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Geology Of The Southern Nevada Region
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Author :National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Far Western Section. Spring Field Conference Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Geology of the Southern Nevada Region by : National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Far Western Section. Spring Field Conference
Download or read book Geology of the Southern Nevada Region written by National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Far Western Section. Spring Field Conference and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geology of the Nevada Test Site and Nearby Areas, Southern Nevada by : Scott Sinnock
Download or read book Geology of the Nevada Test Site and Nearby Areas, Southern Nevada written by Scott Sinnock and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site (NTS) lies in the southern part of the Great Basin Section of the Basin and Range Physiographic Province. This report addresses the geological setting of the NTS in the context of the current waste isolation policy. The intent is to provide a synthesis of geological conditions at the NTS and nearby areas so that a general background of information is available for assessing the possible role of geology in providing protections for humans from buried radioactive wastes. The NTS is characterized by alluvium-filled, topographically closed valleys surrounded by ranges composed of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and Tertiary volcanic tuffs and lavas. The Paleozoic rocks are a miogeosynclinal sequence of about 13,000 ft of pre-Cambrian to Cambrian clastic deposits (predominantly quartzites) overlain by about 14,000 ft of Cambrian through Devonian carbonates, 8000 ft of Mississippian argillites and quartzites, and 3000 ft of Pennsylvanian to Permian limestones. Tertiary volcanic rocks are predominantly silicic composition and were extruded from numerous eruptive centers during Miocene and Pliocene epochs. Within eruptive caldera depressions, volcanic deposits accumulated to perhaps 10,000 ft in total thickness, thinning to extinction outward from the calderas. Extrusion of minor amounts of basalts accompanied Pliocene and Pleistocene filling of structural basins with detritus from the ranges. Regional compressional and extensional structures as well as local volcanic structures occur in the NTS region. Normal extensional faulting coincided with the outbreak of volcanism during the Miocene and was superimposed on existing Mesozoic structures. Continued extensional deformation may be occurring at the present time.
Book Synopsis B029: Geology of the Silver City District and the Southern Portion of the Comstock Lode, Nevada by : Vincent Paul Gianella
Download or read book B029: Geology of the Silver City District and the Southern Portion of the Comstock Lode, Nevada written by Vincent Paul Gianella and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 1937 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Structural Relationships of Pre-Tertiary Rocks in the Nevada Test Site Region, Southern Nevada by : James C. Cole
Download or read book Structural Relationships of Pre-Tertiary Rocks in the Nevada Test Site Region, Southern Nevada written by James C. Cole and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Geology and Climatology of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California by : John S. Stuckless
Download or read book The Geology and Climatology of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California written by John S. Stuckless and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bibliography with Abstracts of Geological Literature Pertaining to Southern Nevada with Particular Reference to the Nevada Test Site by : James R. Connolly
Download or read book Bibliography with Abstracts of Geological Literature Pertaining to Southern Nevada with Particular Reference to the Nevada Test Site written by James R. Connolly and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hydrology and Geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California by : John S. Stuckless
Download or read book Hydrology and Geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California written by John S. Stuckless and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada by : Brian P. Wernicke
Download or read book Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada written by Brian P. Wernicke and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1990 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District, Nevada by : Frederick Leslie Ransome
Download or read book Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District, Nevada written by Frederick Leslie Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Nevada by : Frank DeCourten
Download or read book Roadside Geology of Nevada written by Frank DeCourten and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. --Publisher.
Download or read book Geology and Mining Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology of Nevada written by and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geology of the Chief District, Lincoln County, Nevada by : Eugene Callaghan
Download or read book Geology of the Chief District, Lincoln County, Nevada written by Eugene Callaghan and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 1936 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geology of the Eureka District, Nevada by : Arnold Hague
Download or read book Geology of the Eureka District, Nevada written by Arnold Hague and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geology of the Las Vegas Area, Clark County, Nevada by :
Download or read book Geology of the Las Vegas Area, Clark County, Nevada written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Geology of the Nevada Test Site and Surrounding Area by : H. Lawrence McKague
Download or read book The Geology of the Nevada Test Site and Surrounding Area written by H. Lawrence McKague and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 186. The Nevada Test Site (NTS) was established on December 18, 1950, to provide an area for continental testing of nuclear devices. In January of 1951, testing began with an airdrop into Frenchman Flat in conjunction with Operation Ranger. In addition to airdrops, above ground testing included surface detonations, tower shots, and balloon suspensions. Underground testing began in 1957, and since 1963, all events have been buried in large-diameter drill holes or tunnels. Geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapped much of the NTS region between 1960 and 1965. These maps formed the basis for subsequent studies by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the USGS. A good understanding of the stratigraphy, structure, geochemistry, and physical properties of the rocks is essential for containment of underground nuclear tests. Many of the recent geologic studies at NTS, particularly in Yucca Flat, Pahute Mesa, and Mid Valley, are aimed at understanding subsurface geology to help ensure complete containment. The potential nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) by road northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, and situated on land controlled by three Federal agencies; the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Energy (Nevada Test Site), and the U.S. Air Force (Nellis Air Force Range).
Book Synopsis Geology of the North Muddy Mountains, Clark County, Nevada and Regional Structural Synthesis by : Daniel G. Carpenter
Download or read book Geology of the North Muddy Mountains, Clark County, Nevada and Regional Structural Synthesis written by Daniel G. Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Muddy Mountains are located in southern Nevada, about 65 km northeast of Las Vegas and near the eastern boundary of the Basin and Range province. The north-south-trending range block is bounded on the east and west, respectively, by east- and west-dipping, high-angle normal faults. Sevier age contractional and Cenozoic age extensional structures are present in the range. The Summit thrust and Willow Tank thrust crop out, respectively, on the southwest and northeast sides of the North Muddy Mountains. A newly mapped thrust segment connects the Summit and Willow Tank thrusts. It juxtaposed Jurassic on Cretaceous age rocks. The most recent displacement on the thrust is bracketed between 95.8 +/- 3.5 Ma (age of youngest deformed rocks) and 93.1 +/- 3.4 Ma (age of oldest overlying undeformed beds). These numbers indicate an Albian to Turonian age range for the thrust. The Summit-Willow Tank thrust sheet was later folded by a northwest-southeast-trending, southwest inclined fold train by displacement on the Arrowhead fault, a Miocene and possibly younger extensional structure. The oldest (Albian) synorogenic deposits in the area contain exotic clasts of formations that were not involved in local thrusting; the debris was transported eastward from older thrust sheets. Younger (Cenomanian) synorogenic beds are composed of Mesozoic age clasts at the base of the section, grading to early paleozoic age clasts near the top (reverse clast stratigraphy). This succession represents progressively deeper erosion of thrust sheets during thrusting. The younger synorogenic beds do not contain exotic clasts from older, more westerly, thrust sheets. This observation suggests that local thrust sheets formed highlands that shut off the westerly source provenance. Rotation of horst and graben blocks on Cenozoic normal and oblique-slip faults caused dismembering of older Sevierage fold-thrust structures, and in some cases refolded them into new orientations. Seismic reflection sections show wedge-shaped sedimentary beds, indicating that range-bounding normal faults formed half-grabens. The normal faults appear to be listric impling that the net slip on these faults is a measure of the regional horizontal extension.
