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Douglas, Steve

A Study of the Western Triassic and Paleozoic Belt - Ironside Mountain Batholith Relationship as Exposed in the New River Gorge, Trinity County, California

1968

Fitzgerald, George T. Jr.

Geology of Little Glass Mountain, California

1968

Meyer, Charles E.

The Alkaline Igneous Rocks of Northwestern Humboldt County

1968

Crowley, Jack A.

Minerology and Origin of Several Geotectonic Inclusions, Willow Creek Quad, Humboldt County, California

1969

Lant, Richard A.

A Preliminary Study of the Heavy Minerals from the Salmon River, Siskiyou County, California

1969

Gribi, Dan

Applied Seismology

1970

McFarlan, Joseph M.

Petrologic Study Near Trinity Lake, California

1970

Raschen, Rory E.

Evidence for an Ophiolitic Site in the Western Paleozoic and Triassic Belt of Northwestern California

1970

Stein, Catherine M.

Depths of Emplacement of some Franciscan Pillow Lavas

1970

White, William F. Jr.

Geology of an Area near Coloma, Sierra Nevada Foothills, Eldorado County, California

1970

Brundage, Tom

An Ultramafic-Granitic Contact in the Southeastern Trinity Alps

1970

Madonna, James A.

Classification and Trace Metal Examination of Ore from the Daisy Fluorspar Mine, Nye County, Nevada

1971

Pape, Richard F.

Geology of the Shelter Cove Area, Humboldt County, California

1971

Parke, D. L.

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of aSection along Boulder Creek, Humboldt County, California

1971

Tuttle, Daniel J.

The Geology of Grizzly Creek, Humboldt County, California

1971

Young, Richard B.

The Paleontology of the Falor Formation, Humboldt County, California

1971

Bamer, Jerry

Water Chemistry and Heavy Mineral Study of the East Fork of Willow Creek, California

1972

Abbay, Thomas R.

Geology of the Area Southwest of Garberville, Humboldt County, California

1972

DeMouthe, Jean F.

Geologic Reconnaissance of the Gold Bluffs Formation for the Purpose of Determining its Origin

1972

Ebert, George

Earth Science

1972

Gibbs, Ronald B.

Geology of a Portion of theWeaverville Formation at Hyampom, Trinity County, California

1972

Inman, Dennis

An Index of Refraction and Specific Gravity Study of Co-Magmatic Rock Suites

1972

Moory, Randall L.

Land Use on Oil Producing Areas, Kern County, California

1972

Smith, Theodore C.

Survey of Jade Localities in Western Klamath Moutains, California and Oregon

1972

Tula, Alex

Franciscan Geology at Patricks Point, California

1972

Dyer, Paul

Geology of a Portion of the Franciscan-Yager Contact, Bridgeville, Humboldt County, California

1973

Gera, Andrew

Sediment Distribution in Central Humboldt Bay and Relationship to Bathymetry and Hydrodynamics

1973

Hankins, Donna B.

A Science Curriculum Aid Program for Elementary Schools

1973

John, J. Bradford

Preliminary Geological Study of Minor Structural Features in the Galice and Rogue Formations North of Willow Creek, California

1973

Johnson, Arthur H.

The Origin and Distribution of Clay-Sized Particles in the Trinity River Basin, California

1973

Pearson, Glen S.

The Quartz-Feldspar Ratios of the Van Duzen River in Relation to the Local Geology, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California

1973

Brown, Gary

A Study of the Sediment Accumulation in the Sweasy Dam Reservoir

1974

Talley, Keith L.

Petrography, Depositional Environment, and Correlation of Hookton-Type Sediments between Eureka and Table Bluff, California

1973

Mueller, Robert

Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Sands Exposed at Agate Beach, California

1974

Newkirk, Steven R.

A General Petrologic Study of the Northwestern Part of Shasta Bally Batholith and Adjacent Contact Aureole Rocks, Southern Klamath Mountains, California

1974

McPherson, Robert C.

Microseismicity of Humboldt County

1974

Porter, Edward J.

The Genesis of Selected Humboldt County Soils

1974

Doerksen, Robert S.

Recurrent Landsliding, Fernbridge, California

1974

Bugenig, Dale

Geology of Round Mountain and Vicinity

1974

McFarlane, Mike

Geology and Economic Mineralization of the Buffalo Hump Mine, Churchill,

1975

Billingsley, Frederic O.

Glacial Geomorpology of the Duck Lakes Area

1974

Wagoner, Jeff

Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, and Paleontology of the Esmerelda Formation, Nevada

1974

Iwatsubo, Eugene

Construction and Operation of a Simple Tilt Meter

1975

Harrigan, Joseph A.

Mad River Mouth Migration Processes

1975

McFarlane, Deborah

Orbicular Rocks of the Desolation Wilderness, Lake Tahoe, California

1975

Herndon, Steve

An Examination and Interpretation of Carlotta Formation Sediments, Exposed along Mattole Rd. in Humboldt County, California

1975

Bero, David A.

Petrology of a Possible Ophiolite Suite near Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, California

1975

Morris, Richard A.

