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Mechanisms of Cenozoic tectonic rotation, Pacific Northwest Convergent Margin, U.S.A. Mechanisms of Cenozoic tectonic rotation, Pacific Northwest Convergent Margin, U.S.A.
Large clockwise rotations (15–80°) are characteristic of Cenozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks along the convergent margin of the northwestern United States. Abundant paleomagnetic data from 62–12 m.y. old rocks in forearc, arc, and backarc regions show that rotation increases with age and with proximity to the coast. Paleomagnetic and structural studies both support dextral shear as a
Authors
Ray E. Wells
Deformation of the Eastern Franciscan Belt, northern California Deformation of the Eastern Franciscan Belt, northern California
The late Jurassic and Cretaceous Eastern Franciscan belt of the northern California Coast Range consists of two multiply deformed, blueschist-facies terranes; the Pickett Peak and Yolla Bolly terranes. Four deformations have been recognized in the Pickett Peak terrane, and three in the Yolla Bolly terrane. The earliest recognized penetrative fabric, D1, occurs only in the Pickett Peak...
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A. S. Jayko, M.C. Blake
Paleomagnetic study of the Eastern Klamath terrane, California, and implications for the tectonic history of the Klamath Mountains Province Paleomagnetic study of the Eastern Klamath terrane, California, and implications for the tectonic history of the Klamath Mountains Province
Paleomagnetic study of Permian through Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary strata of the Eastern Klamath terrane has shown the remanent magnetization of many of these rocks to be prefolding and most likely primary. Similarities in magnetic declinations recorded by coeval strata over a broad area are consistent with the hypothesis that the terrane, in general, has behaved as a single rigid...
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Edward A. Mankinen, William P. Irwin, C. Sherman Gromme
Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California
We have determined remanent magnetization directions of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff at 41 localities in western Arizona and southeastern California. An unusual northeast and shallow magnetization direction confirms the proposed geologic correlation of isolated outcrops of the tuff from the Colorado Plateau to Barstow, California, a distance of 350 km. The Peach Springs Tuff was...
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Ray E. Wells, John W. Hillhouse
Oligocene and Miocene paleogeography of central California and displacement along the San Andreas fault Oligocene and Miocene paleogeography of central California and displacement along the San Andreas fault
Recently completed sedimentologic and petrologic studies of Oligocene and Miocene strata in the Temblor Range (San Joaquin basin) and Santa Cruz Mountains (La Honda basin) permit detailed reconstructions of paleogeography, as well as new estimates of displacement along the San Andreas fault. During the Oligocene and Miocene, the San Joaquin and La Honda basins were contiguous. The...
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S.A. Graham, Richard G. Stanley, J. V. Bent, J. B. Carter
The style of late Cenozoic deformation at the eastern front of the California Coast Ranges The style of late Cenozoic deformation at the eastern front of the California Coast Ranges
The 1983 Coalinga earthquake occurred at the eastern boundary of the California Coast Ranges in response to northeast directed thrusting. Such movements over the past 2 Ma have produced Coalinga anticline by folding above the blind eastern tip of the Coalinga thrust zone. The 600-km length of the Coast Ranges boundary shares a common structural setting that involves westward upturn of...
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Carl M. Wentworth, Mark D. Zoback
Average topography, isostatic residual gravity, and aeromagnetic maps of the Parkfield region, California Average topography, isostatic residual gravity, and aeromagnetic maps of the Parkfield region, California
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Robert W. Simpson, R.C. Jachens, Carl M. Wentworth
Pb isotopic evidence for the formation of Proterozoic crust in the southwestern United States Pb isotopic evidence for the formation of Proterozoic crust in the southwestern United States
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J. L. Wooden, J. S. Stacey, Keith A. Howard, B. R. Doe, D. M. Miller
New and revised lithostratigraphic units from the southwestern New England Fold Belt New and revised lithostratigraphic units from the southwestern New England Fold Belt
New and revised lithostratigraphic units are recognized in northern New South Wales. New lithostatigraphic units are: Cara Formation, Whitlow Formation, Bobs Creek Formation, Nangahrah Formation, and Dinoga Formation. Revision of the Woolomin beds to Woolomin Group and Woodsreef Melange is proposed.
Authors
M. Clark Blake, B. Murchey
Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Franciscan Complex, northern California: Chapter 38 Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Franciscan Complex, northern California: Chapter 38
No abstract available.
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M. Clark Blake, A. S. Jayko, R. J. McLaughlin, M.B. Underwood
Minimum earthquake magnitude associated with coseismic surface faulting Minimum earthquake magnitude associated with coseismic surface faulting
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Manuel G. Bonilla
A guide to commonly used map projections prepared for use in HyperCard, 1988 A guide to commonly used map projections prepared for use in HyperCard, 1988
This guide briefly describes and illustrates the characteristics of 17 map projections commonly used to present thematic data. By means of simple sketches of the basic grid system of longitude and latitude known as the Earth's graticule, the guide shows examples of the following categories of map projections: planes (azimuthal), cones, cylinders, and miscellaneous. The text gives...
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Tau Rho Alpha, Joe F. Vigil, Lauren Buchholz