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January 1, 1979

Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P. Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P.

A change in the constants used in K‐Ar dating and a significant increase in new data have made a recompilation and recomputation of data used to define the Late Cenozoic K‐Ar polarity time scale highly desirable at this time. All available data in the range 0–5 m.y. have been recalculated using the refined constants, with 354 data points in this time interval now meeting the minimum...

Authors

Edward A. Mankinen, G. Brent Dalrymple

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Geomagnetism Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 1979

Geomagnetic paleointensities by the Thelliers' method from submarine pillow basalts: Effects of seafloor weathering Geomagnetic paleointensities by the Thelliers' method from submarine pillow basalts: Effects of seafloor weathering

Measurements of geomagnetic paleointensity using the Thelliers' double‐heating method in vacuum have been made on 10 specimens of submarine pillow basalt obtained from 7 fragments dredged from localities 700,000 years old or younger. In the magnetic minerals, the titanium/iron ratio parameter x and the cation deficiency (oxidation) parameter x were determined by X‐ray diffraction and...

Authors

Sherman Gromme, Edward A. Mankinen, Monte Marshall, Robert S. Coe

January 1, 1979

Relation of mercury, uranium, and lithium deposits to the McDermitt caldera complex, Nevada-Oregon Relation of mercury, uranium, and lithium deposits to the McDermitt caldera complex, Nevada-Oregon

The McDermitt caldera complex, located along the Nevada-Oregon border, is a Miocene collapse structure 45 km in diameter. Large-volume rhyolitic and peralkaline ash-flow tufts were erupted from 17.9-15.8 m.y. ago, leading to the formation of overlapping and nested calderas. Emplacement of rhyolitic ring domes, located primarily along the western margin of the calderas, represents the...

Authors

James J. Rytuba, Richard K. Glanzman

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 1979

Maps showing aeromagnetic anomalies, faults, earthquake epicenters, and igneous and volcanic rocks in the southern San Francisco Bay region, California Maps showing aeromagnetic anomalies, faults, earthquake epicenters, and igneous and volcanic rocks in the southern San Francisco Bay region, California

No abstract available.

Authors

William F. Hanna, Earl 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

January 1, 1979

Preliminary geologic map of the San Juan Bautista Quadrangle, San Benito and Monterey counties, California Preliminary geologic map of the San Juan Bautista Quadrangle, San Benito and Monterey counties, California

No abstract available.

Authors

T. W. Dibblee

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

January 1, 1979

Preliminary geologic map of the Castle Rock Ridge Quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California Preliminary geologic map of the Castle Rock Ridge Quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California

No abstract available.

Authors

Earl E. Brabb, T. W. Dibblee

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

January 1, 1979

Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California

On October 29, 1979, a new exposure of the Las Positas fault zone near Livermore, California, was created by excavation of a creek bank along Arroyo Seco. The face of the bank was cleaned by geologists of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, California) to obtain a better and more complete view of the fault. The excavation was undertaken by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory as part of a...

Authors

Darrell G. Herd, Earl 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, 1978

Early Cretaceous metamorphic age of the South Fork Mountain Schist in the northern Coast Ranges of California Early Cretaceous metamorphic age of the South Fork Mountain Schist in the northern Coast Ranges of California

No abstract available.

Authors

Marvin A. Lanphere, M. Clark Blake, W. P. Irwin

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, 1978

Neogene basin formation in relation to plate tectonic evolution of San Andreas fault system, California Neogene basin formation in relation to plate tectonic evolution of San Andreas fault system, California

More than 90% of the known petroleum accumulations west of the San Andreas fault in California are in strata deposited in areally restricted Neogene basins that formed during a major tectonic reorganization of western California. These deep, localized Neogene basins replaced broad, regionally persistent Paleogene depositional aprons, although some of the Neogene basins in northern and...

Authors

Blake, R. H. Campbell, T. W. Dibblee, D. G. Howell, Tor H. Nilsen, W. R. Normark, J. G. Vedder, E. A. Silver

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, 1978

Apollo over the Moon: A view from orbit Apollo over the Moon: A view from orbit

No abstract available.

Authors

Harold Masursky, G. W. Colton, Farouk El-Baz, Frederick J. Doyle, Richard E. Eggleton, Maurice J. Grolier, James W. Head, Carroll Ann Hodges, Keith A. Howard, Leon J. Kosofsky, Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Michael C. McEwen, Henry J. Moore, Gerald G. Schaber, David H. Scott, Laurence A. Soderblom, Mareta West, D.E. Wilhems

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, 1978