Publications
Browse recent USGS publications related to energy resources.
Filter Total Items: 2846
Preliminary geologic map of the Red Bluff 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California Preliminary geologic map of the Red Bluff 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California
No abstract available.
Authors
M.C. Blake, D. S. Harwood, E. J. Helley, W. P. Irwin, A. S. Jayko, D. L. Jones
Proceedings of Conference XXIV; A workshop on Geologic Hazards in Puerto Rico Proceedings of Conference XXIV; A workshop on Geologic Hazards in Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
Authors
Walter W. Hays, Carls J. Kitzmiller, Lynne N. Downer
Paleomagnetism in the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon Paleomagnetism in the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
William P. Irwin, Edward A. Mankinen, C. Sherman Gromme
Paleomagnetic constraints on the interpretation of early Cenozoic Pacific Northwest paleogeography Paleomagnetic constraints on the interpretation of early Cenozoic Pacific Northwest paleogeography
Widespread Cenozoic clockwise tectonic rotation in the Pacific Northwest is an established fact; however, the geologic reconstructions based on these rotations are the subject of continuing debate. Three basic mechanisms have been proposed to explain the rotations: (1) simple shear rotation of marginal terranes caught in the dextral shear couple between oceanic plates and North America;...
Authors
Ray E. Wells
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
Isolated outcrops of deformed, regionally metamorphosed Paleozoic strata are scattered within the southeastern Mojave Desert region of California and western Arizona. These strata unconformably overlie a basement of Proterozoic crystalline rocks and are overlain in turn by metamorphosed Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. The strata can be correlated lithostratigraphically with the classic...
Authors
Paul Stone, Keith A. Howard, Warren Hamilton
Review of "Orogeny," Miyashiro, A., Aki, K., and Sengor, A. M. C., eds., Wiley Review of "Orogeny," Miyashiro, A., Aki, K., and Sengor, A. M. C., eds., Wiley
No abstract available.
Authors
William P. Irwin
Conodonts of the western Paleozoic and Triassic belt, Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon Conodonts of the western Paleozoic and Triassic belt, Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
Conodonts were extracted from 32 samples of limestone and 5 samples of chert obtained from the Western Paleozoic and Triassic belt of the Klamath Mountains province. Triassic conodonts were found in 17 samples, and late Paleozoic conodonts in 7 samples. Conodonts of the remaining 13 samples cannot be dated more closely than early or middle Paleozoic through Triassic. The late Paleozoic...
Authors
William P. Irwin, Bruce R. Wardlaw, T.A. Kaplan
Introduction Introduction
Tectonic and Stratigraphic Studies in the Eastern Great Basin is compiled as a tribute to Max D. Crittenden, Jr., whose geologic leadership and exemplary studies in the eastern Great Basin region have stimulated significant scientific advances. Many of the authors in this volume conducted their studies with assistance from Max, and much of the foundation for these studies is his work on...
Authors
D. M. Miller, Keith A. Howard
New data on the age of Lepidocyclina in California New data on the age of Lepidocyclina in California
During the 1930's and early 1940's, controversy about the age of Lepidocyclina californica and faunas associated with it led to unreconcilable differences of opinion in the attempt to provide a standard stratigraphic framework for Cenozoic rocks of western North America. Two standards with significantly different series age assignments were provided, one based largelyon benthic...
Authors
E. E. Brabb, Kristen McDougall, R.Z. Poore
Tectonic significance of Late Paleozoic to Jurassic radiolarians from the North Fork terrane, Klamath Mountains, California Tectonic significance of Late Paleozoic to Jurassic radiolarians from the North Fork terrane, Klamath Mountains, California
No abstract available.
Authors
Charles D. Blome, William P. Irwin
The ophiolitic North Fork terrane in the Salmon River region, central Klamath Mountains, California The ophiolitic North Fork terrane in the Salmon River region, central Klamath Mountains, California
The North Fork terrane is an assemblage of ophiolitic and other oceanic volcanic and sedimentary rocks that has been internally imbricated and folded. The ophiolitic rocks form a north-trending belt through the central part of the region and consist of a disrupted sequence of homogeneous gabbro, diabase, massive to pillowed basalt, and interleaved tectonitic harzburgite. U-Pb zircon age...
Authors
C.J. Ando, W. P. Irwin, D. L. Jones, J.B. Saleeby
Comment and reply on ‘Transgressive-regressive cycles and the occurrence of coal in some Upper Cretaceous strata of Utah’: Comment Comment and reply on ‘Transgressive-regressive cycles and the occurrence of coal in some Upper Cretaceous strata of Utah’: Comment
No abstract available.
Authors
James E. Fassett