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National Geochronological Database
The National Geochronological Data Base (NGDB) was established by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to collect and organize published isotopic (also known as radiometric) ages of rocks in the United States. The NGDB (originally known as the Radioactive Age Data Base, RADB) was started in 1974. A committee appointed by the Director of the USGS was given the mission to investigate the feasi
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Jan Revised by Sloan, Christopher D. Henry, Melanie Hopkins, Steve Ludington, Robert E. Zartman, Charles A. Bush, Carl Abston
Structural plays in Ellesmerian sequence and correlative strata of the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Reservoirs in deformed rocks of the Ellesmerian sequence in southern NPRA are assigned to two hydrocarbon plays, the Thrust-Belt play and the Ellesmerian Structural play. The two plays differ in that the Thrust-Belt play consists of reservoirs located in allochthonous strata in the frontal part of the Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, whereas those of the Ellesmerian Structural play are located i
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Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter
Use of a probabilistic neural network to reduce costs of selecting construction rock
Rocks used as construction aggregate in temperate climates deteriorate to differing degrees because of repeated freezing and thawing. The magnitude of the deterioration depends on the rock's properties. Aggregate, including crushed carbonate rock, is required to have minimum geotechnical qualities before it can be used in asphalt and concrete. In order to reduce chances of premature and expensive
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Donald A. Singer, James D. Bliss
Geologic database for digital geology of California, Nevada, and Utah— An application of the North American Data Model
The USGS is creating an integrated national database for digital state geologic maps that includes stratigraphic, age, and lithologic information. The majority of the conterminous 48 states have digital geologic base maps available, often at scales of 1:500,000. This product is a prototype, and is intended to demonstrate the types of derivative maps that will be possible with the national integrat
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David R. Bedford, Steve Ludington, Constance M. Nutt, Paul A. Stone, David M. Miller, Robert J. Miller, David L. Wagner, George J. Saucedo
Preliminary geologic map of the Murrieta 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
The Murrieta quadrangle is located in the northern part of the Peninsular Ranges Province and includes parts of two structural blocks, or structural subdivisions of the province. The quadrangle is diagonally crossed by the active Elsinore fault zone, a major fault zone of the San Andreas fault system, and separates the Santa Ana Mountains block to the west from the Perris block to the east. Both
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Michael P. Kennedy, Douglas M. Morton
Preliminary northeast Asia geodynamics map
This map portrays the geodynamics of Northeast Asia at a scale of 1:5,000,000 using the concepts of plate tectonics and analysis of terranes and overlap assemblages. The map is the result of a detailed compilation and synthesis at 5 million scale and is part of a major international collaborative study of the Mineral Resources, Metallogenesis, and Tectonics of Northeast Asia conducted from 1997 th
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Leonid M. Parfenov, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Gombosuren Badarch, Robert J. Miller, Vera V. Naumova, Warren J. Nokleberg, Masatsugu Ogasawara, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Hongquan Yan
Preliminary paleomagnetic results from the Coyote Creek Outdoor Classroom drill hole, Santa Clara Valley, California
Paleomagnetic samples were obtained from cores taken during the drilling of a research well along Coyote Creek in San Jose, California, in order to use the geomagnetic field behavior recorded in those samples to provide age constraints for the sediment encountered. The well reached a depth of 308 meters and material apparently was deposited largely (entirely?) during the Brunhes Normal Polarity Ch
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Edward A. Mankinen, Carl M. Wentworth
Preliminary publications book 2 from project on mineral resources, metallogenesis, and tectonics of northeast Asia
This is the Web version of a CD-ROM publication. This report consists of summary major compilations and syntheses accomplished in the six-year project through April 2003 for the study on the Mineral Resources, Metallogenesis, and Tectonics of Northeast Asia (Eastern and Southern Siberia, Mongolia, Northeastern China, South Korea, and Japan). The major scientific goals and benefits of the project a
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Warren J. Nokleberg, Robert J. Miller, Vera V. Naumova, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Leonid M. Parfenov, Mikhail I. Kuzmin, Tatiana M. Bounaeva, Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Sergey M. Rodionov, Zhan V. Seminskiy, Michael F. Diggles
Preliminary metallogenic belt and mineral deposit maps for northeast Asia
The metallogenic belts and locations of major mineral deposits of Northeast Asia are portrayed on Sheets 1-4. Sheet 1 portrays the location of significant lode deposits and placer districts at a scale of 1:7,500,000. Sheets 2-4 portray the metallogenic belts of the region in a series of 12 time-slices from the Archean through the Quaternary at a scale of 1:15,000,000. For all four map sheets, a ge
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Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Sergey M. Rodionov, Gunchin Dejidmaa, Ochir Gerel, Duk-Hwan Hwang, Elimir G. Distanov, Gombosuren Badarch, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Masatsugu Ogasawara, Warren J. Nokleberg, Leonid M. Parfenov, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Zhan V. Seminskiy, Alexander P. Smelov, Hongquan Yan, Gennandiy V. Birul'kin, Yuriy V.V. Davydov, Valeriy Yu. Fridovskiy, Gennandiy N. Gamyanin, Alexei V. Kostin, Sergey A. Letunov, Xujun Li, Valeriy M. Nikitin, Sadahisa Sotnikov, Vitaly I. Sudo, Alexander V. Spiridonov, Vitaly A. Stepanov, Fengyue Sun, Jiapeng Sun, Weizhi Sun, Valeriy M. Supletsov, Vladimir F. Timofeev, Oleg A. Tyan, Valeriy G. Vetluzhskikh, Koji Wakita, Yakov V. Yakovlev, Lydia M. Zorina
Geology of Badlands National Park: A preliminary report
Badlands National Park is host to perhaps the most scenic geology and landscape features in the Western Interior region of the United States. Ongoing erosion that forms the "badlands" exposes ancient sedimentary strata of Late Cretaceous through Oligocene age. Quaternary erosional and depositional processes are responsible for most of the modern landscape features in the park and surrounding regio
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Philip W. Stoffer
Geologic map of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
Open-File Report 03-096 contains a digital geologic map database of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California that includes:
ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 8. 2 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map.
A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a Correlation of Map Unit
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J. P. Calzia, Bennie W. Troxel, Christian G. Raumann
Geologic map and digital database of the Bachelor Mountain 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 03-102 contains a digital geologic map database of the Bachelor Mountain 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes:
ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map.
A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a Correlation of Map Unit
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Douglas M. Morton, Michael P. Kennedy, Kelly R. Bovard, Diane Burns