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January 1, 2002

Alaska resource data file: Nome quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Nome quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Charles Caldwell Hawley, Travis L. Hudson

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2002

Alaska resource data file: Bering Glacier quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Bering Glacier quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Travis L. Hudson

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2002

Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California

Volcanic rocks, mostly basalts and some andesites, are interbedded with middle Miocene strata and are overlain by younger rocks throughout the greater part of the Los Angeles Basin, California. Roughly correlative flows, previously dated radiometrically (or paleontologically) at about 16.4 to 10.7 Ma, crop out in five separate regions around the basin perimeter. Los Angeles Basin...

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Thane H. McCulloh, Robert J. Fleck, Rodger E. Denison, Larry A. Beyer, Richard G. Stanley

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 2002

A bibliography of terrain modeling (geomorphometry), the quantitative representation of topography: Supplement 4.0 A bibliography of terrain modeling (geomorphometry), the quantitative representation of topography: Supplement 4.0

Terrain modeling, the practice of ground-surface quantification, is an amalgam of Earth science, mathematics, engineering, and computer science. The discipline is known variously as geomorphometry (or simply morphometry), terrain analysis, and quantitative geomorphology. It continues to grow through myriad applications to hydrology, geohazards mapping, tectonics, sea-floor and planetary

Authors

Richard J. Pike

January 1, 2002

Are asbestos minerals common in US vermiculite deposits? Are asbestos minerals common in US vermiculite deposits?

No abstract available.

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Bradley S. Van Gosen, Heather A. Lowers, Alfred L. Bush, Gregory P. Meeker, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Isabelle K. Brownfield, Stephan J. Sutley

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

December 31, 2001

Magnetostratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene San Lorenzo and Vaqueros Formations, Santa Cruz Mountains, California: Implications for California biostratigraphic zonations Magnetostratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene San Lorenzo and Vaqueros Formations, Santa Cruz Mountains, California: Implications for California biostratigraphic zonations

No abstract available.

Authors

D.R. Prothero, Joey Sutton, E. E. Brabb

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

December 31, 2001

Lower Colorado River: Framework, neogene deposits, incision, and evolution Lower Colorado River: Framework, neogene deposits, incision, and evolution

No abstract available.

Authors

Keith A. Howard, Robert G. Bohannon

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

December 1, 2001

Sedimentology of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Strathearn Formation, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada; with a section on microfossil controls on age of the Strathearn Formation Sedimentology of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Strathearn Formation, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada; with a section on microfossil controls on age of the Strathearn Formation

Two framework-supported, poorly bedded conglomerate units of the middle Upper Pennsylvanian and middle Lower Permian Strathearn Formation belonging to the overlap assemblage of the Antler orogen are prominent in the northern Carlin trend. These horizons stratigraphically and temporally bracket thrust emplacement of a major allochthonous thrust plate of mainly quartzarenite of the...

Authors

Vladimir I. Berger, Donald A. Singer, Ted G. Theodore, Anita G. Harris, Calvin H. Stevens

December 1, 2001

Statistical compilation of NAPAP chemical erosion observations Statistical compilation of NAPAP chemical erosion observations

In the mid 1980s, the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), initiated a Materials Research Program (MRP) that included a series of field and laboratory studies with the broad objective of providing scientific information on acid rain effects on calcareous building stone. Among the...

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Victor G. Mossotti, A. Raouf Eldeeb, Michael M. Reddy, Terry L. Fries, Mary Jane Coombs, Ron L. Schmiermund, Susan I. Sherwood

December 1, 2001

1:100,000-scale topographic contours derived from digital elevation models, San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database 1:100,000-scale topographic contours derived from digital elevation models, San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database

This report presents a consistent set of 1:100,000-scale vector topographic contours for all eleven 30x60-minute quadrangles in the San Francisco Bay region for use in visualizing the topography and preparing maps of the region. The contours were prepared by contouring an areally continuous 30-m altitude grid (National Elevation Dataset, Jan., 1999), and differ from USGS hypsographic DLG...

Authors

Heather M. Wright, Carl M. Wentworth

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

December 1, 2001

Analytical data for waters of the Harvard Open Pit, Jamestown Mine, Tuolumne County, California, March 1998-September 1999 Analytical data for waters of the Harvard Open Pit, Jamestown Mine, Tuolumne County, California, March 1998-September 1999

The Jamestown mine is located in the Jamestown mining district in western Tuolumne County, California (see Fig. 1). This district is one of many located on or near the Melones fault zone, a major regional suture in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The districts along the Melones fault comprise the Mother Lode gold belt (Clark, 1970). The Harvard pit is the largest of several open pits mined...

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R. P. Ashley, K. S. Savage

December 1, 2001

The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary interval in Badlands National Park, South Dakota The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary interval in Badlands National Park, South Dakota

A marine K-T boundary interval has been identified throughout the Badlands National Park region of South Dakota. Data from marine sediments suggest that deposits from two asteroid impacts (one close, one far away) may be preserved in the Badlands. These impact-generated deposits may represent late Maestrichtian events or possibly the terminal K-T event. Interpretation is supported by

Authors

Philip W. Stoffer, Paula Messina, John A. Chamberlain, Dennis O. Terry