The distribution of rare-earth elements in minerals of the monazite family
Sam Rosenblum, Michael Fleischer
1995, Bulletin 2140
Progress made in groundwater flow and transport modeling
Mary C. Hill, Chunmiao Zheng
1995, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (76)
A special session, “Automated Parameter Identification and Sensitivity Analysis in Groundwater Flow and Transport,” was held at the Spring AGU meeting last May to explore recent scientific and technological developments in this expanding research area. The problems and approaches discussed are crucial to any field of Earth science in which...
Mineral and energy resources of the Roswell Resource Area, East-Central New Mexico
Susan B. Bartsch-Winkler, Alessandro J. Donatich, editor(s)
1995, Bulletin 2063
The sedimentary formations of the Roswell Resource Area have significant mineral and energy resources. Some of the pre-Pennsylvanian sequences in the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin are oil and gas reservoirs, and Pennsylvanian rocks in Tucumcari Basin are reservoirs of oil and gas as well as source rocks for...
Late Proterozoic diabase dikes of the New Jersey Highlands; a remnant of Iapetan rifting in the north-central Appalachians
R.A. Volkert, J.H. Puffer
1995, Professional Paper 1565-A
Diabase dikes of widespread occurrence intrude only middle Proterozoic rocks in the New Jersey Highlands. These dikes are enriched in TiO2, P2O5, Zr, and light rare earth elements, and have compositions that range from tholeiitic to alkalic. Dike descriptions, field relations, petrography, geochemistry, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting are discussed. The...
High-3He plume origin and temporal-spatial evolution of the Siberian flood basalts
A. R. Basu, R.J. Poreda, P.R. Renne, F. Teichmann, Y.R. Vasiliev, N.V. Sobolev, B. D. Turrin
1995, Science (269) 822-825
An olivine nephelinite from the lower part of a thick alkalic ultrabasic and mafic sequence of volcanic rocks of the northeastern part of the Siberian flood basalt province (SFBP) yielded a 40Ar/39Ar plateau age of 253.3 ± 2.6 million years, distinctly older than the main tholeiitic pulse of the SFBP at...
Comparison of hydrothermal alteration of carboniferous carbonate and siliclastic rocks in the Valles caldera with outcrops from the Socorro caldera, New Mexico
Augustus K. Armstrong, Jacques R. Renault, Robert L. Oscarson
1995, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (67) 207-220
Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CSDP) drill hole VC-2B [total depth 1761.7 m (5780 ft); maximum temperature 295 °C] was continuously cored through the Sulphur Springs hydrothermal system in the western ring-fracture zone of the 1.14 Ma Valles caldera. Among other units, the hole penetrated 760.2 m (2494.1 ft) of...
Water Budget and Salinity of Walker Lake, western Nevada
James M. Thomas
1995, Fact Sheet 115-95
Walker Lake is one of the rare perennial, terminal lakes in the Great Basin of the western United States. The lake is the terminus for all surface- water and ground-water flow in the Walker River Basin Hydrographic Region that is not consumed by evaporation, sublimation, or transpiration. The concentration of...
An empirical equation for modeling rare earth element mineral-mineral partitioning; an application to mantle metasomatism
James R. Budahn
1995, Open-File Report 91-596
Lithofacies and palynostratigraphy of some Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks, Surghar and Salt Range coal fields, northern Pakistan
Peter D. Warwick, Shahid Javed, S. Tahir A. Mashhadi, Tariq Shakoor, Asrar M. Khan, A. Latif Khan
1995, Bulletin 2096
The stratigraphic relation between the Cretaceous generally non-coal-bearing Lumshiwal Formation (64 to 150 m thick) and the Paleocene coal-bearing Hangu Formation (5 to 50 m thick) in the Surghar Range of north-central Pakistan is complex. Both formations contain remarkably similar lithofacies: one or two types of sandstone lithofacies; a combined...
