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January 1, 1989

The style of late Cenozoic deformation at the eastern front of the California Coast Ranges The style of late Cenozoic deformation at the eastern front of the California Coast Ranges

The 1983 Coalinga earthquake occurred at the eastern boundary of the California Coast Ranges in response to northeast directed thrusting. Such movements over the past 2 Ma have produced Coalinga anticline by folding above the blind eastern tip of the Coalinga thrust zone. The 600-km length of the Coast Ranges boundary shares a common structural setting that involves westward upturn of...

Authors

Carl Wentworth, Mark Zoback

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

January 1, 1989

Oligocene and Miocene paleogeography of central California and displacement along the San Andreas fault Oligocene and Miocene paleogeography of central California and displacement along the San Andreas fault

Recently completed sedimentologic and petrologic studies of Oligocene and Miocene strata in the Temblor Range (San Joaquin basin) and Santa Cruz Mountains (La Honda basin) permit detailed reconstructions of paleogeography, as well as new estimates of displacement along the San Andreas fault. During the Oligocene and Miocene, the San Joaquin and La Honda basins were contiguous. The...

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S.A. Graham, Richard Stanley, J. Bent, J. Carter

January 1, 1989

Magnesite Magnesite

No abstract available.

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D.A. Kramer

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1989

Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California

We have determined remanent magnetization directions of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff at 41 localities in western Arizona and southeastern California. An unusual northeast and shallow magnetization direction confirms the proposed geologic correlation of isolated outcrops of the tuff from the Colorado Plateau to Barstow, California, a distance of 350 km. The Peach Springs Tuff was...

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Ray E. Wells, John Hillhouse

January 1, 1989

Paleomagnetic study of the Eastern Klamath terrane, California, and implications for the tectonic history of the Klamath Mountains Province Paleomagnetic study of the Eastern Klamath terrane, California, and implications for the tectonic history of the Klamath Mountains Province

Paleomagnetic study of Permian through Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary strata of the Eastern Klamath terrane has shown the remanent magnetization of many of these rocks to be prefolding and most likely primary. Similarities in magnetic declinations recorded by coeval strata over a broad area are consistent with the hypothesis that the terrane, in general, has behaved as a single rigid...

Authors

Edward Mankinen, William P. Irwin, C. Gromme

December 31, 1988

Pb isotopic evidence for the formation of Proterozoic crust in the southwestern United States Pb isotopic evidence for the formation of Proterozoic crust in the southwestern United States

No abstract available.

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J. Wooden, J. Stacey, Keith Howard, B. Doe, D. M. Miller

December 31, 1988

New and revised lithostratigraphic units from the southwestern New England Fold Belt New and revised lithostratigraphic units from the southwestern New England Fold Belt

New and revised lithostratigraphic units are recognized in northern New South Wales. New lithostatigraphic units are: Cara Formation, Whitlow Formation, Bobs Creek Formation, Nangahrah Formation, and Dinoga Formation. Revision of the Woolomin beds to Woolomin Group and Woodsreef Melange is proposed.

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M. Blake, B. Murchey

December 31, 1988

Minimum earthquake magnitude associated with coseismic surface faulting Minimum earthquake magnitude associated with coseismic surface faulting

No abstract available.

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Manuel Bonilla

December 31, 1988

Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Franciscan Complex, northern California: Chapter 38 Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Franciscan Complex, northern California: Chapter 38

No abstract available.

Authors

M. Blake, A. Jayko, R. McLaughlin, M.B. Underwood

January 1, 1988

A guide to commonly used map projections prepared for use in HyperCard, 1988 A guide to commonly used map projections prepared for use in HyperCard, 1988

This guide briefly describes and illustrates the characteristics of 17 map projections commonly used to present thematic data. By means of simple sketches of the basic grid system of longitude and latitude known as the Earth's graticule, the guide shows examples of the following categories of map projections: planes (azimuthal), cones, cylinders, and miscellaneous. The text gives...

Authors

Tau Alpha, Joe Vigil, Lauren Buchholz

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

January 1, 1988

Integrating spatial and frequency information in the search for kuroko deposits of the Hokuroku District, Japan Integrating spatial and frequency information in the search for kuroko deposits of the Hokuroku District, Japan

A new method (FINDER) that uses the area of influence and Bayesian statistics to aid in selection of target areas on the basis of one or more variables and multiple observations was tested with drill hole data. A previously defined bimodal distribution of Na 2 O with the low sodium group confined to a 1.5 X 3.0-km zone beneath the cluster of deposits at Fukazawa was used as a control...

Authors

Donald Singer, Ryoichi Kouda

January 1, 1988

Geologic map of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle, southwest Arizona Geologic map of the Ajo and Lukeville 1° by 2° quadrangle, southwest Arizona

No abstract available.

Authors

Floyd Gray, R. Miller, M. J. Grubensky, R. M. Tosdal, G. Haxel, D. Peterson, D. May, L. Silver

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