The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Gold Bluffs Sands, Prairie Creek State Park, Northern California

1975

Perley, Phillip C.

A Seismic Refraction Reconnaissance of Elk Head, Trinidad State Beach, California

1975

Ehni, William J.

Geology of the Franciscan Formation near Patricks Point State Park, California

1975

Stephens, Tom A.

Structural Geology and Geomorphology of the Bridgeville Area, Humboldt County, California

 

Upp, R. Rexford

Methods of Landslide Investigation

1975

Pullman, Steve

Geology of the High Grade District, Modoc County, California

1975

Young, Robert A.

A Section of Coastal Geology of Humboldt County (Trinidad Head)

1975

Gordon, Howard J.

A Comparison of Spherulitic Geodes from Dugway, Utah, and Barren Mountain, California

1975

Metcalfe, Timothy E.

The Franciscan Pillow Lavas-The Depths of Emplacement and Petrologic Description

1976

Shannon, James R.

Preliminary Description and Correlation of Portions of the Rogue and Galice Formations in the Willow Creek and Hoopa Quadrangles, Northwestern California

1976

Shimamoto, Michael K.

Petrology of Glaucophane-Bearing Tectonic Blocks from Weott, Iaqua Buttes, Blue Lake and Trinidad Quadrangles, California

1976

Kaplan, Terry A.

Mineral Optics

1976

Guffanti, Marianne

Differential Thermal Analysis of Serpentinized Ultramafic Rocks from Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, Northwestern California

1976

Peargin, Tom

A Reinterpretation of the Origin and Deformation of the "Logan Gulch Gabbro," Central Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California

1976

Johnston, Brian

Geologic Structure South of Shelter Cove

1976

Burr, Cynthia D.

The General Geology and Petrology of the Granitic and Metavolcanic Rocks at Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California

1976

Burdick, Brett A.

Surficial Sediment Distribution in a Portion of Humboldt Bay

1976

Goodwin, Jeff

Geology of the South Fork Moutain Schist Galice Formation and the Fault Zone in Weitchipec, Klamath River Area

1976

Findley, Dave F.

A Slope Stability Investigation of an Area Surrounding Founder's Hall

1976

Gantenbein, Michael E.

Geology of the Melones Fault Zone near Washington, California

1976

Muskat, Jud

A Study of Heavy Minerals in the Gold Bluffs Formation, Prairie CreekState Park, California

1976

Wagstaff, Donald

Relationship of Stream Chemistry to Lithology in the Willow Creek Drainage Basin, Humboldt County, California

1976

Jeffries, David R.

Coastal Erosion and Slope Stability at Luffenholtz Beach

1976

Young, Daniel R.

The Sequence of Glaciation at Sanger Lake, Del Norte County, California

1976

McDowell, David M.

Geology of the Maple Creek Area, Humboldt County, California

1976

Holabird, Frederick N.

The Chromite of the French Hill (Tyson) Mine, Del Norte County, California, and some Comparisons with other Chromite Deposits

1976

Bettencourt, Virgil R.

Bathymetry and Sediment Distribution around Trinidad Bay

1976

Moring, Barry C.

The Pleistocene Stratigraphy of a Portion of the Fickle Hill-Arcata, Humboldt County, Calif.

1976

Hines, Greg

Relationship of Subaerial Debris Flows to Late Pleistocene Climate Changes and Tectonism at Whale Gulch, Mendocino County, Calif.

1976

Knox, Tom M.

Upper Cenozoic; Sediments and Faulting: on Holter Ridge, Redwood National Park, Humboldt County, Calif.

1976

Namson, Jay

Origin of Five Manganese Deposits in Southern Humboldt and Trinity Counties, Calif.

1976

Plesha, Joseph Lee

A Resistivity Study of Elk Head, Trinidad State Beach, Calif.

1977

Fredericks, Paul E.

A Study of Environmental Effects on Subsurface Water Movement as Determined by Earth Resistivity Measurements.

1977

Bickner, Frank R.

A General Petrologic Study of the Bear Creek Metagabbros, their Almandine Garnet and Associated Rock within the Wooley Creek Batholith

1977

Oman, Paul

A Study of Laboratory Produced Dessication Cracks.

1977

Fuller, Steven R.

The Origin of the Major Constituents of the Franciscan Melange Conglomerates in Humboldt County, California

1977

Lettis, Robert W.

Minor Surface Faulting along the Northern California Coast, Humboldt County.

1977

Johnston, Jeff

A Spinner Magnetometer.

1977

Hagans, Danny K.

Geology and Structure of the Lassics Area, Southern Humboldt and Trinity Counties, Calif.

1978

Dilles, Peter A.

The Geology of the Eastman Gulch Mining District, Trinity County, Calif., and its Relation and Significance to the Gold Deposits of the French Gulch Deadwood District, Shasta and Trinity Counties, Calif.

1978

Beers, Mark E.

Faulting and Fracturing along a Section of the Mad River Fault Zone, Humboldt County, Calif

1978

Williams, Thomas R.

Petrology of the Ship Mountain Area, