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Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, CaliforniaThis study evaluated the mineral resources of the wilderness by (1) a geochemical study of bedrock and stream sediment samples, (2) a reexamination of recorded mining claims, and (3) an analysis of an aeromagnetic map of the area. A geologic map was also made during the study to provide a framework for these three methods of mineral surveying. The 553 bedroc...

Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the South Warner Wilderness, Modoc County, CaliforniaThis study evaluated the mineral resources of the wilderness by (1) a geochemical study of bedrock and stream sediment samples, (2) a reexamination of recorded mining claims, and (3) an analysis of an aeromagnetic map of the area. A geologic map was also made during the study to provide a framework for these three methods of mineral surveying. The 553 bedroc...

Excerpt from Geology of the Sierra Foothills Melange and Adjacent Areas, Amador County, CaliforniaAvailable data are ambiguous but suggest that rocks were inter mixed to form the melange when the strata were horizontal or nearly so. Similarly, the overlying Logtown Ridge and Mariposa Formations were faulted when these rocks were essentially horizontal. The entire section was subsequently tilted to its present, nearly vertical position.About th...

Excerpt from Geology of the Sierra Foothills Melange and Adjacent Areas, Amador County, CaliforniaAvailable data are ambiguous but suggest that rocks were inter mixed to form the melange when the strata were horizontal or nearly so. Similarly, the overlying Logtown Ridge and Mariposa Formations were faulted when these rocks were essentially horizontal. The entire section was subsequently tilted to its present, nearly vertical position.About th...

Don't wait for a trip to the thermal pools of Iceland or the black beaches of Hawaii to discover what's so hot about volcanoes. Warm up with a copy of What's So Hot About Volcanoes. Lively discussions introduce readers of all ages to the creative power of volcanoes, explaining the reasons behind where they form, what they look like, and when they explode. Think of a volcano as the safety valve on a pressure cooker, author Wendell Duffield tell...

Welcome to the year 2025. Following a lengthy approval process seemingly driven more by politics than science, the nation's inventory of high-level radioactive waste is finally stored in underground passageways dug into the guts of Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Two years later, the unexpected and unthinkable happens ... a violent volcanic eruption blasts its way through the mountain. Because Yucca is saturated with the percolating abundant rainfall ...

Have you ever wondered what a serious research scientist writes during spare time? Such folks are not all one-track-mind nerds. This book invites you to explore the life path of a small-town Upper Midwest farm boy who unexpectedly found himself on a heady highway of education that produced a PhD-toting research geologist devoted to learning about volcanoes. Early on in this career, the main-stem joy of publishing results of his fiery-volcano r...

As aging atheist and semi-retired geologist Frank Stone becomes depressed over the possibility that his exciting career of studying volcanoes is rapidly coming to an end, the opportunity to pursue one last project unexpectedly enters his university office. The bearer of this welcome news is Richard Stewart, the university's seismologist. Stewart is a staunch Mormon, married and with several children. Stone is childless by choice, and is marrie...

On the universal quest for personal independence and for fulfillment of growing-up dreams, a small-town Minnesota boy turns to raising runt piglets as a way to earn spending money of his own. Then a series of mysterious and unexpected postcards from a school called Phillips Exeter Academy begins to arrive, flooding his plans with uncertainty and confusing his inexperienced parents as to what is best for their son. From Piglets To Prep School: ...

Follow scientists and technicians of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory as they scramble to take the pulse of Big Island volcanoes in attempts to forewarn the public of impending eruption, progress is made, but complete understanding of these powerful forces of nature remains frustratingly elusive. Watch bad guys and harmless hippies as they cultivate illegal gardens of marijuana on the slopes of Kilauea Volcano, directly in the path of searing ...