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Factors affecting the recognition of faults exposed in exploratory trenches
Trenching-a widely used method for evaluating fault activity-has limitations that can mislead investigators. Some segments of fault strands in trench walls may not be visible, and this nonvisibility can lead to incorrect interpretations of time of most recent displacement and recurrence intervals on a fault. We examined the logs of 163 trench exposures and tabulated data on more than 1,200 fault s
Authors
Manuel G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper
Landform classification of New Mexico by computer
No abstract available.
Authors
Richard Dikau, Earl E. Brabb, Robert M. Mark
Geologic map and structure sections of the Los Gatos 7-1/2' quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California
No abstract available.
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R. J. McLaughlin, J. C. Clark, E. E. Brabb, E. J. Helley
ALACARTE user manual
ALACARTE offers a convenient way to compile geologic maps in the computer as spatial databases that can be used to prepare both cartographic images and analytic derivatives.
It is a menu-controlled shell, organized in geologic terms, that provides on-screen control of the program ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system (GIS).
Input can be from imported scans, digitizer tracing, or on-
Authors
Carl M. Wentworth, Todd T. Fitzgibbon
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 fault syst
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G. B. Haxel, R. W. Simpson, Keith A. Howard
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.
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J. K. Nakata, M.A. Pernokas, Keith A. Howard, J.R. Shannon
Introduction to Special section on the California-Arizona crustal transect: Part I
No abstract available.
Authors
Keith A. Howard, R. W. Simpson, G. B. Haxel
Visibility of fault strands in exploratory trenches and timing of rupture events
No abstract available.
Authors
M. G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper
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 ages of 1
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D.A. Foster, T.M. Harrison, C. F. Miller, Keith A. Howard
The Denali fault system and Alaska Range of Alaska: Evidence for underplated Mesozoic flysch from magnetotelluric surveys
Regional magnetotelluric surveys recently completed across the central and eastern Alaska Range of Alaska provide evidence for large volumes of conductive rocks beneath the core of the range. These conductive rocks may represent a formerly extensive, but now collapsed, Mesozoic flysch basin formed on the leading edge of the Talkeetna superterrane (amalgamated Wrangellia, Peninsular, and Alexander
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W. D. Stanley, Victor F. Labson, Warren J. Nokleberg, Bela Csejtey, M. A. Fisher