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Studies related to the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886 — Tectonics and seismicity Studies related to the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886 — Tectonics and seismicity
Since 1973, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with support from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has conducted extensive investigations of the tectonic and seismic history of the Charleston, S.C., earthquake zone and surrounding areas. The goal of these investigations has been to discover the cause of the large intraplate Charleston earthquake of 1886, which dominates the record of...
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David Gottfried, C. S. Annell, G. R. Byerly, Marvin A. Lanphere, Jeffrey D. Phillips, Gregory S. Gohn, Brenda B. Houser, Ray R. Schneider, Hans D. Ackermann, B. R. Yantis, John K. Costain, F. Steve Schilt, Larry Brown, Jack E. Oliver, Sidney Kaufman, Robert Morrison Hamilton, John C. Behrendt, V. James Henry, Kenneth C. Bayer, David L. Daniels, Isidore Zietz, Peter Popenoe, T. M. Chowns, C. T. Williams, Robert E. Dooley, J. Wampler, William P. Dillon, Kim D. Klitgord, Charles K. Paull, Lyle D. McGinnis, James W. Dewey, Arthur C. Tarr, Susan Rhea, Carl M. Wentworth, Marcia Mergner-Keefer, G. A. Bollinger
Sedimentation, metamorphism and tectonic accretion of the Franciscan assemblage of northern California Sedimentation, metamorphism and tectonic accretion of the Franciscan assemblage of northern California
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M. Clark Blake, A. S. Jayko, D. G. Howell
Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane
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Keith A. Howard, Paul Stone, M.A. Pernokas, R. F. Marvin
Regional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California Regional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California
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Keith A. Howard, D. M. Miller, B.E. John
Detached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona Detached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona
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Keith A. Howard, J. W. Goodge, B.E. John
Paleomagnetic study of some Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Klamath Mountains province, California Paleomagnetic study of some Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Klamath Mountains province, California
Paleomagnetic investigation of Cretaceous outliers and Tertiary sedimentary strata of the Klamath Mountains province, and of onlapping Cretaceous strata, has shown the rocks to be largely remagnetized. Samples studied are from the Upper Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous Great Valley sequence, Upper Cretaceous Hornbrook Formation, Eocene Montgomery Creek Formation, and Oligocene(?) Weaverville...
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Edward A. Mankinen, William P. Irwin
Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California
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D. M. Miller, Keith A. Howard, B.E. John
Preliminary tectonostratigraphic terrane map of California Preliminary tectonostratigraphic terrane map of California
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M.C. Blake, D. G. Howell, David Lawrence Jones
Paleomagnetic data from the Coso Range, California and current status of the Cobb Mountain normal geomagnetic polarity event Paleomagnetic data from the Coso Range, California and current status of the Cobb Mountain normal geomagnetic polarity event
Two basalt flows which erupted about 1.08 m.y. ago in the Coso Range, California, have normal magnetic polarity and thus provide additional evidence for the Cobb Mountain normal polarity event. A review of available data confirms that this event was of geomagnetic origin. A mean age of 1.10 ± 0.02 m.y. B.P. for the Cobb Mountain normal polarity event was found to best fit all available...
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Edward A. Mankinen, C. Sherman Gromme
Evaluation of potential surface faulting and other tectonic deformation Evaluation of potential surface faulting and other tectonic deformation
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M. G. Bonilla
Post 12 m.y. rotation of southwest Washington Post 12 m.y. rotation of southwest Washington
Paleomagnetic field directions from the basalt of Pack Sack Lookout are compared to those from the Pomona Member of the Saddle Mountains Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group. The Pomona crops out over a wide region on the Columbia Plateau east of the Cascade Range, and the basalt of Pack Sack Lookout crops out well to the west of the Cascades about 30 to 60 km east of the Washington...
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James R. Magill, Ray E. Wells, Robert W. Simpson, Allan Cox
Tectonic accretion of the Klamath Mountains Tectonic accretion of the Klamath Mountains
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W. P. Irwin