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Facies Architecture, Paleo-hydraulics and Fluvial Style of a Falling Stage Terrace Deposit within a Compound Incised Valley System, Ferron Notom Delta, Utah
(2013-05)
Incised valley systems are important because they contain significant hydrocarbon reserves, provide clues into the geologic history of a region, and are crucial for sequence stratigraphic interpretations. The fluvial/deltaic ...
Structural Evolution of the Himalayan Thrust Belt, West Nepal
(2013-08)
Himalayan foreland basin strata were recently documented to crop out in a structural window in the central portion of the Himalayan thrust belt. Presently, structural interpretations of the thrust belt do not explain in ...
Groundwater Withdrawal and Aquifer Compaction: A Case Study in Addicks, Texas
(2013-05)
This study examines the long history of aquifer compaction observed at the Addicks Facility using the continuous measurements of one USGS borehole extensometer (1975-2012) and two Subsidence District GPS stations (1996-2012). ...
PROVENANCE, DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MIDDLE CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES FROM THE ALBERTA FORELAND BASIN
(2013-05)
The Canadian-Alaskan Cordillera exhibits a severely overprinted amalgam of subduction zone, arc, back-arc, ocean basin, and continental margin assemblages that collectively represent more than 750 million years of tectonic ...
ORIGIN OF RIFTED CRATONIC BASINS: TESTING THE SLOW STRETCHING MODEL
(2013-08)
Cratonic basins are large depressions filled with sediments that are located on cratonic shields. They are huge repositories of hydrocarbons, fresh water aquifers, and other important resources, and therefore are of important ...
Delineating the Trace and Kinematics of the Long Point Fault in Houston, Texas using LiDAR Data and Continuous GPS Data
(2013-08)
The Houston metropolitan area, and more broadly the Gulf Coast in general, has numerous normal faults that have caused damage to anthropogenic structures on or near the Earth's surface. These faults offset soft sediments, ...
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Upper Green River Petroleum System in the Uinta Basin, Utah: A Basin Modeling Approach
(2013-05)
The Late Cretaceous Uinta Basin is a foreland basin located in northeastern Utah within the northern most portion of the Colorado Plateau. The basin's uplift and subsidence history and thermal evolution have impacted the ...
TERRESTRIAL AND COSMOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF U-PB ZIRCON, BADDELEYITE, AND PHOSPHATE CHRONOLOGY
(2013-05)
Three different geological and cosmochemical problems are explored by the in situ analysis and U-Pb and Pb-Pb dating of zircon, baddeleyite, and phosphates by LA-ICPMS. These are:
1) In situ U-Pb dating of zircons from ...
MICROSTRUCTURAL AND METAMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE MALTON GNEISS DOME, SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA
(2013-08)
The Malton Gneiss Dome is located in the Southern Canadian Cordillera, at the northern most tip of the Shuswap Metamorphic Core Complex (SMCC). It is one of four domes within the SMCC, and is located closest to the foreland. ...
Subsidence Study in Northwest Harris County Using GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Techniques
(2013-05)
Subsidence has been affecting many cities around the world, such as Nagoya (Japan), Venice (Italy), San Joaquin Valley and Long Beach (California), and Houston (Texas). This phenomenon can be caused by natural processes ...