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Regenerate faults of small Cenozoic offset as probable earthquake sources in the southeastern United States
No abstract available.
Authors
Carl M. Wentworth, Marcia Mergner-Keefer
Physical factors that could restrict mineral supply
Stages in the metal supply process are affected by each of the following physical (geologic) factors: (1) geographic distribution of concentrations of potential ore minerals, (2) depth of these concentrations, (3) mineralogy, (4) grain size of the minerals, and (5) grade and (6) tonnages of the concentrations. For mineral deposits of each type in each geologic and political environment, the lowest
Authors
John H. DeYoung, Donald A. Singer
The relation between exploration economics and the characteristics of mineral deposits
No abstract available.
Authors
Donald A. Singer, D.L. Mosier
Magnetic effects of maghemitization of oceanic crust
Both theoretical considerations and available experimental results indicate that magnetic effects of maghemitization are strongly dependent on the grain size of the originally unoxidized titanomagnetite. Maghemitization of single‐domain titanomagnetite results in a decrease in coercivity, an increase in susceptibility, and a large decrease in Q ratio. Maghemitization of multidomain titanomagnetite
Authors
M. Prevot, A. Lecaille, Edward A. Mankinen
Two examples of seismic zonation in the San Francisco Bay region
The science of earthquakes in complex, requiring data and research in seismology, geology, soil mechanics, geophysics, hydrology, and engineering. Nevertheless, if earthquake hazards are to be reduced, earth science information must be translated from scientific and technical language into a form that can be effectively used by planners and decisionmakers.
Out of the need to use earth science info
Authors
W. J. Kockelman, E. E. Brabb
Research in the Geysers-Clear Lake geothermal area, Northern California
The Geysers-Clear Lake area is one of two places in the world where major vapor-dominated hydrothermal reservoirs are commercially exploited for electric power production. Because energy can be extracted more efficiently from steam than from hot water, vapor-dominated systems are preferable for electric power generation, although most geothermal electric power facilities tap water-dominated system
Geologic mapping of Kentucky: A history and evaluation of the Kentucky Geological Survey--U.S. Geological Survey Mapping Program, 1960-1978
In 1960, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey began a program to map the State geologically at a scale of 1:24,000 and to publish the maps as 707 U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Maps. Fieldwork was completed by the spring of 1977, and all maps were published by December 1978.
Geologic mapping of the State was proposed by the Kentucky Society of Professional
Authors
Earle Rupert Cressman, Martin C. Noger
Goals, strategies, priorities, and tasks of a national landslide hazard-reduction program
No abstract available.
Authors
Tectonic relations of carbon dioxide discharges and earthquakes
CO2‐rich springs occur worldwide along major zones of seismicity. They are mostly in young orogenic belts, but some are in areas of rifting continental platforms. Analyses of 13C content indicate that much of the CO2 is derived from the mantle and that other important sources are the metamorphism of marine carbonate‐bearing sedimentary rocks and the degradation of organic material. The presence of
Authors
W. P. Irwin, Ivan Barnes