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The landslide hazard in the San Francisco Bay region

Development in hilly or mountainous terrain has resulted in much landslide damage. Areas susceptible to landsliding can be recognized. Practices for minimizing landslides are presented. 
Authors
E. E. Brabb
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Black monazite from Taiwan

Two forms of detrital monazite are known in offshore bars in southwestern Taiwan: a yellow-green to colorless form and an unusual but abundant pelletlike form, generally black but also colored gray or brown. These black pellets, which are about 160 by 200 microns in size, are composed of fine-grained monazite crystals from 2 to 20 microns in size. The pellets are associated with highly variable am
Authors
J.J. Matzko, W.C. Overstreet
By
Mineral Resources Program

Measured sections of Paleogene rocks from the California coast ranges

No abstract available.
Authors
Earl E. Brabb, Joseph C. Clark, Constance K. Throckmorton
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Preliminary report on the 17th cruise of the Dimitri Mendeleev

No abstract available.
Authors
E. H. Brown, R. G. Coleman, L.M. Echiverria, R.L. Fisher, W. P. Irwin
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

In Iran: Ophiolites viewed

No abstract available.
Authors
W. P. Irwin
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

The four Jurassic belts of northern California and their significance to the geology of the southern California borderland

No abstract available.
Authors
D. L. Jones, M. Clark Blake, C. Rangin
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Recent and ancient sedimentary environments in Alaska

No abstract available.
Authors
T. H. Nilsen, E. E. Brabb, T.R. Simoni
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Report on Mediterranean Neogene Congress in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

No abstract available.
Authors
E. E. Brabb
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Intrinsic germanium detector used in borehole sonde for uranium exploration

A borehole sonde (~1.7 m long; 7.3 cm diameter) using a 200 mm2 planar intrinsic germanium detector, mounted in a cryostat cooled by removable canisters of frozen propane, has been constructed and tested. The sonde is especially useful in measuring X- and low-energy gamma-ray spectra (40–400 keV). Laboratory tests in an artificial borehole facility indicate its potential for in-situ uranium analys
Authors
F. E. Senftle, R.M. Moxham, A.B. Tanner, G. R. Boynton, P. W. Philbin, J.A. Baicker
By
Mineral Resources Program

Area of influence of exploratory drill holes under conditions of errors of recognition

No abstract available.
Authors
Donald A. Singer
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

The area of influence of an exploratory hole

A method is presented for calculating the area of influence of exploratory drill holes by using the size and shape of resource targets. The solution presented is for elliptical and circular targets, but the method is applicable to any shaped target. The degree to which points have been explored depends upon their distance away from a drill hole and the possible orientations of the target. Several
Authors
D.A. Singer, L. J. Drew
By
Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Natural remanent magnetization, mag¬netic properties, and oxidation of titanomagnetite in basaltic rocks from DSDP Leg 34

We have made paleomagnetic measurements and investigated the magnetic mineralogy of 24 samples of basalt and diabase from Sites 319, 320, and 321 on the Nazca plate. Sample distributions, locations, and ages of overlying sediments are as follows: Site 319, Hole 319, lat 13°01.04'S, long 101°31.46'W, 2 samples, early Miocene (N8); Site 319, Hole 319A, (same coordinates and age), 12 samples. Site 32
Authors
C. Sherman Grommé, Edward A. Mankinen
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Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center