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USGS Geology in the Parks Although the largest volcanoes like Mount St. Helens get the most attention, the Cascades is really made up of a band of thousands of very small, short-lived volcanoes that have built a platform of lava and volcanic debris. Location map of Cascades volcanoes and volcanic platform. Rising above this volcanic platform are a few strikingly large volcanoes that dominate the landscape. geopubs.wr.usgs.gov /docs/parks/province/cascade1.html   (240 words)

Geology of the Paleozoic Era Deposition of platform sequences (shallow water sediments) on most of the craton due to several trangression and regressions of shallow (epeiric) seas. East coast of Laurentia characterized by thickcontinental margin sediments deposited on craton platform (Sauk Sea carbonates and black shales) and in a widening Iapetus Ocean. Deposition of El Paso and Montoya group carbonates in shallow (ankle to chin deep) epeiric seas in a tropical setting for which there is no modern example. www.epcc.edu /ftp/Homes/krimkus/paleogeonotes.htm   (1018 words)

t41d in fm01 This contrasts with the western edge of the platform, north of Isabela and west of Fernandina, that is dominated by submarine rift zones and is interpreted as younger volcanic terrain. The complexity of the morphology and variability of constructional and erosional terrains along the western margin of the platform are clear indicators of the more youthful terrain immediately north and west of Fernandina, the leading edge of the Gal\'{a}pagos hotspot. AB: The Gal pagos Islands and hotspot tracks on the Cocos and Nazca Plates (Cocos, Carnegie, Malpelo and Coiba Ridges) extend the activity of the Gal pagos hotspot to nearly 20 Ma (Malpelo and Carnegie Ridges). www.agu.org /cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=fm01&database=/data/epubs/wais/indexes/fm01/fm01&maxhits=200&="T41D"   (2107 words)

sed_cu.txt 57.5 95 AS 118 Krasnoye RUSA 57 30 121 0 Russia Reduced facies Cu Sandstone L. Proterozoic 2000 "Narkelyun, L.F., Bezrodnikh, Y.P., and Kularov, M.A., 1969, Copper potential of sedimentary bodies in South Siberian Platform: International Geology Review, v. Black phyllite L. Proterozoic 1800 "Pyrite, chalcopyrite" Contains Cu-Co "Narkelyun, L.F., Bezrodnikh, Y.P., and Kularov, M.A., 1969, Copper potential of sedimentary bodies in South Siberian Platform: International Geology Review, v. Zoned py-cp-bn-cp-py "Bowen, R., and Gunatilaka, A, 1977, Copper: its geology and economics: New York, John Wiley&Sons, 366 p. wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /open-file/of03-107/data/sed_cu.txt   (11257 words)

S_A_Geology_Hallett1 With these words, the Department of Mines and Energy have introduced the Hallett Cove Geological Trail to Geologists, Geology students and the general public of Australia for the purposes of study, research and plain enjoyment of the natural surroundings. A major proportion of the important geological events that have taken place in South Australia can be studied in the area, including faults, folds, unconformities, synclines, anticlines, erosion, deposition, wave-cut platforms and evidence of glaciation. This has produced the present cliffs, wave-cut platform, beach, and badlands landscape of the Amphitheatre. www.angelfire.com /rock3/rickirving/S_A_Geology_Hallett1.html   (863 words)

Structural geology bibliography Gladkov, V. G., Nikitin, V. P., and Khrenov, P. M., 1970, About the question of kinematics of halogenating in the profiles and in the folded belt of the Southern part of the Siberian Platform: Academy of Sciences of the USSR Reports, v. Moore, J. et al., 1982, Geology and tectonic evolution of a juvenile accretionary terrane along a truncated convergent margin: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. Zolotov, A. et al., 1968, Structure of the gas condensate deposit of Parfenovskii horizon of Markovskii oil field: Geology of Oil and Gas, v. www.talkorigins.org /origins/biblio/structural_geology.html   (815 words)

