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New insights into Arctic paleogeography and tectonics from U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology
To test existing models for the formation of the Amerasian Basin, detrital zircon suites from 12 samples of Triassic sandstone from the circum-Arctic region were dated by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The northern Verkhoyansk (NE Russia) has Permo-Carboniferous (265-320 Ma) and Cambro-Silurian (410-505 Ma) zircon populations derived via river systems from th
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E. L. Miller, J. Toro, G. Gehrels, J.M. Amato, A. Prokopiev, M.I. Tuchkova, V.V. Akinin, T.A. Dumitru, Thomas E. Moore, M.P. Cecile
Reducing risk in exploration under cover
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Donald A. Singer, Ryoichi Kouda
Birth of the lower Colorado River–Stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence for its inception near the conjunction of Nevada, Arizona, and California
A detailed record of the late Cenozoic history of the lower Colorado River can be inferred from alluvial and (likely) lacustrine stratigraphy exposed in dissected alluvial basins below the mouth of the Grand Canyon. Numerous sites in Mohave, Cottonwood, and Detrital valleys contain stratigraphic records that directly bear on the mode, timing, and consequences of the river’s inception and integrati
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Kyle House, Keith A. Howard, J. W. Bell, M. E. Perkins, J. E. Faulds, A. Brock
Net dextral slip, Neogene San Gregorio–Hosgri fault zone, coastal California: Geologic evidence and tectonic implications
Reinterpretation of onshore and offshore geologic mapping, examination of a key offshore well core, and revision of cross-fault ties indicate Neogene dextral strike slip of 156 ± 4 km along the San Gregorio–Hosgri fault zone, a major strand of the San Andreas transform system in coastal California. Delineating the full course of the fault, defining net slip across it, and showing its relationship
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William R. Dickinson, Mihai N. Ducea, Lewis I. Rosenberg, H. Gary Greene, Stephan A. Graham, Joseph C. Clark, Gerald E. Weber, Steven Kidder, W. Gary Ernst, Earl E. Brabb
Assessment of drift stability with consideration of spatial variation of lithophysal cavities at Yucca Mountain
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M. Lin, Mark P. Board, D.C. Kicker, J. Leem, B. Damjanac, David C. Buesch
Economics of 1998 U.S. Geological Survey's 1002 Area regional assessment: An economic update
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E. D. Attanasi
Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System of the Transylvanian Basin Province, Romania, Eastern Europe
The Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System and the Transylvanian Neogene Suprasalt Gas Assessment Unit were identified in the Transylvanian Basin Province (4057), which lies entirely within the country of Romania. The assessment unit is composed of middle Miocene (Badenian) to Pliocene strata. Gas from the assessment unit is biogenic and originated from bacterial activity on dispersed orga
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Mark Pawlewicz
Undiscovered oil resources in the Federal portion of the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: An economic update
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Emil D. Attanasi
Stratigraphic framework, structure, and thermal maturity of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary rocks in relation to hydrocarbon potential, Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana
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Ronald C. Johnson, Thomas M. Finn, David J. Taylor, Vito F. Nuccio
Kimmeridgian Shales Total Petroleum System of the North Sea Graben Province
The North Sea Graben of northwestern Europe, World Energy Project Province 4025, is entirely offshore within the territorial waters of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Extensional tectonics and failed rifting are fundamental to the distribution of oil and gas in the province. Accordingly, the geologic history and reser-voir rocks of the province are considered in
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Donald L. Gautier
U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results
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Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Philip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Schenk
Implications of volcanism in coastal California for the Neogene deformation history of western North America
The geologic record of coastal California includes evidence of numerous volcanic centers younger than 30 Ma that do not appear to have erupted in an arc setting. By correlating these volcanic centers with specific slab windows predicted from analysis of magnetic anomalies on the Pacific plate, we add new constraints to tectonic reconstructions since 30 Ma. Our correlations, such as erupting the Mo
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Douglas S. Wilson, Patricia A. McCrory, Richard G. Stanley