Stratigraphic significance of siliceous microfossils collected during NAUTIPERC dives (off Peru, 5 °-6°S)
P. De Wever, J. Bourgois, J.-P. Caulet, E. Fourtanier, J. Barron, P. Dumitrica
1995, Marine Micropaleontology (24) 287-305
The geological evolution of the northern Peru convergent margin can be traced using samples collected during deep-sea dives of the submersible Nautile. In the Paita area (5°–6°S), the sedimentary sequence was intensively sampled along the main scarp of the middle slope area. It consists of Upper Miocene (7–9 Ma) to Pleistocene...
Petrology of Submarine Lavas from Kilauea's Puna Ridge, Hawaii
D. A. Clague, James G. Moore, J.E. Dixon, W.B. Friesen
1995, Journal of Petrology (36) 299-349
We have studied 30 quenched tholeiitic lava flows recovered by 20 dredge hauls and one submersible dive along Puna Ridge, the submarine part of the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Glass grains from numerous additional flows were recovered in turbidite sands cored in the Hawaiian Trough. These quenched...
Frequency-moment distribution of deep earthquakes; Implications for the seismogenic zone at the bottom of slabs
E.A. Okal, Stephen H. Kirby
1995, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (92) 169-187
We present a systematic investigation of the variation with depth of the frequency of earthquake occurrence vs. seismic moment based on 16 years of Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor (CMT) solutions. We analyze depth variations of earthquake size distribution in terms of variations in the absolute value of the slope of...
Metamorphic and structural history of continental crust at a Mesozoic collisional margin, the Ruby terrane, central Alaska
S. M. Roeske, Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, John N. Aleinikoff, L.W. Snee, Marvin A. Lanphere
1995, Journal of Metamorphic Geology (13) 25-40
The Ruby terrane is an elongate fragment of continental crustal rocks that is structurally overlain by thrust slices of oceanic crust. Our results from the Kokrines Hills, in the south‐central part of the Ruby terrane, demonstrate that the low‐angle schistose fabric formed under high‐P/low‐T conditions, at peak conditions of 10.8‐13.2 kbar...
Glaciers: A water resource
Mark Meier, Austin Post
1995, Report
Most Americans have never seen a glacier, and most would say that glaciers are rare features found only in inaccessible, isolated wilderness mountains. Are they really so rare? Or are they really potentially important sources of water supply?...
Chemically diverse, sporadic volcanism at seamounts offshore southern and Baja California
A. S. Davis, S.H. Gunn, W.A. Bohrson, L.-B. Gray, J.R. Hein
1995, Geological Society of America Bulletin (107) 554-570
Compositions of lavas from seven small to medium-sized seamounts, between lat 34.0°N and 30.5°N offshore southern and Baja California, include low-K2O tholeiitic, transitional, and mildly to moderately alkalic basalt and their differentiates. The low-K2O tholeiites resemble primitive (>9% MgO) mid-oceanic-ridge basalt (MORB) with low incompatible element abundances and very depleted,...
Fe(III) and S0 reduction by Pelobacter carbinolicus
Derek R. Lovley, Elizabeth J.P. Phillips, D.J. Lonergan, P.K. Widma
1995, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (61) 2132-2138
There is a close phylogenetic relationship between Pelobacter species and members of the genera Desulfuromonas and Geobacter, and yet there has been a perplexing lack of physiological similarities. Pelobacter species have been considered to have a fermentative metabolism. In contrast, Desulfuromonas and Geobacter species have a respiratory metabolism with Fe(III)...
Sea otters and kelp forests in Alaska: Generality and variation in a community ecological paradigm
J. A. Estes, D. O. Duggins
1995, Ecological Monographs (65) 75-100
Multiscale patterns of spatial and temporal variation in density and population structure were used to evaluate the generality of a three—trophic—level cascade among sea otters (Enhydra lutris), invertebrate herbivores, and macroalgae in Alaska. The paradigm holds that where sea otters occur herbivores are rare and plants are abundant, whereas when...
