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December 31, 1983

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 cratonal Paleoz

Authors

Paul Stone, Keith A. Howard, Warren Hamilton

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

December 31, 1983

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 the forela

Authors

D. M. Miller, Keith A. Howard

December 31, 1983

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

December 31, 1983

Review of "Orogeny," Miyashiro, A., Aki, K., and Sengor, A. M. C., eds., Wiley

No abstract available.

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William P. Irwin

December 31, 1983

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 data on a

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C.J. Ando, W. P. Irwin, D. L. Jones, J.B. Saleeby

December 31, 1983

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 conodonts a

Authors

William P. Irwin, Bruce R. Wardlaw, T.A. Kaplan

December 31, 1983

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 foraminifers and th

Authors

E. E. Brabb, Kristen McDougall, R. Z. Poore

January 1, 1983

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 seismicity i

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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

January 1, 1983

Hypermag: An interactive, two-dimensional gravity and magnetic modeling program

No abstract available.

Authors

R. W. Saltus, Richard J. Blakely

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 1983

Studies in Tertiary stratigraphy of the California Coast Ranges

The correlation of rocks of Paleogene age in California with those in Europe has had a long and complex history that can only be highlighted here. Kleinpell (1938, p. 168-181), in his classic work defining Miocene benthic1 foraminiferal stages of California, attempted to correlate faunas of California with those of western Europe and elsewhere. He pointed out that rocks usually considered lower Mi

January 1, 1983

Summary of workshops concerning regional seismic source zones of parts of the conterminous United States, convened by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1979-1980, Golden, Colorado

Workshops were convened by the U.S. Geological Survey to obtain the latest information and concepts relative to defining seismic source zones for five regions of the United States. The zones, with some modifications, have been used in preparation of new national probabilistic ground motion hazard maps by the U.S. Geological Survey. The five regions addressed are the Great Basin, the Northern Rocky

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P. C. Thenhaus, F. A. McKeown, R.C. Bucknam, D. C. Ross, R.E. Anderson, W. P. Irwin, D. P. Russ, W. H. Diment

December 31, 1982

Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane

No abstract available.

Authors

Keith A. Howard, Paul Stone, M.A. Pernokas, R. F. Marvin