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Late Holocene alluvial geomorphology of the Virgin River in the Zion National Park area, southwest Utah

This study traces the geomorphic development of the alluvial valley of the Virgin River in the Zion National Park region of southwest Utah. The purpose is to identify, date, and interpret the patterns of erosion and deposition that formed the alluvial valley over the past 1,000 years. This information is a basis for understanding how the geomorphology of the alluvial valley changes under essential
Authors
Richard Hereford, Gordon C. Jacoby, V. Alexander McCord

Digital representation of the Washington state geologic map: a contribution to the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project

This report describes the digital representation of the Washington state geologic map (Hunting and others, 1961). This report contains an explantion of why the data were prepared, a description of the digital data, and information on obtaining the digital files. This report is one in a series of digital maps, data files, and reports generated by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide geologic proce
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Gary L. Raines, Bruce R. Johnson

Preliminary geologic map of the Fillmore 7.5' quadrangle, Southern California: A digital database

This Open-File report is a digital geologic map database. This pamphlet serves to introduce and describe the digital data. There is no paper map included in the Open-File report. This digital map database is compiled from previously published sources combined with some new mapping and modifications in nomenclature. The geologic map database delineates map units that are identified by general age
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R.F. Yerkes, R. H. Campbell

Metamorphic facies map of southeastern Alaska: Distribution, facies, and ages of regionally metamorphosed rocks

Nearly all of the bedrock in Southeastern Alaska has been metamorphosed, much of it under medium-grade conditions during metamorphic episodes that were associated with widespread plutonism. The oldest metamorphisms affected probable arc rocks near southern Prince of Wales Island and occurred during early and middle Paleozoic orogenies. The predominant period of metamorphism and associated plutonis
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Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, D. A. Brew, S. L. Douglass

Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera

No abstract available.
Authors
Warren J. Nokleberg, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Kenneth M. Dawson, Roman A. Eremin, Nikolai A. Goryachev, Richard D. Koch, Vladimir V. Ratkin, Ilya S. Rozenblum, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Yuri F. Frolov, Mary E. Gorodinsky, Vladimir D. Melnikov, Nikolai V. Ognyanov, Eugene D. Petrachenko, Anany I. Pozdeev, Katherina V. Ross, Douglas H. Wood, Donald Grybeck, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Lidiya I. Kovbas, Ivan Ya. Nekrasov, Anatoly A. Sidorov

Digital geologic map of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho and Montana

This report describes the contents of a digital dataset (approximately 2 MB) which consists of ARC/INFO Export format files and associated macro programs. The dataset includes a geologic map of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho and Montana that was digitized at a scale of 1:62,500. The dataset also includes macro programs and complete plot files for creating paper copies of the map. A page-siz
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Pamela D. Derkey, Bruce R. Johnson, Michael Carver

Application of a feedforward neural network in the search for kuroko deposits in the Hokuroku District, Japan

A feedforward neural network with one hidden layer and five neurons was trained to recognize the distance to kuroko mineral deposits. Average amounts per hole of pyrite, sericite, and gypsum plus anhydrite as measured by X-rays in 69 drillholes were used to train the net. Drillholes near and between the Fukazawa, Furutobe, and Shakanai mines were used. The training data were selected carefully to
Authors
Donald A. Singer, Ryoichi Kouda

Status and metal content of significant metallic mineral deposits in the Pacific Northwest: A contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Michael L. Zientek, Stephen E. Box, Pamela D. Derkey, James E. Elliott, David Frishman, Roger P. Ashley, Russell C. Evarts, Douglas B. Stoeser, Lorre A. Moyer, Dennis P. Cox, Steve D. Ludington

The generation of oceanic rhyolites by crystal fractionation: the basalt-rhyolite association at Volcán Alcedo, Galápagos archipelago

Alcedo volcano is one of six shield volcanoes on Isabela Island in the western Galápagos Islands. Although Alcedo is dominantiy basaltic, it is unusual in that it also has erupted ∼1 km3 of rhyolite. The rhyolitic phase marked a 10-fold decrease in the mass-eruption rate of the volcano, and the volcano has returned to erupting basalt. The basalts are tholeiitic and range from strongly to sparsely
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Dennis Geist, Keith A. Howard, Peter Larson