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Publications from the staff of the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
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Publications of Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2001
The Western Earth Surface Processes Team (WESPT) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts geologic mapping and related topical earth-science studies in the Western United States. This work is focused on areas where modern geologic maps and associated earth-science data are needed to address key societal and environmental issues, such as ground-water quality, landslides and other potential geo
Authors
II Powell, R. W. Graymer
Digital version of "Open-File Report 92-179: Geologic map of the Cow Cove Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"
This is a digital map database version of a previous printed geologic map, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92–179. The original paper map has been faithfully reproduced as a geologic map database for use in a GIS, and thus does not contain updated geologic information for the map area. This publication consists of three parts:
1. Documentation in the form of a this publication's Open File
Authors
Howard G. Wilshire, David R. Bedford, Teresa Coleman
Digital version of "Open-File Report 92-183: Geologic map of the Granite Spring Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"
This is a digital map database version of a previous printed geologic map, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92–183. The original paper map has been faithfully reproduced as a geologic map database for use in a GIS, and thus does not contain updated geologic information for the map area. This publication consists of three parts:
1. Documentation in the form of a this publication's Open File
Authors
Howard G. Wilshire, David R. Bedford, Teresa Coleman
Digital version of "Open-File Report 92-181: Geologic map of the Indian Spring quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"
This is a digital map database version of a previous printed geologic map, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92–181. The original paper map has been faithfully reproduced as a geologic map database for use in a GIS, and thus does not contain updated geologic information for the map area. This publication consists of three parts:
Documentation in the form of a this publication's Open File te
Authors
Howard G. Wilshire, David R. Bedford, Teresa Coleman
Digital version of "Open-File Report 92-182: Geologic map of the Marl Mountains quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"
This is a digital map database version of a previous U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, OF92-182. It contains 3 Arc/Info formatted coverages, distributed in Arc Interchange format, a plottable map representation of the database at 1:24,000 scale in Postscript and Adobe PDF formats, and the original map explanation pamphlet in text, Postscript, and Adobe PDF formats.
Authors
Howard G. Wilshire, David R. Bedford, Teresa Coleman
Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and preliminary analysis
Mineral deposit models are important in exploration planning and quantitative resource assessments for two reasons: (1) grades and tonnages among deposit types are significantly different, and (2) many types occur in different geologic settings that can be identified from geologic maps. Mineral deposit models are the keystone in combining the diverse geoscience information on geology, mineral occu
Authors
Donald A. Singer, Vladimir I. Berger, Barry C. Moring
Data set of world phosphate mines, deposits, and occurrences: Part A. Geologic data. Part B. Location and mineral economic data
An inventory of more than 1,600 world phosphate mines, deposits, and occurrences was compiled from smaller data sets collected as part of multiple research efforts by Carlotta Chernoff, University of Arizona, and Greta Orris, U.S. Geological Survey. These data have been utilized during studies of black shale depositional environments and to construct phosphate deposit models. The compiled data hav
Authors
Carlotta B. Chernoff, G. J. Orris
Abstracts for the symposium on the application of neural networks to the earth sciences
Artificial neural networks are a group of mathematical methods that attempt to mimic some of the processes in the human mind. Although the foundations for these ideas were laid as early as 1943 (McCulloch and Pitts, 1943), it wasn't until 1986 (Rumelhart and McClelland, 1986; Masters, 1995) that applications to practical problems became possible. It is the acknowledged superiority of the human min
Authors
Donald A. Singer
Subsurface and petroleum geology of the southwestern Santa Clara Valley ("Silicon Valley"), California
Gravity anomalies, historical records of exploratory oil wells and oil seeps, new organic-geochemical results, and new stratigraphic and structural data indicate the presence of a concealed, oil-bearing sedimentary basin beneath a highly urbanized part of the Santa Clara Valley, Calif. A conspicuous isostatic-gravity low that extends about 35 km from Palo Alto southeastward to near Los Gatos refle
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Richard G. Stanley, Robert C. Jachens, Paul G. Lillis, Robert J. McLaughlin, Keith A. Kvenvolden, Frances D. Hostettler, Kristin A. McDougall, Leslie B. Magoon
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Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Multielement geochemical dataset of surficial materials for the northern Great Basin
This report presents geochemical data generated during mineral and environmental assessments for the Bureau of Land Management in northern Nevada, northeastern California, southeastern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho, along with metadata and map representations of selected elements. The dataset presented here is a compilation of chemical analyses of over 10,200 stream-sediment and soil samples orig
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Mary Jane Coombs, Boris B. Kotlyar, Steve Ludington, Helen W. Folger, Victor G. Mossotti
Geographic information systems compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, Chukchi Sea, Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses
The accompanying CD-ROM contains a compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, the Chukchi Sea, the Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses. These data sets focus on Alaska, the Russian Far East, and the continental shelves that link these two landmasses. For compatibility with other available geographic information system (GIS) products, our GIS compilation extend
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Simon L. Klemperer, Mark L. Greninger, Warren J. Nokleberg
Progress on geoenvironmental models for selected mineral deposit types
Since the beginning of economic geology as a subdiscipline of the geological sciences, economic geologists have tended to classify mineral deposits on the basis of geological, mineralogical, and geochemical criteria, in efforts to systematize our understanding of mineral deposits as an aid to exploration. These efforts have led to classifications based on commodity, geologic setting (Cox and Singe