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Neogene sedimentation on the outer continental margin, southern Bering Sea Neogene sedimentation on the outer continental margin, southern Bering Sea

Neogene sedimentary rocks and sediments from sites on the outer continental margin in the southern Bering Sea and on the Alaska Peninsula are dominated by volcanic components that probably were eroded from an emergent Aleutian Ridge. A mainland continental source is subordinate. Most sediment in the marine environment was transported to the depositional sites by longshore currents...
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T.L. Vallier, M.B. Underwood, J.V. Gardner, J.A. Barron

Allochthonous Jurassic ophiolite in northwest Washington Allochthonous Jurassic ophiolite in northwest Washington

Fragments of Jurassic ophiolite having U-Pb zircon ages narrowly grouped at 160 to 170 m.y. are widespread over parts of northwest Washington. The Haystack thrust fault is inferred to mark the base of the ophiolite in the San Juan Islands and adjacent Cascade foothills; other bodies of mafic and ultramafic rock in the western Cascades may be klippen of the Haystack thrust plate. The...
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John T. Whetten, R. E. Zartman, Richard J. Blakely, David L. Jones

Sedimentology and geochemistry of surface sediments, outer continental shelf, southern Bering Sea Sedimentology and geochemistry of surface sediments, outer continental shelf, southern Bering Sea

Present-day sediment dynamics, combined with lowerings of sea level during the Pleistocene, have created a mixture of sediments on the outer continental shelf of the southern Bering Sea that was derived from the Alaskan Mainland, the Aleutian Islands, and the Pribilof ridge. Concentrations of finer-grained, higher-organic sediments in the region of the St. George basin have further...
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J.V. Gardner, W.E. Dean, T.L. Vallier

Metamorphic infrastructure in the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada Metamorphic infrastructure in the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada

The metamorphic complex of the northern Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada exposes Paleozoic strata that are metamorphosed to sillimanite grade, migmatized, and recumbently folded. Nappes are variously overturned to the east, north, south, and west. The deeper part of this metamorphic infrastructure is a migmatitic zone pervaded by pegmatitic two-mica granite. A structurally higher...
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Keith A. Howard

Geological Survey research 1980 Geological Survey research 1980

A summary of recent significant scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress.
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
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