Marine and Petroleum Geology. K.A. Al-Thour, Facies sequences of the Middle-Upper Jurassic carbonate platform (Amran Group) in the Sana'a region, Republic of Yemen, Marine and Petroleum Geology 14 (6) (1997) pp. Ahsan, D.A. Karlsen, R.L. Patience, Petroleum biodegradation in the Tertiary reservoirs of the North Sea, Marine and Petroleum Geology 14 (1) (1997) pp. G.A. Cole, M.A. Abu-Ali, E.L. Colling, H.I. Halpern, W.J. Carrigan, G.R. Savage, R.J. Scolaro, S.H. Al-Sharidi, Petroleum geochemistry of the Midyan and Jaizan basins of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Marine and Petroleum Geology 12 (6) (1995) pp. www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/02648172/viewer.htt?viewtype=authors   (832 words)

Petroleum geology bibliography Yanshin, A. L., 1962, Forecasts of discovery of salts in the territiry of Siberia: Academy of Science of the USSR, Siberian Department, Geology and Geophysics, v. Peterson, J. A., and Clarke, J. W., 1991, Geology and Hydrocarbon Habitat of the West Siberian Basin, 32 of AAPG Studies in Geology: Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 96 p. Gretener, P. E., 1977, On the character of thrust faults with particular reference to the basal tongues: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. www.talkorigins.org /origins/biblio/petroleum_geology.html   (2832 words)

Geology of Kent and the Boulonnais However, the Kent succession has considerable palaeontological and lithological similarity to that developed to the west of Oxford, notably in the occurrence of rocks that may equate with the sandy facies of the Chipping Norton Formation, the Hampen Marly Formation and the White Limestone Formation (Lamplugh et al, 1923; Arkell, 1933; Cope et al, 1980). The sequence here begins in the Middle Devonian (Givetian) with clastics containing plant debris, which are followed by shallow-water platform carbonates; earlier Devonian (Lochkovian) sediments belonging to the Dinant Basin are known from deep boreholes to the south of the Grande Faille du Midi, e.g. In the Boulonnais, the Kellaways Formation is represented only by a thin unit (up to 5 m, but typically much less) of ferruginous oolitic marls, the Marnes ferrugineuses de Belle, with a rich bivalve and ammonite fauna including Sigaloceras calloviense. www.geologyshop.co.uk /geolkb.htm   (2832 words)

Geology of Kent and the Boulonnais The work involved not only researching the surface and subsurface geology of Kent, but also that of the Boulonnais. The sequence here begins in the Middle Devonian (Givetian) with clastics containing plant debris, which are followed by shallow-water platform carbonates; earlier Devonian (Lochkovian) sediments belonging to the Dinant Basin are known from deep boreholes to the south of the Grande Faille du Midi, e.g. Red and green mottled sandstones, conglomerates and siltstones of Old Red Sandstone facies were proved beneath Carboniferous Limestone in the Harmansole borehole [TR 142 529], just to the west of the coalfield and also in three boreholes near Chislet at the northern limit of the coalfield (Holmes, 1981). www.geologyshop.co.uk /geolkb.htm   (14969 words)

PALEOTECTONICS and SEDIMENTOLOGY of the PREALPES MEDIANES Growth structures on faults and folds, fan shaped sedimentary wedges, strong onlaps, slumps and resediments are but some of the more obvious sedimentation structures due to syndepositional tectonics during this period. To the S of this structure develops a deep basin filled by the Sinemurian to Bajocian Heiti Formation (including the Tours d'Aï area) and further S is the Médianes Rigides platform domain. The proposed "model" allows us to explain locally compressional synsedimentary structures such as progressively rotated (up to 100°) sedimentary unconformities (synsedimentary growth folds: Suppe et al. www-sst.unil.ch /research/prealps/PALEO.HTM   (2737 words)

NPS: Nature & Science» Geology: Coastal Geology in our National Parks NPS » Nature and Science » Geology » Coastal Geology Biota become established on this physically shaped platform through the favorable interaction between prevailing physical forces and biological components of the environment. The water-land interface is a dynamic zone often extending inland to encompass erosion, deposition, landslides (mass wasting), and movement of material (mud, silt, sand, cobbles, and boulders), and extending seaward to encompass tidal flats, mangrove swamps, and other low profile land forms. www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/coastal   (520 words)

