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Field Excursions to the Northern Sierra Nevada of California, the Mining Districts of the Sierra Nevada, and Cretaceous and Paleocene Sediments in Maryland, USA
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Field Excursions to the Northern Sierra Nevada of California, the Mining Districts of the Sierra Nevada, and Cretaceous and Paleocene Sediments in Maryland, USA

Editor(s)
Harvey Kelsey
Harvey Kelsey
Department of Geology, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Arcata, California 95521, USA
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Susan Cashman
Susan Cashman
Department of Geology, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Arcata, California 95521, USA
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Patricia Cashman
Patricia Cashman
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Joan Florsheim
Joan Florsheim
Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California 93106-3060, USA
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Geological Society of America
Volume
65
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1130/FLD065
Copyright:
© 2023 The Geological Society of America. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
9780813756653
ISBN print:
9780813700656
Publication date:
May 09, 2023

The field guides in this volume are associated with the GSA Southeastern/Northeastern Sections Joint Meeting and the Cordilleran Section Meeting. Journey through the geology and paleontology of Cretaceous and Paleocene sediments of the Cabin Branch, Cabin Creek, and Tinkers Creek outcrops in Maryland. Go west and explore the northern Sierra Nevada by tackling the history of tectonics and magmatism along the Yuba Pass and Highway 70 corridors. Next, delve deeper into the northern Sierra Nevada by learning about ophiolites, active tectonics, and geomorphology. Last, take a trip to enjoy the roadside geology of the Bodie and Aurora mining Districts, Mono County, California, and Mineral County, Nevada.

Book Chapter

The blast, the quake, and the bomb: A guide to high-energy events in western Nevada, USA

Author(s)
John N. Louie*
John N. Louie*
Nevada Seismological Laboratory 0174, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0174, USA
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Philipp Ruprecht*
Philipp Ruprecht*
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering 0172, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0172, USA
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Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1130/2023.0065(06)ABS
  • Published:
    May 09, 2023

ABSTRACT

This guide presents an eight-hour, in-person tour of intersecting geologic and human history in western Nevada, USA. A 25 megaton phreatomagmatic blast created a mile-wide (1.6-km-wide) maar, now filled by Soda Lake. The magnitude 7 Dixie Valley earthquake ripped along more than 45 km of the Stillwater Range front in 1954. The 12 kiloton Shoal nuclear test in 1963 created a 50-m-wide cavity in solid granite.

This field trip generally follows the GSA guide published in GSA Field Guide 61 (available at https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa):

Louie, J.N., and Ruprecht, P., 2021, The blast, the quake, and the bomb: A guide to high-energy events in western Nevada, USA, in Florsheim, J., Koeberl, C., McKay, M.P., and Riggs, N., eds., Field Excursions from the 2021 GSA Section Meetings: Geological Society of America Field Guide 61, p. 201–219, https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.0061(09).

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