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Subject: California geologist Tor Helge Nilsen dead at 64.
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005
From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]>
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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]
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