Economic geology bibliography Fassett, J. E., and Hinds, J. S., 1971, Geology and fuel resources of the Fruitland Formation and Kirtland Shale of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado: United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper, v. Gladkov, V. G., Nikitin, V. P., and Khrenov, P. M., 1970, About the question of kinematics of halogenating in the profiles and in the folded belt of the Southern part of the Siberian Platform: Academy of Sciences of the USSR Reports, v. Fuks, A. B., and Fuks, B. A., 1979, Genesis of the oil belt of the Nepsko- Butoubiskoy anticline deposits: Geology of Oil and Gas, v. www.talkorigins.org /origins/biblio/economic_geology.html   (902 words)

Petroleum geology bibliography Peterson, J. A., and Clarke, J. W., 1991, Geology and Hydrocarbon Habitat of the West Siberian Basin, 32 of AAPG Studies in Geology: Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 96 p. Yanshin, A. L., 1962, Forecasts of discovery of salts in the territiry of Siberia: Academy of Science of the USSR, Siberian Department, Geology and Geophysics, v. Bazanov, E. A., 1973, Geological structure of Yaraktinskoye oil field in Irkutsk region: Geology of Oil and Gas, v. www.talkorigins.org /origins/biblio/petroleum_geology.html   (902 words)

USGS Astrogeology: A. Wesley Ward, Jr. Fenton, L.K. and Ward, A. W., 2002, Geology and Geomorphology of dunes in the Noachis region, Mars; 33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston. Member, Thesis Committees, Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona University: 1983-85; 1984-87; 1986-89 Ward, A.W. and Hendricks, J.D. (eds.), Geology and Geophysics of the Mohon Mountains Volcanic Field, West Central Arizona, USGS Bulletin, published someday. astrogeology.usgs.gov /About/People/WesWard   (1790 words)

U.S. Geological Survey Studies in the New York Bight, Geologic Background Early seismic-reflection investigations of the sedimentary sequences in the Long Island Platform and Baltimore Canyon Trough (Robertson, 1964; Emery and Uchupi, 1965; Uchupi and Emery, 1967; Garrison, 1970; Schlee and others, 1976) identified acoustic reflectors within the upper Late Jurassic-Cenozoic strata of the Baltimore Canyon Trough and Long Island Platform. Uchupi, E., Driscoll, N., Ballard, R.D., and Bolmer, S.T., 2001, Drainage of late Wisconsin glacial lakes and the morphology and late Quaternary stratigraphy of the New Jersey - southern New England continental shelf and slope: Marine Geology, v. A major fault, the New York Bight Fault, trends along the western margin of a Mesozoic rift basin on the western edge of the Long Island Platform (Hutchinson and Grow, 1984). woodshole.er.usgs.gov /project-pages/newyork/geologicbkgrnd.html   (1786 words)

Essentials of Geology : Chapter 15 : Overview Here wave erosion may produce wave-cut notches, cliff retreat, wave platforms (benches), honeycomb-weathering patterns, sea arches, and sea stacks. Waves are another one of those topics that you should be careful not to skim over too lightly, for the author presents more than the average landlubber would believe there is to know about waves. You read about their causes and geometric shapes and nomenclature, including the terms “wave base,” “strength and fetch of a wind,” “ripples,” “swells,” “amplitude and wavelength of a wave,” “breakers and surf zones,” “swash and backwash,” “effects on embayments and headlands,” “longshore currents,” and “rip currents.” www.wwnorton.com /earth/egeo/overview/ch15.htm   (844 words)

GEOLOGY OF ALPS ITICO facies with stromatolites, Trento Platform, SOUTHERN ALPS The boundary Klaus Formation/Ra diolarite, NORTHERN CALCAREOUS ALPS emnants of the Alpine Tethys, Chenaillet, WESTERN ALPS www.fotogeo-jwieczorek.ans.pl /alps.htm   (96 words)

Grand Canyon Rock Layers The retreat of the Canyon rim is attributed primarily to the erosion of this layer which forms the top of the Tonto Platform. This is probably the most prominent rock layer in the Canyon as it usually forms a sheer cliff ranging from 400-500 feet in height, which has become a natural barrier between the upper and lower regions of the Canyon. Galeros Formaton - This layer is composed of interbedded sandstone, limestone and shale. www.kaibab.org /geology/gc_layer.htm   (1563 words)

