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The East Range, northwestern Nevada: A neglected key to the tectonic history of the region The East Range, northwestern Nevada: A neglected key to the tectonic history of the region

The East Range occupies a strategic position at the western edge of the exposed western facies terrane near the Paleozoic continental margin. There a Cambrian and Ordovician deep-water sequence including the Preble and Valmy Formations is overlain by middle to upper Paleozoic strata that are assigned to three separate stratigraphic sequences on published geologic maps of the range. The...
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Keith B. Ketner, Bruce R. Wardlaw, Anita G. Harris, John E. Repetski

Digital airborne time domain electromagnetic data from surveys over Cochiti Pueblo, Rio Puerco, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico Digital airborne time domain electromagnetic data from surveys over Cochiti Pueblo, Rio Puerco, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico

The Albuquerque-Santa Fe region is rapidly growing. The Santa Fe Group aquifer in the Middle Rio Grande Basin (MRGB) is the main source of municipal water for the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area and is more limited than previously thought (Thorn et al., 1993). The MRGB, as defined hydrologically and used here, is the area within the Rio Grande Valley extending from Cochiti Dam...
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Maria Deszcz-Pan, B. D. Rodriguez, J. P. Doucette, Michel Godbout, J. M. Williams, D.A. Sawyer, B. D. Stone, V.J. Grauch

Hydrogeologic setting and potential for denitrification in ground water, Coastal Plain of southern Maryland Hydrogeologic setting and potential for denitrification in ground water, Coastal Plain of southern Maryland

The types and distribution of Coastal Plain sediments in the Patuxent River Basin may contribute to relatively low concentrations of nitrate (typically less than 1 milligram per liter) in stream base flow because of the chemical reduction of dissolved nitrate (denitrification) in ground water. Water chemistry data from synoptic stream base-flow surveys in the Patuxent River Basin show...
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David E. Krantz, David S. Powars

Digital geologic map of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Digital geologic map of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

No abstract available.
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Scott Southworth, D. K. Brezinski, Randall C. Orndorff, Kerry M. Lagueux, Peter G. Chirico

Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments

Salinity oscillations caused by multidecadal climatic variability had major impacts on the Chesapeake Bay estuarine ecosystem during the past 1000 yr. Microfossils from sediments dated by radiometry (14C, 137Cs, 210Pb) and pollen stratigraphy indicate that salinity in mesohaline regions oscillated 10-15 ppt during periods of extreme drought (low fresh-water discharge) and wet climate...
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Thomas M. Cronin, Debra A. Willard, A. Karlsen, S. Ishman, S. Verardo, John McGeehin, R. Kerhin, C. Holmes, S. Colman, A. Zimmerman

Preliminary stratigraphic database for the subsurface Tertiary and uppermost Cretaceous sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina Preliminary stratigraphic database for the subsurface Tertiary and uppermost Cretaceous sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina

No abstract available.
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Gregory Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Peter G. Chirico, R. A. Christopher, Lucy E. Edwards, N. O. Frederiksen, D.C. Prowell, Jean Self-Trail, Robert E. Weems

The Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition The Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition

The State Geological Surveys of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio joined with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, under the Earth Surface Dynamics Program) to form the Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition. These four States have a similar geologic heritage and need to address common societal issues about land and water resources, the environment, and geologic hazards. By...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
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