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Megalineament in southeastern Alaska marks southwest edge of Coast Range batholithic complex

The Coast Range megalineament is a prominent, nearly continuous topographic and structural feature that extends southeastward about 550 km (330 mi) from its junction with the Chatham Strait – Lynn Canal fault at Point Sherman to Tongass Passage near the mouth of Pearse Canal where it leaves southeastern Alaska. It probably extends still further southeastward into British Columbia along Work Channe
Authors
David A. Brew, A. B. Ford

Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.
Authors
Florence R. Weber, H.L. Foster, T. E. Keith, Cynthia Dusel-Bacon

Lithium in the McDermitt caldera, Nevada and Oregon

Anomalously high concentrations of lithium in fluviatile-lacustrine sediments near McDermitt, Nevada, may constitute a potential resource. These sediments are associated with a caldera about 45 km in diameter that is a result of volcanic activity, subsidence and sedimentation chiefly of Miocene age. The sediments originally were vitroclastic and now consist chiefly of authigenic zeolites, clay min
Authors
Richard K. Glanzman, J. H. McCarthy, James J. Rytuba

Distribution and character of upper mesozoic subduction complexes along the west coast of North America

Structurally complex sequences of sedimentary, volcanic, and intrusive igneous rocks characterize a nearly continuous narrow band along the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California, Mexico to southern Alaska. They occur in two modes: (1) as complexly folded but coherent sequences of graywacke and argillite that locally exhibit blueschist-grade metamorphism, and (2) as melanges containin
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D. L. Jones, M. C. Blake, E. H. Bailey, R. J. McLaughlin

Age measurements of potassium-bearing sulfide minerals by the 40Ar/39Ar technique

K-Ar ages have been determined for sulfide minerals for the first time. The occurrence of adequate amounts of potassium-bearing sulfides with ideal compositions K3Fe10S14 (∼10 wt.% K) and KFe2S3 (∼16 wt.% K) in samples from a mafic alkalic diatreme at Coyote Peak, California, prompted an attempt to date these materials. K3Fe10S14, a massive mineral with conchoidal fracture, gives an age of 29.4 ±
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G.K. Czamanske, M. A. Lanphere, Richard C. Erd, M. C. Blake