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Structures controlling geothermal circulation identified through gravity and magnetic transects, Surprise Valley, California, northwestern Great Basin
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Authors
Jonathan M.G. Glen, Anne E. Egger, David A. Ponce
Quickly erupted volcanic sections of the Steens Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group: Secular variation, tectonic rotation, and the Steens Mountain reversal
The Steens Basalt, now considered part of the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG), contains the earliest eruptions of this magmatic episode. Lava flows of the Steens Basalt cover about 50,000 km2 of the Oregon Plateau in sections up to 1000 m thick. The large number of continuously exposed, quickly erupted lava flows (some sections contain over 200 flows) allows for small loops in the magnetic fiel
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Nicholas A. Jarboe, Robert S. Coe, Paul R. Renne, Jonathan M. G. Glen, Edward A. Mankinen
Millimeter-scale geologic mapping using field spectroscopy techniques
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Authors
David C. Buesch, Daniel E. Ragona, Mark C. Helmlinger
Wild, scenic and rapid trip down the Colorado River trough: Desert Symposium field trip
This rapid trip will explore wild fluvial and tectonic events resulting in scenic and rugged topography. The extreme differences in elevation caused valleys to be choked by alluvium and incised by the Colorado River drainage system.
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R. E. Reynolds, J. Faulds, P.K. House, Keith A. Howard, Daniel V. Malmon, C. F. Miller, P. A. Pearthree
Overview: The Chemehuevi Formation along the lower Colorado River
A distinctive set of fine-grained deposits occurs throughout the lower Colorado River Valley, extending from just below the mouth of Grand Canyon to well into the river delta below Yuma, AZ (Figure 1), an along-channel distance of over 700 km. Upstream of Parker, Arizona, the deposits consist of scattered erosional remnants up to 150 m above the modern floodplain. Below Parker, they occur in isola
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Daniel V. Malmon, Keith A. Howard
Stratigraphy of Colorado River deposits in lower Mohave Valley, Arizona and California
Deposits in lower Mohave Valley and upper Topock Gorge near Topock, Arizona and Park Moabi, California record a succession of depositional and erosional events since late Miocene time that relate to the development of the Colorado River. Upper Miocene alluvial fans were deposited toward a depocenter east of the present valley bottom, indicating there was no valley outlet then through the area of T
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Keith A. Howard, D.V. Malmon
The geology and tectonic history of Santa Clara County
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Authors
M. Clark Blake, C. M. Wentworth
Minerales en nuestro ambiente
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Authors
Dave G. Frank, John P. Galloway, Susan Garcia, Judy Weathers
Formation of tectonic peperites from alkaline magmas intruded into wet sediments in the Beiya area, western Yunnan, China
Tertiary (3.78 Ma to 3.65 Ma) biotite-K-feldspar porphyritic bodies intrude Tertiary, poorly consolidated lacustrine sedimentary rocks in the Beiya mineral district in southwestern China. The intrusives are characterized by a microcrystalline and vitreous-cryptocrystalline groundmass, by replacement of some tabular K-feldspar phenocrysts with microcrystalline chlorite and calcite, and by Fe-rich r
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Xing-Wang Xu, Xin-Ping Cai, Jia-You Zhong, Bao-Chang Song, Stephen G. Peters
Geology of the Yucca Mountain site area, southwestern Nevada
Yucca Mountain in southwestern Nevada is a prominent, irregularly shaped upland formed by a thick apron of Miocene pyroclastic-flow and fallout tephra deposits, with minor lava flows, that was segmented by through-going, large-displacement normal faults into a series of north-trending, eastwardly tilted structural blocks. The principal volcanic-rock units are the Tiva Canyon and Topopah Spring Tuf
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W. R. Keefer, J. W. Whitney, D.C. Buesch
Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest
We interpret Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in the northwestern United States and adjacent parts of western Canada to describe relative motions of crustal blocks, locking on faults and permanent deformation associated with convergence between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. To estimate angular velocities of the oceanic Juan de Fuca and Explorer plates and several continen
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Robert McCaffrey, Anthony I. Qamar, Robert W. King, Ray E. Wells, G. Khazaradze, C.A. Williams, C.W. Stevens, J.J. Vollick, P.C. Zwick
Gravity and magnetic studies to characterize the geologic framework of the Spring Valley region
No abstract available.
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen