other geologic maps and pubications. Lengthy obituary: Asimov, Nanette, 2005. Tor Helge Nilsen--Highly Regarded for His Geological Maps. San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 18, p. B5. An online version at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/18/BAGN2FA0GP1.DTL Philip Hoehn, Map Librarian San Francisco -- [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------- Contractor for David Rumsey Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._