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Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data
The Environmental Restoration Program of the U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, was developed to investigate the possible consequences to the environment of 40 years of nuclear testing on the Nevada Test Site. The majority of the tests were detonated underground, introducing contaminants into the ground-water system (Laczniak and others, 1996). An understanding of the...
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Geoffrey A. Phelps, Edwin H. McKee, D. Sweetkind, V.E. Langenheim
Possible costs associated with investigating and mitigating geologic gazards in rural areas of western San Mateo County, California Possible costs associated with investigating and mitigating geologic gazards in rural areas of western San Mateo County, California
This publication consists of a digital map database on a geohazards web site, http://kaibab.wr.usgs.gov/geohazweb/intro.htm, this text, and 43 digital map images available for downloading at this site. The report is stored as several digital files, in ARC export (uncompressed) format for the database, and Postscript and PDF formats for the map images. Several of the source data layers...
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Earl E. Brabb, Sebastian Roberts, William R. Cotton, Alan L. Kropp, Robert H. Wright, Erik N. Zinn, Sebastian Digital database by Roberts, Suzanne K. Mills, Jason B. Barnes, Joanna E. Marsolek
Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in Northeast Washington: 4. mineral industry activity in Washington, 1985-1997 Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in Northeast Washington: 4. mineral industry activity in Washington, 1985-1997
This report includes a table of 339 sites representing mineral activities for mining and mineral exploration in the State of Washington from 1985 through 1997. The table was primarily compiled from annual reports in Washington Geologic Newsletter and Washington Geology. The information was compiled for use in a weights-of-evidence analysis of mineral resources in northeastern Washington.
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D. E. Boleneus, R. E. Derkey
Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in Northeast Washington: 4. mineral industry activity in Washington, 1985-1997 Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in Northeast Washington: 4. mineral industry activity in Washington, 1985-1997
This report includes a table of 339 sites representing mineral activities for mining and mineral exploration in the State of Washington from 1985 through 1997. The table was primarily compiled from annual reports in Washington Geologic Newsletter and Washington Geology. The information was compiled for use in a weights-of-evidence analysis of mineral resources in northeastern Washington.
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D. E. Boleneus, R. E. Derkey
U.S. Geological Survey world petroleum assessment 2000: Description and results U.S. Geological Survey world petroleum assessment 2000: Description and results
The set of 4 CD-ROM discs, documents the U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment 2000 and includes estimates of the quantities of conventional oil, gas, and natural gas liquids outside the United States that have the potential to be added to reserves in the next 30 years (1995 to 2025). Two components, undiscovered resources and reserve growth, are estimated. One hundred and...
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Geologic map and digital database of the Cougar Buttes 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California Geologic map and digital database of the Cougar Buttes 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
The Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP) of Geologic Division has undertaken regional geologic mapping investigations in the Lucerne Valley area co-sponsored by the Mojave Water Agency and the San Bernardino National Forest. These investigations span the Lucerne Valley basin from the San Bernardino Mountains front northward to the basin axis on the Mojave Desert floor, and...
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Robert E. Powell, Jonathan C. Matti, P. M. Cossette
Digital geologic map of the Butler Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California Digital geologic map of the Butler Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
Open-File Report 00-145, is a digital geologic map database of the Butler Peak 7.5' quadrangle that includes (1) ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute) version 7.2.1 Patch 1 coverages, and associated tables, (2) a Portable Document Format (.pdf) file of the Description of Map Units, Correlation of Map Units chart, and an explanation of symbols used on the map, btlrpk_dcmu...
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Fred K. Miller, Jonathan C. Matti, Howard J. Brown, Digital preparation by P. M. Cossette
Oil–bearing rocks of the Davenport and Point Reyes areas and their implications for offset along the San Gregorio and northern San Andreas faults Oil–bearing rocks of the Davenport and Point Reyes areas and their implications for offset along the San Gregorio and northern San Andreas faults
No abstract available.
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Richard G. Stanley, Paul G. Lillis
Hydrologic and geologic characteristics of the Yucca Mountain site relevant to the performance of a potential repository; Day 2, Beatty to Yucca Mountain; Stop 7B, Secondary minerals and paleohydrologic implications Hydrologic and geologic characteristics of the Yucca Mountain site relevant to the performance of a potential repository; Day 2, Beatty to Yucca Mountain; Stop 7B, Secondary minerals and paleohydrologic implications
No abstract available.
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Leonid A. Neymark, James B. Paces, Zell E. Peterman, B. M. Marshall, Joseph F. Whelan
Preliminary maps of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility, nine-county San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database Preliminary maps of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility, nine-county San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database
This report presents a preliminary map and database of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility for the nine-county San Francisco Bay region, together with a digital compendium of ground effects associated with past earthquakes in the region. The report consists of (1) a spatial database of fivedata layers (Quaternary deposits, quadrangle index, and three ground effects layers...
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Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Robert C. Witter, Carl M. Wentworth, Edward J. Helley, Robert S. Nicholson, Heather M. Wright, Katherine H. Brown
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Antelope Valley-Bedell Flat area, west-central Nevada Principal facts for gravity stations in the Antelope Valley-Bedell Flat area, west-central Nevada
In April 2000 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established 211 gravity stations in the Antelope Valley and Bedell Flat area of west-central Nevada (see figure 1). The stations were located about 15 miles north of Reno, Nevada, southwest of Dogskin Mountain, and east of Petersen Mountain, concentrated in Antelope Valley and Bedell Flat (figure 2). The ranges in this area primarily...
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Eleanore B. Jewel, David A. Ponce, Robert L. Morin
Geologic map database of the El Mirage Lake area, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California Geologic map database of the El Mirage Lake area, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California
This geologic map database for the El Mirage Lake area describes geologic materials for the dry lake, parts of the adjacent Shadow Mountains and Adobe Mountain, and much of the piedmont extending south from the lake upward toward the San Gabriel Mountains. This area lies within the western Mojave Desert of San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, southeastern California. The area is...
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David M. Miller, David R. Bedford