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Organics and other molecules in the surfaces of Callisto and Ganymede Organics and other molecules in the surfaces of Callisto and Ganymede
Five absorption features are reported at wavelengths of 3.4, 3.88, 4.05, 4.25, and 4.57 micrometers in the surface materials of the Galilean satellites Callisto and Ganymede from analysis of reflectance spectra returned by the Galileo mission near-infrared mapping spectrometer. Candidate materials include CO2, organic materials (such as tholins containing C???N and C-H), SO2, and...
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T. B. McCord, R. W. Carlson, W. D. Smythe, G. B. Hansen, R. N. Clark, C. A. Hibbitts, F. P. Fanale, J. C. Granahan, M. Segura, D. L. Matson, T. V. Johnson, P. D. Martin
Tertiary igneous rocks and Laramide structure and stratigraphy of the Spanish Peaks Region, South-Central Colorado: Road log and descriptions from Walsenburg to La Veta Tertiary igneous rocks and Laramide structure and stratigraphy of the Spanish Peaks Region, South-Central Colorado: Road log and descriptions from Walsenburg to La Veta
The Spanish Peaks are located in the western part of the Raton basin in south-central Colorado, southwest of Walsenburg. The two peaks, West Spanish Peak (WSP, 13,626 feet) and East Spanish Peak (ESP, 12,683 feet), are located on the upland part of the far western edge of the Great Plains physiographic region. East of Spanish Peaks, a deeply dissected plateau extends into the Great...
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Brian S. Penn, D. A. Lindsay
Alamo megabreccia: Record of a late devonian impact in southern Nevada Alamo megabreccia: Record of a late devonian impact in southern Nevada
The Alamo breccia is probably the most voluminous known outcropping carbonate megabreccia. It occupies ~4000 km2 across 11 mountain ranges in southern Nevada, has an average thickness of ~70 m, and contains a volume of 250+ km3. The breccia is a single bed, of early Frasnian (early Late Devonian) age, that formed in the wake of a giant slide that deposited a lower chaotic debrite...
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John E. Warme, Charles Sandberg
Proterozoic low-Ti iron-oxide deposits in New York and New Jersey: Relation to Fe-oxide (Cu–U–Au–rare earth element) deposits and tectonic implications: Comment and Reply Proterozoic low-Ti iron-oxide deposits in New York and New Jersey: Relation to Fe-oxide (Cu–U–Au–rare earth element) deposits and tectonic implications: Comment and Reply
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Craig A. Johnson, James McLelland, Michael P. Foose
Controls on 222Rn variations in a fractured crystalline rock aquifer evaluated using aquifer tests and geophysical logging Controls on 222Rn variations in a fractured crystalline rock aquifer evaluated using aquifer tests and geophysical logging
Concentrations of 222Rn in ground water may vary considerably within megascopically homogeneous rocks over relatively short distances. Calculations indicate that different hydraulic apertures of water‐bearing fractures may account for variations in dissolved 222Rn concentration measured in domestic water wells completed in fractured Pikes Peak Granite, assuming that all other factors...
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P. F. Folger, E. Poeter, Richard B. Wanty, D. Frishman, W. Day
Mississippian stratigraphic framework of east-central California and southern Nevada with revision of Upper Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphic units in Inyo County, California Mississippian stratigraphic framework of east-central California and southern Nevada with revision of Upper Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphic units in Inyo County, California
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Calvin H. Stevens, Darrell S. Klingman, Charles A. Sandberg, Paul Stone, Paul Belasky, Forrest G. Poole, J. Kent Snow
Evidence for Mesoproterozoic basement in the Carolina terrane and speculations on its origin Evidence for Mesoproterozoic basement in the Carolina terrane and speculations on its origin
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Paul A. Mueller, Marianne Kozuch, Ann L. Heatherington, Joseph L. Wooden, Terry W. Offield, Robert P. Koeppen, Terry L. Klein, Allen P. Nutman
Potential‐field continuation: Past practice vs. modern methods Potential‐field continuation: Past practice vs. modern methods
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Jeffrey Phillips
Status and metal content of significant metallic mineral deposits in the Pacific Northwest: A contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project Status and metal content of significant metallic mineral deposits in the Pacific Northwest: A contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
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Arthur A. Bookstrom, Michael L. Zientek, Stephen E. Box, Pamela D. Derkey, James E. Elliott, David Frishman, Roger P. Ashley, Russell C. Evarts, Douglas B. Stoeser, Lorre A. Moyer, Dennis P. Cox, Steve D. Ludington
Devonian conodont biochronology in geologic time calibration Devonian conodont biochronology in geologic time calibration
The conodont-based biochronology of the Devonian Period is calibrated herein on the basis of: (1) a recent, reliable radiometric dating (CLAQUE??-LONG et al. 1992) of a stratigraphic position just above the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary; and (2) new calculations of stage durations based on our estimates and those of a large number of other Devonian workers, which pertain to many...
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Charles Sandberg, W. Ziegler
Petrology and U-PB geochronology of the Robertson River Igneous Suite, Blue Ridge province, Virginia - Evidence for multistage magmatism associated witn an early episode of Laurentian rifting Petrology and U-PB geochronology of the Robertson River Igneous Suite, Blue Ridge province, Virginia - Evidence for multistage magmatism associated witn an early episode of Laurentian rifting
The Late Neoproterozoic (735-702 Ma) Robertson River Igneous Suite includes at least eight plutons ranging in composition from syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite to alkali feldspar syenite. These plutons intruded Mesoproterozoic (1.2-1.0 Ga) gneissic basement of the Blue Ridge anticlinorium in northern and central Virginia during an early episode of Laurentian rifting. Robertson...
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Richard P. Tollo, John N. Aleinikoff
Determination of 15N/14N and 13C/12C in solid and aqueous cyanides Determination of 15N/14N and 13C/12C in solid and aqueous cyanides
The stable isotopic compositions of nitrogen and carbon in cyanide compounds can be determined by combusting aliquots in sealed tubes to form N2 gas and CO2 gas and analyzing the gases by mass spectrometry. Free cyanide (CN-aq + HCNaq) in simple solutions can also be analyzed by first precipitating the cyanide as copper(II) ferrocyanide and then combusting the precipitate...
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Craig A. Johnson