Author: Hugh McLeanPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Distribution and Juxtaposition of Mesozoic Lithotectonic Elements in the Basement of the Santa Maria Basin, California
Author: Hugh McLeanDistribution and Juxtaposition of Mesozoic Lithotectonic Elements in the Basement of the Santa Maria Basin, California
Author: Hugh McLeanDistribution and Juxtaposition of Mesozoic Lithotectonic Elements in the Basement of the Santa Maria Basin, California
Author: Hugh McLeanU.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Colin F. WilliamsPublisher:
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Category : Argillite
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Phosphatic concretions occur within diatomite in the upper part of the Miocene Monterey Formation near Lompoc, Calif. Absence of disruption of fine laminar bedding in the associated sediment by the concretions shows that they formed after complete compaction of the enclosing sediment.The concretions exhibit a strongly concentric color, chemical, and mineralogic zonation. Many of them are composed of a nucleus in which vivianite is the dominant mineral. Amorphous ferric phosphate, mitridatite, and francolite are the dominant phosphatic phases in successive layers toward the surface of the concretions. Cd and As contents increase tenfold from the nucleus outward, reaching a maximum of 2,000 ppm, whereas Ni content, with a maximum of 720 ppm, and Co content show the opposite trend. This mineralogy and elemental composition favor accretion under conditions of continuously increasing Eh and pH, during uplift into the fresh-ground-water zone of the terrestrial environment. Shale-normalized rare-earth-element patterns, however, suggest a marine source for the elements biogenic debris consisting of opal-A, organic matter, and carbonates of the enclosing sediment.
New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Age of the Lospe Formation (Early Miocene) and Origin of the Santa Maria Basin, California
Author: Richard G. StanleyPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
New Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Conglomerates of the Upper Middle Eocene to Lower Miocene Sespe Formation Along the Santa Ynez Fault
Author: Jeffrey L. HowardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Argillite
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Net Dextral Slip, Neogene San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault Zone, Coastal California
Author: William R. DickinsonPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813723914
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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