USGS Open File Report 99-50G Timan-Pechora Basin - References Malysheva, E.O., Belyaeva, N.V., Maidl, T.V., Ressetar, R., and Smale, J., 1992, Stratigraphic sequences and oil and gas complexes of the Pechora basin, northeastern Russian platform USSR (abs): Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts, 1992 Annual Convention, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), p. Dedeyev, V.A., Aminov, L.Z., Molin, V.A., and Yudin, V.V., 1993, Tectonics and systematic distribution of deposits of energy resources of the Pechora platform: Petroleum Geology, v. Oknova, N.S., 1993, Oil-gas prospects of the upper Permian — Mesozoic sediments of the Pechora — Barents sea basin: Petroleum Geology, v. greenwood.cr.usgs.gov /energy/WorldEnergy/OF99-50G/references.html   (1563 words)

Subsurface Characterization of Selected Water Bodies in the St. Johns River Water Management District, Northeast Florida - USGS Open File Report 00-180 Hine, A.C. 1997, Structural and Paleoceanographic Evolution of the Margins of the Florida Platform: in: Randazzo, A.F. and Jones, D.S. (eds.), The Geology of Florida, University Press of Florida, p. White, W. 1970, The Geomorphology of the Florida Peninsula: Florida Bureau of Geology, Geological Bulletin 51, 165 p. Schmidt, W. 1997, Geomorphology and Physiography of Florida: in: Randazzo, A.F. and Jones, D.S. (eds.), The Geology of Florida, University Press of Florida, p. coastal.er.usgs.gov /publications/ofr/00-180/intro/references.html   (1639 words)

Conrad Neumann Neumann, A.C. Bebout, B.M., McNeese, L.R., Paull, C.K., and Paerl, H.A., 1989, Modern stromatolites and associated mats: San Salvador, Bahamas, in Mylroie, J.E., ed., Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, Bahamian Field Station, p. Slowey, N.C., Neumann, A.C., and Baldwin, K.C., 1989, Seismic expression of Quaternary climatic cycles in the peri-platform carbonate oozes of the northern Bahamas: Geol. Neumann, A.C. and Hearty, P.J., 1998, Rapid sea-level changes at the close of the last interglacial (substage 5e) recorded in Bahamian island geology (Reply), Geology: September, 1998. www.geosci.unc.edu /faculty/neumann/neumann.html   (363 words)

Journal of Geoscience Education: Bringing the Field into the Classroom by Using Dynamic Digital Maps to Engage Undergraduate Students in Petrology Research DDMs are versatile and can potentially be adapted effectively from 100-level introductory geology labs to research-oriented graduate level courses and in a variety of geologic sub-disciplines. The DDM template is presently being converted to a cross-platform open-source format that will enable others to make their own DDMs for any field of interest. The application of DDMs is not limited to the field of petrology; effective projects can be developed for other sub-disciplines in geology such as geomorphology, structural geology and map-based introductory geology labs. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4089/is_200409/ai_n9443783   (1385 words)

RESUME - GRAHAM R. DAVIES, Ph.D., P.Geol. Davies, G.R., and Nassichuk, W.W., 1991, Carboniferous and Permian history of the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Islands; Chapter 13, Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland, in H.P. Trettin, edit., Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 3 (also Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, V.E.), p. Geologist, Research Scientist, Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary. Davies, G.R., and Krouse, H.R., 1975, Sulphur isotope composition of Paleozoic sulphate evaporites, Arctic Archipelago. www.gdgc.com /grdavies-resume.html   (1385 words)

Structural geology and regional geology In this region, lower Paleozoic carbonate platform terranes have been juxtaposed with upper Paleozoic-lower Mesozoic basinal deposits along the outer edge of the collapsed passive continental margin of the Siberian platform in a complex polyphase deformation history. A regional westward-convex bend in structural trends in the Chersky Range of northeastern Yakutia is defined by northwest-trending structures to the southwest and northeast-trending structures to the northeast. The structural boundary between the northeastern Brooks Range and the main axis of the northern Brooks Range is characterized by a transition from unfaulted detachment folds to detachment folds that have been truncated and displaced by thrust faults. www.gi.alaska.edu /TSRG/People/Wallace/WKWabstracts.html   (1385 words)

