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Publications from the staff of the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
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Maps showing elevation of bedrock and implications for design of engineered structures to withstand earthquake shaking in San Mateo County, California Maps showing elevation of bedrock and implications for design of engineered structures to withstand earthquake shaking in San Mateo County, California
No abstract available.
Authors
W.H. Hensolt, E. E. Brabb
Review of paleomagnetic data from the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, and Sierra Nevada; Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions Review of paleomagnetic data from the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, and Sierra Nevada; Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions
Paleomagnetic studies of the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and northwestern Nevada pertain mostly to Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks, but some data also are available for Permian and Triassic rocks of the region. Large vertical-axis rotations are indicated for rocks in many of the terranes, but few studies show statistically significant latitudinal displacements. The...
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, William P. Irwin
Preliminary maps showing landslide deposits and related features in New Mexico Preliminary maps showing landslide deposits and related features in New Mexico
No abstract available.
Authors
Mauro Cardinali, Fausto Guzzetti, Earl E. Brabb
Epithermal gold-siver deposits in the western United States: time-space products of evolving plutonic, volcanic and tectonic environments Epithermal gold-siver deposits in the western United States: time-space products of evolving plutonic, volcanic and tectonic environments
The western United States has been the locus of considerable subaerial volcanic and plutonic igneous activity since the mid-Mesozoic. After the destruction of the Jurassic-Cretaceous magmatic arc-trench system, subduction was re-established in the Late Mesozoic with low-angle underthrusting of the oceanic plate beneath western North America. This resulted in crustal shortening during the...
Authors
Byron R. Berger, Harold F. Bonham
Saline minerals in the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Buckley Island Quadrangle, Antarctica Saline minerals in the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Buckley Island Quadrangle, Antarctica
No abstract available.
Authors
J. J. Fitzpatrick, D.R. Muhs, A.J.T. Jull
Adsorption of selenium by amorphous iron oxyhydroxide and manganese dioxide Adsorption of selenium by amorphous iron oxyhydroxide and manganese dioxide
This work compares and models the adsorption of selenium and other anions on a neutral to alkaline surface (amorphous iron oxyhydroxide) and an acidic surface (manganese dioxide). Selenium adsorption on these oxides is examined as a function of pH, particle concentration, oxidation state, and competing anion concentration in order to assess how these factors might influence the mobility...
Authors
Laurie S. Balistrieri, T. T. Chao
Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California
Tertiary strata of the La Honda basin are exposed in the Santa Cruz Mountains along the central California coast south of San Francisco. The basin fill has a composite thickness of more than 14,500 m and consists of sedimentary and volcanic rocks that in places rest on granitic basement rocks of the Salinia terrane. Paleogene strata are mainly turbidite sandstone and hemipelagic mudstone...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley
Preliminary geologic map of the Kanab 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, Utah-Arizona Preliminary geologic map of the Kanab 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, Utah-Arizona
No abstract available.
Authors
E.G. Sable, Richard Hereford
Isostatic residual gravity map of Edwards Air Force Base and vicinity, Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, California Isostatic residual gravity map of Edwards Air Force Base and vicinity, Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, California
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert L. Morin, John Mariano, Robert C. Jachens