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ALACARTE User Interface - AML Code and Demonstration Maps ALACARTE User Interface - AML Code and Demonstration Maps
ALACARTE offers a convenient way to compile geologic maps in the computer as spatial databases that can be used to prepare both cartographic images and analytic derivatives. It is a menu-controlled shell, organized in geologic terms, that provides on-screen control of the program ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system (GIS). Input can be from imported scans, digitizer...
Authors
Todd T. Fitzgibbon, Carl M. Wentworth
Application of the FINDER system to the search for epithermal vein gold-silver deposits : Kushikino, Japan, a case study Application of the FINDER system to the search for epithermal vein gold-silver deposits : Kushikino, Japan, a case study
The FINDER system employs geometric probability, Bayesian statistics, and the normal probability density function to integrate spatial and frequency information to produce a map of probabilities of target centers. Target centers can be mineral deposits, alteration associated with mineral deposits, or any other target that can be represented by a regular shape on a two dimensional map...
Authors
Donald A. Singer, Ryoichi Kouda
Mineralization patterns in time and space in the Great Basin of Nevada Mineralization patterns in time and space in the Great Basin of Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Dennis P. Cox, Steve Ludington, M.G. Sherlock, Donald A. Singer
Factors affecting the recognition of faults exposed in exploratory trenches Factors affecting the recognition of faults exposed in exploratory trenches
Trenching-a widely used method for evaluating fault activity-has limitations that can mislead investigators. Some segments of fault strands in trench walls may not be visible, and this nonvisibility can lead to incorrect interpretations of time of most recent displacement and recurrence intervals on a fault. We examined the logs of 163 trench exposures and tabulated data on more than 1...
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Manuel G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper
Landform classification of New Mexico by computer Landform classification of New Mexico by computer
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Richard Dikau, Earl E. Brabb, Robert M. Mark
Geologic map and structure sections of the Los Gatos 7-1/2' quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California Geologic map and structure sections of the Los Gatos 7-1/2' quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California
No abstract available.
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R. J. McLaughlin, J. C. Clark, E. E. Brabb, E. J. Helley
ALACARTE user manual ALACARTE user manual
ALACARTE offers a convenient way to compile geologic maps in the computer as spatial databases that can be used to prepare both cartographic images and analytic derivatives. It is a menu-controlled shell, organized in geologic terms, that provides on-screen control of the program ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system (GIS). Input can be from imported scans, digitizer...
Authors
Carl M. Wentworth, Todd T. Fitzgibbon
Off-fault ground ruptures in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California: Ridge-top spreading versus tectonic extension during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Off-fault ground ruptures in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California: Ridge-top spreading versus tectonic extension during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The Ms 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake of 18 October 1989 produced abundant ground ruptures in an 8 by 4 km area along Summit Road and Skyland Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Predominantly extensional fissures formed a left-stepping, crudely en echelon pattern along ridges of the hanging-wall block southwest of the San Andreas fault, about 12 km northwest of the epicenter. The fissures are
Authors
Daniel J. Ponti, Ray E. Wells
Neogene rotations and quasicontinuous deformation of the Pacific Northwest continental margin Neogene rotations and quasicontinuous deformation of the Pacific Northwest continental margin
Paleomagnetically determined rotations about vertical axes of 15 to 12 Ma flows of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group of Oregon and Washington decrease smoothly with distance from the plate margin, consistent with a simple physical model for continental deformation that assumes the lithosphere behaves as a thin layer of fluid. The average rate of northward translation of the...
Authors
Philip England, Ray E. Wells
K-Ar and fission-track ages (dates) of volcanic, intrusive, altered, and metamorphic rocks in the Mohave Mountains area, west-central Arizona K-Ar and fission-track ages (dates) of volcanic, intrusive, altered, and metamorphic rocks in the Mohave Mountains area, west-central Arizona
No abstract available.
Authors
J. K. Nakata, M.A. Pernokas, Keith A. Howard, J.R. Shannon
Introduction to Special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part I Introduction to Special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part I
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Authors
Keith A. Howard, R.W. Simpson, G. B. Haxel
Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events
No abstract available.
Authors
M. G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper