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January 1, 1991

Neogene rotations and quasicontinuous deformation of the Pacific Northwest continental margin Neogene rotations and quasicontinuous deformation of the Pacific Northwest continental margin

Paleomagnetically determined rotations about vertical axes of 15 to 12 Ma flows of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group of Oregon and Washington decrease smoothly with distance from the plate margin, consistent with a simple physical model for continental deformation that assumes the lithosphere behaves as a thin layer of fluid. The average rate of northward translation of the...

Authors

Philip England, Ray E. Wells

Geology, 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, 1990

K-Ar and fission-track ages (dates) of volcanic, intrusive, altered, and metamorphic rocks in the Mohave Mountains area, west-central Arizona K-Ar and fission-track ages (dates) of volcanic, intrusive, altered, and metamorphic rocks in the Mohave Mountains area, west-central Arizona

No abstract available.

Authors

J. K. Nakata, M.A. Pernokas, Keith Howard, J.R. Shannon

December 31, 1990

Introduction to Special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part I Introduction to Special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part I

No abstract available.

Authors

Keith Howard, R.W. Simpson, G. Haxel

December 31, 1990

Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events

No abstract available.

Authors

M. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper

December 31, 1990

Introduction to special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part II Introduction to special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part II

In May 1988, a multidisciplinary conference was held in Flagstaff, Arizona, to synthesize recent research on the crustal structural and evolution of a transect across the southern Cordillera. This transect extends from the southern Colorado Plateau southwestward across the Arizona Transition Zone, through the Basin and Range province in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, to the San Andreas...

Authors

G. Haxel, R.W. Simpson, Keith Howard

November 10, 1990

The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes

Mesozoic thickening and Cenozoic extension resulted in the juxtaposition of upper and middle crustal rocks in the eastern Mojave Desert, southeastern California and western Arizona. The application of 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology to rocks in this region provides information about the timing and nature of thrusting, plutonism, metamorphism, denudation, and detachment faulting. The 40Ar/39Ar...

Authors

D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison, C. Miller, Keith Howard

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

September 11, 1990

Minerals Yearbook, volume II, Area Reports — Domestic Minerals Yearbook, volume II, Area Reports — Domestic

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Yearbook discusses the performance of the worldwide minerals and materials industries and provides background information to assist in interpreting that performance. Content of the individual Minerals Yearbook volumes follows:Volume I, Metals and Minerals, contains chapters about virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities...

Authors

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

May 1, 1990

Geosciences Geosciences

No abstract available.

Authors

Roger Borcherdt, N. Donovan, D. Eberhart-Phillips, A. Michael, Paul Reasenberg, L. Dietz, W. Ellsworth, Daniel Ponti, Ray E. Wells, R. A. Haugerud, M. Clark, N. Hall

January 1, 1990

The San Andreas Fault System, California The San Andreas Fault System, California

Maps of northern and southern California printed on flyleaf inside front cover and on adjacent pages show faults that have had displacement within the past 2 million years. Those that have had displacement within historical time are shown in red. Bands of red tint emphasize zones of historical displacement; bands of orange tint emphasize major faults that have had Quaternary displacement...

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

January 1, 1990

Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh

Grade-tonnage models are frequency distributions of deposit tonnage and grades of mineral deposits of a specific type. The program described here allows users to prepare standard figures of grade and tonnage distributions and display the deposit name associated with any of the data points. Titles and scales appropriate for most deposit types are plotted automatically for tonnage, Cu, Ni...

Authors

Donald Singer, James Bliss

January 1, 1990

Preliminary ground-water-quality data and the extent of the ground-water basin from drill-hole, seismic, and gravity data in the Palo Alto 7.5' Quadrangle, California Preliminary ground-water-quality data and the extent of the ground-water basin from drill-hole, seismic, and gravity data in the Palo Alto 7.5' Quadrangle, California

No abstract available.

January 1, 1990

Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California

Tertiary strata of the La Honda basin are exposed in the Santa Cruz Mountains along the central California coast south of San Francisco. The basin fill has a composite thickness of more than 14,500 m and consists of sedimentary and volcanic rocks that in places rest on granitic basement rocks of the Salinia terrane. Paleogene strata are mainly turbidite sandstone and hemipelagic mudstone...

Authors

Richard Stanley