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Geologic constraints on the upper limits of reserve growth
For many oil and gas fields, estimates of ultimate recovery (the sum of cumulative production plus estimated reserves) tend to increase from one year to the next, and the gain is called reserve growth. Forecasts of reserve growth by the U.S. Geological Survey rely on statistical analyses of historical records of oil and gas production and estimated reserves. The preproposal in this Open-File Repor
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Richard G. Stanley
Preliminary compilation of data for selected oil test wells in Northern California
Oil test wells can provide information on the depth, age, inclination, porosity, permeability, density, faulting, folding, and organic content of geologic formations mapped at the surface, or on units not recognized in surface outcrops. Formation density, as expressed in sonic and density logs commonly obtained when wells are drilled, has become increasingly important in making a crustal-scale 3-D
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Earl E. Brabb, Charles L. Powell, Thomas M. Brocher
Geologic map and database of the Roseburg 30' x 60' quadrangle, Douglas and Coos Counties, Oregon
The Roseburg 30' x 60' Quadrangle covers the southeastern margin of the Oregon Coast Range and its tectonic boundary with Mesozoic terranes of the Klamath Mountains (see figures 1 and 2 in pamphlet, also shown on map sheet). The geologic framework of the Roseburg area was established by the pioneering work of Diller (1898), Wells and Peck, (1961) and Ewart Baldwin (1974) and his students (see figu
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Ray E. Wells, A. S. Jayko, A. R. Niem, G. Black, T. Wiley, E. Baldwin, K. M. Molenaar, K. L. Wheeler, C. B. DuRoss, R. W. Givler
Calculating depths to shallow magnetic sources using aeromagnetic data from the Tucson Basin
Using gridded high-resolution aeromagnetic data, the performance of several automated 3-D depth-to-source methods was evaluated over shallow control sources based on how close their depth estimates came to the actual depths to the tops of the sources. For all three control sources, only the simple analytic signal method, the local wavenumber method applied to the vertical integral of the magnetic
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Daniel W. Casto
Geologic map of the Lake Mathews 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-479 contains a digital geologic map database of the Lake Mathews 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, containing a Correlation of Map Units diagram
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Douglas M. Morton, F. Harold Weber
Geologic map of the Riverside East 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-452 contains a digital geologic map database of the Riverside East 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, containing a Correlation of Map Units diagra
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Douglas M. Morton, Brett F. Cox
Geologic map of the Riverside West 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-451 contains a digital geologic map database of the Riverside West 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, containing a Correlation of Map Units diagr
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Douglas M. Morton, Brett F. Cox
Geologic map of the Sunnymead 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-450 contains a digital geologic map database of the Sunnymead 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, containing a Correlation of Map Units diagram (CM
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Douglas M. Morton, Jonathan C. Matti
Geologic map of the Steele Peak 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-449 contains a digital geologic map database of the Steele Peak 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 Units diag
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Douglas M. Morton, Rachel M. Alvarez, Van M. Diep
Chemical composition of samples collected from waste rock dumps and other mining-related features at selected phosphate mines in southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northern Utah
This report provides chemical analyses for 31 samples collected from various phosphate mine sites in southeastern Idaho (25), northern Utah (2), and western Wyoming (4). The sampling effort was undertaken as a reconnaissance and does not constitute a characterization of mine wastes. Twenty-five samples were collected from waste rock dumps, 2 from stockpiles, and 1 each from slag, tailings, mill sh
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Phillip R. Moyle, J. Douglas Causey
Implications for the formation of the Hollywood Basin from gravity interpretations of the northern Los Angeles Basin, California
Gravity data provide insights on the complex tectonic history and structural development of the northern Los Angeles Basin region. The Hollywood basin appears to be a long (> 12 km), narrow (up to 2 km wide) trough lying between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Wilshire arch. In the deepest parts of the Hollywood basin, the modeled average thickness ranges from roughly 250 m if filled with only
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Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Jeffrey G. Davidson, Daniel J. Ponti, V. E. Langenheim
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