Sacramento Mountains Bibliography San Andres and Grayburg Platform, Atlas of Major Rocky Mountain Gas Reservoirs: Socorro, NM, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, p. DUTTON, S.P., and ORR, E.D., 1986, Hydrogeology and hydrochemical facies of the San Andres Formation in eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 157, 58 p. HUNT, D., 1994, Architecture and sequential development of a Mississippian carbonate platform as exemplified by the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico [abs.]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1994 Annual Convention Program (Denver CO), v. www.geoinfo.nmt.edu /staff/scholle/sacrabiblio.html   (1385 words)

"+opener.document.title+" P.; Rodgers, John; and Thompson, J.B., Jr., eds., Geology of the Appalachian Highlands of east-central New York, southern Vermont and southern New Hampshire: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, 65th, Boston, Guidebook for field trips in New England, 71 p. 399-414 in Watkins, J. S.; Feng, Zhiqiang; and McMillen, K. eds., Geology and geophysics of continental margins: Tulsa, OK, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 53, 419 p. 167-185 in Crevello, P. D., Wilson, J. L., Sarg, J. F., and Read, J. eds., Controls on carbonate platform and basin development: Tulsa, OK, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication No. 44, 405 p. www.hofstra.edu /FORMS/FORMS_printPage.cfm?thepage=GEO_qtref   (1385 words)

Scottish Geology - Jura The High Rock Platform and its low backing cliff are clearly developed in the upper part of the photo, running from top left to middle right. At its seaward margin, the High Rock Platform is truncated by the prominent backing cliff of the Main Rock Platform. Raised shorelines on the west coast of Jura, north of Loch Tarbert. www.scottishgeology.com /classic_sites/locations/jura.html   (747 words)

untitled Seber, Dogan, Muawia Barazangi, Thomas Chaimov, Damen Al-Saad, Tarif Sawaf, and Mohammed Khaddour, Geometry and velocity structure of the Palmyride fold-thrust belt and surrounding Arabian platform in Syria, in 1st International symposium on eastern Mediterranean Geology, 103-110, Adana, Turkey, 1993. Seber, Dogan, Muawia Barazangi, Thomas Chaimov, Dames Al-Saad, Tarif Sawaf, and Mohammed Khaddour, Upper crustal velocity structure and basement morphology beneath the intracontinental Palmyride fold-thrust belt and north Arabian platform in Syria, Geophysical Journal International, 113, 752-766, 1993. Brew, Graham, Robert Litak, Dogan Seber, Muawia Barazangi, Anwar Al-Imam, and Tarif Sawaf, Basement depth and sedimentary velocity structure in the northern Arabian platform, Eastern Syria, Geophysical Journal International, 128, 617-631, 1997. atlas.geo.cornell.edu /people/seber/publications.html   (747 words)

lehrmann Lehrmann, D.J., Enos, Paul, Payne, J. L., Montgomery, P., Wei, Jiayong, Yu Youyi, Xiao Jiafei and Orchard, M. Permian and Triassic depositional history of the Yangtze platform and Great Bank of Guizhou in the Nanpanjiang basin of Guizhou and Guangxi, south China: Albertiana, v. J., Payne, J. L., Enos, Paul, Wei, Jiayong, Yu, Youyi, Bowring, S. A., Ramezani, J., Orchard, M. J., Montgomery, P. Schrag, D.P., and Knoll, A. H., 2005, End-Permian extinction and biotic recovery: a complete record from an isotleated carbonate platform, the Great Bank of Guizhou, south China: Albertiana, v. J., Wei Jiayong, and Paul Enos, 1998, Controls on facies architecture of a large Triassic carbonate platform: the Great Bank of Guizhou, Nanpanjiang Basin South China: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B, V. 68, n. www.uwosh.edu /faculty_staff/lehrmann/home.htm   (3763 words)

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