The rare newt of Trail Ridge
C.K. Dodd Jr.
1995, Reptile and Amphibian Magazine 36-37, 45
Abstract not supplied at this time...
Dicofol and DDT residues in lizard carcasses and bird eggs from Texas, Florida, and California
D.R. Clark, Edward L. Flickinger, Donald H. White, R. L. Hothem, A. A. Belisle
1995, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (54) 817-824
Dicofol is an organochlorine agricultural pesticide used to control mites. The principal commercial dicofol product is known as Kelthane TM. More than 70% of dicofol product (about 3 million Ib or 1.4 million kg) sold annually in the U.S. is applied in California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Florida citrus and...
Effect of seasonally changing feeding habits on whole-animal mercury concentrations in Hydropsyche morosa (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)
C.D. Snyder, A.C. Hendricks
1995, Hydrobiologia (299) 115-123
Food habits, net-spinning activity, and whole-animal mercury concentrations in Hydropsyche morosa Hagan were examined monthly over a one year period on the South River, Virginia. Gut content analysis revealed seasonal patterns in the consumption of food that was correlated with net-spinning activity. Between April and October, when feeding...
Mineralogical and geochemical evolution of micas from miarolitic pegmatites of the anorogenic pikes peak batholith, Colorado
E.E. Foord, P. Cerny, L. L. Jackson, David M. Sherman, R.K. Eby
1995, Mineralogy and Petrology (55) 1-26
A suite of 29 micas from miarolitic pegmatites associated with granitic units of the anorogenic Pikes Peak batholith (1.08-1.02 Ga), Colorado range in composition, and follow in paragenetic sequence, from 1M siderophyllite (N = 1), and 3T or 2M1 lithian biotite (N = 5) to 1M zinnwaldite (N = 20)...
Using known populations of pronghorn to evaluate sampling plans and estimators
Kathy M. Kraft, Douglas H. Johnson, Jack M. Samuelson, Stephen H. Allen
1995, Journal of Wildlife Management (59) 129-137
Although sampling plans and estimators of abundance have good theoretical properties, their performance in real situations is rarely assessed because true population sizes are unknown. We evaluated widely used sampling plans and estimators of population size on 3 known clustered distributions of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). Our criteria were accuracy of...
Scour measurements at bridge sites during 1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin flood
David S. Mueller, Mark N. Landers, Edward E. Fischer
1995, Transportation Research Record 47-55
The record flood on the upper Mississippi River basin during the summer of 1993 provided a rare opportunity for collection of data on streambed scour at bridges and for testing of scour data collection equipment under extreme hydraulic conditions. Real-time scour measurements at bridges are categorized into one of three...
Comparison of the petrography, palynology, and paleobotany of the Little Fire Creek coal bed, southwestern Virginia, U.S.A.
Brenda Pierce, Cortland F. Eble, R.W. Stanton
1995, Organic Geochemistry (22) 51-71
Two continuous cores that penetrated the Lower Pennsylvanian Little Fire Creek coal bed in the Southwestern coal field in southwestern Virginia were sampled and X-ray radiographed to determine subunit distinctions. Comparison of petrographic, palynologic, and paleobotanic data from the same sample sets from the two cores allowed for comparison of...
Proterozoic low-Ti iron-oxide deposits in New York and New Jersey: Relation to Fe-oxide (Cu-U-Au-rare earth element) deposits and tectonic implications
M. P. Foose, J. M. McLelland
1995, Geology (23) 665-668
Low-Ti iron-oxide deposits in exposed Grenville-age rocks of New York and New Jersey belong to a distinct class of iron-oxide (Cu-U-Au–rare earth element [REE]) deposits that includes similar iron deposits in southeastern Missouri and the Kiruna district of Sweden, the giant Olympic Dam...