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Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) images of basaltic and sedimentary deposits in the southwest Cima volcanic field, California Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) images of basaltic and sedimentary deposits in the southwest Cima volcanic field, California

The southwestern part of the Cima volcanic field in the Mojave National Monument, California, contains many of the youngest basaltic cinder cones and lava flows in the field (Wilshire and others, 2002). In 2014 the Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) collected a swath of data across this area. This summary describes the HyTES instrument, data, and images, and compares two
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David C. Buesch, Simon J Hook
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Remote sensing and mapping Miocene paleovalleys of the Marble, Bristol, and Old Dad Mountains in the Trilobite and Bristol Mountain Wildernesses, California Remote sensing and mapping Miocene paleovalleys of the Marble, Bristol, and Old Dad Mountains in the Trilobite and Bristol Mountain Wildernesses, California

Wilderness areas in the Mojave Desert, California, are remote and rugged terrain, but they contain important geology for understanding faults of the eastern California shear zone (ECSZ), and remote sensing offers techniques that can optimize mapping. The Bristol–Granite Mountain fault zone (BGMFZ) is the easternmost fault of the ECSZ with the Marble, Bristol, and Old Dad mountains on...
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David C. Buesch, Janet Harvey
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Scenario Planning Around Resource Challenges (SPARC): A management-centered approach to scenario planning for climate adaptation Scenario Planning Around Resource Challenges (SPARC): A management-centered approach to scenario planning for climate adaptation

Scenario planning is a strategy or framework that aids making decisions under uncertainty. Inspired by widespread use in the areas of military and business, recent work has applied the strategy to anticipate the effects of climate change on natural resource management. Most scenario planning efforts identify scenarios based on uncertain response in two key drivers of change (e.g...
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Alexander Bryan, Carolyn Armstrong Enquist
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Physical and geochemical architecture and age of the Pliocene Bicycle Lake basalt, southeastern Fort Irwin, California Physical and geochemical architecture and age of the Pliocene Bicycle Lake basalt, southeastern Fort Irwin, California

The informally named Bicycle Lake basalt forms a volcanic field in southeastern Fort Irwin, California, disrupted by three east-striking faults and linked cross-faults of the Eastern California Shear Zone, and its distribution provides a framework for assessing volcanic field development, groundwater resources, and fault offsets. Previous geochronologic studies yielded ages ranging from...
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David C. Buesch, David M. Miller, Mark E. Stelten
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Volcano Hazards Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Volcano Science Center

Fault-influenced incision in western Grand Canyon, Arizona U.S.A. Fault-influenced incision in western Grand Canyon, Arizona U.S.A.

Preliminary interpretation of new and updated incision rates in western Grand Canyon shows the effects of Quaternary faulting, which dampens river incision rates in the footwalls and amplifies them in the hanging walls of normal faults. In the reach between Lava Falls and Diamond Creek in western Grand Canyon, about 178 to 225 river miles downstream from Lees Ferry, the river crosses the
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Ryan S. Crow, Karl Karlstrom, Warren Sharp, Victor Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, Laura Crossey
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Temporal relations between the Boulder Batholith and Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, western Montana: “The Nature of Batholiths” revised Temporal relations between the Boulder Batholith and Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, western Montana: “The Nature of Batholiths” revised

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Authors
Karen Lund, John N. Aleinikoff
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Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
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