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January 1, 1981

Research in the Geysers-Clear Lake geothermal area, Northern California

The Geysers-Clear Lake area is one of two places in the world where major vapor-dominated hydrothermal reservoirs are commercially exploited for electric power production. Because energy can be extracted more efficiently from steam than from hot water, vapor-dominated systems are preferable for electric power generation, although most geothermal electric power facilities tap water-dominated system

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

January 1, 1981

Geologic mapping of Kentucky: A history and evaluation of the Kentucky Geological Survey--U.S. Geological Survey Mapping Program, 1960-1978

In 1960, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey began a program to map the State geologically at a scale of 1:24,000 and to publish the maps as 707 U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Maps. Fieldwork was completed by the spring of 1977, and all maps were published by December 1978. Geologic mapping of the State was proposed by the Kentucky Society of Professional

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Earle Rupert Cressman, Martin C. Noger

January 1, 1981

Goals, strategies, priorities, and tasks of a national landslide hazard-reduction program

No abstract available.

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

December 31, 1980

The Klamath Mountains

No abstract available.

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W. P. Irwin

December 31, 1980

Tectonic relations of carbon dioxide discharges and earthquakes

CO2‐rich springs occur worldwide along major zones of seismicity. They are mostly in young orogenic belts, but some are in areas of rifting continental platforms. Analyses of 13C content indicate that much of the CO2 is derived from the mantle and that other important sources are the metamorphism of marine carbonate‐bearing sedimentary rocks and the degradation of organic material. The presence of

Authors

W. P. Irwin, Ivan Barnes

December 31, 1980

Annual review of environmental geology

No abstract available.

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R.N. Passero, E. E. Brabb

January 1, 1980

Preliminary geologic map of the Loma-Prieta Quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California

No abstract available.

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T.W. Dibblee, Earl E. Brabb

January 1, 1980

Geological Survey research 1980

A summary of recent significant scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress.

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

January 1, 1980

K-Ar age of alunite alteration at Red Mountain, Lake City area, western San Juan Mountains, Colorado

No abstract available.

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H. H. Mehnert, J. F. Slack, G. T. Cebula

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 1980

Metamorphic infrastructure in the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada

The metamorphic complex of the northern Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada exposes Paleozoic strata that are metamorphosed to sillimanite grade, migmatized, and recumbently folded. Nappes are variously overturned to the east, north, south, and west. The deeper part of this metamorphic infrastructure is a migmatitic zone pervaded by pegmatitic two-mica granite. A structurally higher transition z

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Keith A. Howard

January 1, 1980

What can grade-tonnage relations really tell us?

No abstract available.

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Donald A. Singer, John H. DeYoung

January 1, 1980

Some quantitative properties of mineral deposits

No abstract available.

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W. D. Menzie, Donald A. Singer