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Origin of the Bering Sea salient Origin of the Bering Sea salient
Our investigations in Alaska and Russia show that the curved orogen of the Bering Strait region is a composite feature that formed as a result of multiple superimposed events and cannot be related to latest Cretaceous–early Tertiary east-west shortening. Relations interpreted to record east-west shortening include the Chukchi syntaxis, deformation on Seward and Chukotka Peninsulas, the...
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J.M. Amato, J. Toro, Thomas E. Moore
Preliminary geologic map of the Nevada and Arizona parts of the Mount Manchester quadrangle Preliminary geologic map of the Nevada and Arizona parts of the Mount Manchester quadrangle
This map was prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Kyle House, Keith A. Howard, Philip A. Pearthree, John W. Bell
Weathering of the meade peak phosphatic shale member, phosphoria formation: Observations based on uranium and its decay products Weathering of the meade peak phosphatic shale member, phosphoria formation: Observations based on uranium and its decay products
Variably weathered outcrop samples of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation have 5-10% of the contained uranium (U) in a form readily extractable by 0.1 M sodium bicarbonate. Fission track radiography of outcrop samples and other less-weathered channel and core samples indicate that this mobile fraction of U is likely hosted by organic matter, secondary iron...
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Robert A. Zielinski, James R. Budahn, Richard I. Grauch, J. B. Paces, K. R. Simmons
Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology
The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP; pronounced "Tee'-sop") was established in 1984 to consolidate and foster the organizational activities of scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry, and related disciplines. The following report, "Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology" (ISSN 1060-7250)...
A bootstrap approach to computing uncertainty in inferred oil and gas reserve estimates A bootstrap approach to computing uncertainty in inferred oil and gas reserve estimates
This study develops confidence intervals for estimates of inferred oil and gas reserves based on bootstrap procedures. Inferred reserves are expected additions to proved reserves in previously discovered conventional oil and gas fields. Estimates of inferred reserves accounted for 65% of the total oil and 34% of the total gas assessed in the U.S. Geological Survey’s 1995 National...
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Emil D. Attanasi, Timothy C. Coburn
Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas
This report presents the petroleum accumulation size-frequency relationships of selected mature plays assessed in the U.S. Geological Survey's 1995 National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources. The plays provide assessors with potential analogue models from which to estimate the numbers of undiscovered accumulations in medium and smaller size categories. Each play selected was required...
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Emil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman
Reply to the comment on “Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.E. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova Reply to the comment on “Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.E. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova
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Joseph F. Whelan, James B. Paces, Zell E. Peterman, Brian D. Marshall, Leonid A. Neymark
Cross-sections and maps showing double-difference relocated earthquakes from 1984-2000 along the Hayward and Calaveras faults, California Cross-sections and maps showing double-difference relocated earthquakes from 1984-2000 along the Hayward and Calaveras faults, California
We present cross-section and map views of earthquakes that occurred from 1984 to 2000 in the vicinity of the Hayward and Calaveras faults in the San Francisco Bay region, California. These earthquakes came from a catalog of events relocated using the double-difference technique, which provides superior relative locations of nearby events. As a result, structures such as fault surfaces...
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Robert W. Simpson, Russell W. Graymer, Robert C. Jachens, David A. Ponce, Carl M. Wentworth
Map showing fossil localities of the Rattlesnake Creek, western and eastern Hayfork, and North Fork Terranes of the Klamath Mountains Map showing fossil localities of the Rattlesnake Creek, western and eastern Hayfork, and North Fork Terranes of the Klamath Mountains
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William P. Irwin, Charles D. Blome
Oil-oil correlations to establish a basis for mapping petroleum systems, San Joaquin Basin, California, compiled PowerPoint slides Oil-oil correlations to establish a basis for mapping petroleum systems, San Joaquin Basin, California, compiled PowerPoint slides
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P. G. Lillis, L. B. Magoon
The Pre-Messinian Total Petroleum System of the Provence Basin, Western Mediterranean Sea The Pre-Messinian Total Petroleum System of the Provence Basin, Western Mediterranean Sea
The Provence Basin is in that portion of the western Mediterranean Sea that is deeper than 2 kilometers. The basin lies essentially beyond the outer continental shelf, between the countries of France, Italy, and Algeria, the Balearic Islands, and the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. It encompasses nearly 300,000 square kilometers and includes the Rhone River submarine fan on the...
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Mark Pawlewicz
Chapter 11 The phosphoria formation: A model for forecasting global selenium sources to the environment Chapter 11 The phosphoria formation: A model for forecasting global selenium sources to the environment
Mining of the Permian Phosphoria Formation — a marine, oil-generating, phosphatic shale — provided the selenium (Se) source implicated in the recent deaths of livestock in southeast Idaho. Field studies and the geohydrologic balance of Se in southeast Idaho confirm risk to animals from exposure to Se through leaching of mined waste shale into streams, discharge of regional drainage, and
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Theresa S. Presser, David Z. Piper, Kenneth J. Bird, J. P. Skorupa, S. J. Hamilton, S. J. Detwiler, M.A. Huebner