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Book review: Economic geology: Principles and practice: Metals, minerals, coal and hydrocarbons—Introduction to formation and sustainable exploitation of mineral deposits
This volume, available in both hardcover and paperback, is an English translation of the fifth edition of the German language text Mineralische und Energie-Rohstoffe. The book provides an extensive overview of natural resources and societal issues associated with extracting raw materials. The comprehensive list of raw materials discussed includes metals, industrial minerals, coal, and hydrocarbons
Authors
Eric Anderson
Basin thickness variations at the Junction of the Eastern California Shear Zone and the San Bernardino Mountains, California: How thick could the Pliocene sections be?
We estimate the thickness of Neogene basin fill along the junction of the Eastern
California Shear Zone and the North Frontal thrust system of the San Bernardino Mountains
using gravity data with geologic and well log constraints. The geometry of the basin fill is of
interest for groundwater assessment and location of potential faults, as well as providing an upper
bound on the thickness of any po
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Victoria E. Langenheim, Tammy L. Surko, Phillip A. Armstrong, Jonathan C. Matti
Dzhezkazgan and associated sandstone copper deposits of the Chu-Sarysu basin, Central Kazakhstan
Sandstone-hosted copper (sandstone Cu) deposits occur within a 200-km reach of the northern Chu-Sarysu basin of central Kazakhstan (Dzhezkazgan and Zhaman-Aibat deposits, and the Zhilandy group of deposits). The deposits consist of Cu sulfide minerals as intergranular cement and grain replacement in 10 ore-bearing members of sandstone and conglomerate within a 600- to 1,000-m thick Pennsylvanian f
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Stephen E. Box, Reimar Seltmann, Michael L. Zientek, Boris Syusyura, Robert A. Creaser, Alla Dolgopolova
Environmental and medical geochemistry in urban disaster response and preparedness
History abounds with accounts of cities that were destroyed or significantly damaged by natural or anthropogenic disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, wildland–urban wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, urban firestorms, terrorist attacks, and armed conflicts. Burgeoning megacities place ever more people in the way of harm from future disasters. In addition to the physical damage
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Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Suzette A. Morman, A. Cook
Arsenic-induced biochemical and genotoxic effects and distribution in tissues of Sprague-Dawley rats
Arsenic (As) is a well documented human carcinogen. However, its mechanisms of toxic action and carcinogenic potential in animals have not been conclusive. In this research, we investigated the biochemical and genotoxic effects of As and studied its distribution in selected tissues of Sprague–Dawley rats. Four groups of six male rats, each weighing approximately 60 ± 2 g, were injected intraperito
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Anita K. Patlolla, Todor I. Todorov, Paul B. Tchounwou, Gijsbert van der Voet, Jose A. Centeno
Pyrite–sulfosalt reactions and semimetal fractionation in the Chinkuashih, Taiwan, copper–gold deposit: A 1 Ma paleo-fumarole
The mineralized fracture system that underlay paleo-fumarole field at Chinkuashih, Taiwan has been exposed by copper–gold mining to depths of about 550 m below the paleo-surface. Its mineralogy and systematic variations in metal and semimetal (Fe, Cu, As, Sb, Bi, Hg, Cd, Sn, Zn, Pb, Se, Te, Au, Ag) concentrations provide insights into the chemical responses of a magmatic-vapor phase as it expands
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R.W. Henley, Byron R. Berger
Summary of the geology of the northern part of the Sierra Cuchillo, Socorro and Sierra Counties, southwestern New Mexico
The northern part of the Sierra Cuchillo is located within the northeastern part of the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field west of the Rio Grande rift in the Basin and Range Province, approximately 50 km northwest of Truth or Consequences in south-central New Mexico. The Sierra Cuchillo is a north-south, elongated horst block composed of Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks, sparse outcrops of Lower P
Authors
Florian Maldonado
Vegetation, substrate, and eolian sediment transport at Teesto Wash, Navajo Nation, 2009-2012
On the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States, warming temperatures and recent drought have increased eolian (windblown) sediment mobility such that large, migrating sand dunes affect grazing lands, housing, and road access. We present an assessment of seasonal variations in sand transport, mobility, and ground cover (vegetation and substrate) within a 0.2-km2 study area near Teesto Wash, south
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Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, Lee Amoroso
Contemporary seismicity in and around the Yakima-Fold-and-Thrust Belt in eastern Washington
We examined characteristics of routinely cataloged seismicity from 1970 to the present in and around the Yakima fold‐and‐thrust belt (YFTB) in eastern Washington to determine if the characteristics of contemporary seismicity provide clues about regional‐scale active tectonics or about more localized, near‐surface processes. We employed new structural and hydrologic models of the Columbia River bas
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J. Gomberg, B. Sherrod, M. Trautman, E. Burns, Diane Snyder
Porphyry copper assessment of the Tibetan Plateau, China: Chapter F in Global mineral resource assessment
The U.S. Geological Survey collaborated with the China Geological Survey to conduct a mineral-resource assessment of resources in porphyry copper deposits on the Tibetan Plateau in western China. This area hosts several very large porphyry deposits, exemplified by the Yulong and Qulong deposits, each containing at least 7,000,000 metric tons (t) of copper. However, large parts of the area are unde
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Steve Ludington, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gilpin R. Robinson, John L. Mars, Robert J. Miller
Regional geophysical expression of a carbonatite terrane in the eastern Mojave Desert, California
A world-class, rare earth element carbonatite deposit is located near Mountain Pass, in the eastern Mojave Desert of California and is hosted by Proterozoic rocks that extend along the eastern margins of the Clark Mountain Range, Mescal Range, and Ivanpah Mountains in a north-northwest trending fault-bounded block. This Proterozoic block is generally composed of a complex of 1.7 - 1.6 Ga gneisses
Authors
David A. Ponce, Kevin M. Denton, David M. Miller
Release rates of solutes from phosphatic shales in southeast Idaho, USA
No abstract available.
Authors
Michael C. Amacher, Lisa L. Stillings