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Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events
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Authors
M. G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper
Introduction to special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part II Introduction to special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part II
In May 1988, a multidisciplinary conference was held in Flagstaff, Arizona, to synthesize recent research on the crustal structural and evolution of a transect across the southern Cordillera. This transect extends from the southern Colorado Plateau southwestward across the Arizona Transition Zone, through the Basin and Range province in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, to the San Andreas...
Authors
G. B. Haxel, R.W. Simpson, Keith A. Howard
The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes
Mesozoic thickening and Cenozoic extension resulted in the juxtaposition of upper and middle crustal rocks in the eastern Mojave Desert, southeastern California and western Arizona. The application of 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology to rocks in this region provides information about the timing and nature of thrusting, plutonism, metamorphism, denudation, and detachment faulting. The 40Ar/39Ar...
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D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison, C. F. Miller, Keith A. Howard
The Denali fault system and Alaska Range of Alaska: Evidence for underplated Mesozoic flysch from magnetotelluric surveys The Denali fault system and Alaska Range of Alaska: Evidence for underplated Mesozoic flysch from magnetotelluric surveys
Regional magnetotelluric surveys recently completed across the central and eastern Alaska Range of Alaska provide evidence for large volumes of conductive rocks beneath the core of the range. These conductive rocks may represent a formerly extensive, but now collapsed, Mesozoic flysch basin formed on the leading edge of the Talkeetna superterrane (amalgamated Wrangellia, Peninsular, and...
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W. D. Stanley, Victor F. Labson, Warren J. Nokleberg, Bela Csejtey, M. A. Fisher
Rock movement and mass wastage in the Grand Canyon Rock movement and mass wastage in the Grand Canyon
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Authors
Richard Hereford, P. W. Huntoon
Geosciences Geosciences
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Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt, N. C. Donovan, D. Eberhart-Phillips, A. Michael, Paul A. Reasenberg, L. Dietz, W. Ellsworth, Daniel J. Ponti, Ray E. Wells, R. A. Haugerud, M. M. Clark, N. T. Hall
Physical and chemical properties of the phosphate deposit on Nauru, western equatorial Pacific Ocean Physical and chemical properties of the phosphate deposit on Nauru, western equatorial Pacific Ocean
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Authors
David Z. Piper, B.J. Loebner, P. Aharon
Chapter 14: Middle Cretaceous silicic metavolcanic rocks in the Kings Canyon area, central Sierra Nevada, California Chapter 14: Middle Cretaceous silicic metavolcanic rocks in the Kings Canyon area, central Sierra Nevada, California
Metamorphosed silicic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks of middle Cretaceous (110 to 100 Ma) age occur in two roof pendants in the Kings Canyon area of the central Sierra Nevada. The metavolcanic remnants are similar in age to or are only slightly older than the voluminous enclosing batholithic rocks. Thus, high to surface levels of the batholith are implied for this region. This is...
Authors
J.B. Saleeby, R. W. Kistler, Samuel Longiaru, James G. Moore, Warren J. Nokleberg
The San Andreas Fault System, California The San Andreas Fault System, California
Maps of northern and southern California printed on flyleaf inside front cover and on adjacent pages show faults that have had displacement within the past 2 million years. Those that have had displacement within historical time are shown in red. Bands of red tint emphasize zones of historical displacement; bands of orange tint emphasize major faults that have had Quaternary displacement...
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Earthquake Science Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1982 in the eastern Chukchi Sea Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1982 in the eastern Chukchi Sea
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur Grantz, R. W. Sliter, D. M. Mann, S. D. May
Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh
Grade-tonnage models are frequency distributions of deposit tonnage and grades of mineral deposits of a specific type. The program described here allows users to prepare standard figures of grade and tonnage distributions and display the deposit name associated with any of the data points. Titles and scales appropriate for most deposit types are plotted automatically for tonnage, Cu, Ni...
Authors
Donald A. Singer, James D. Bliss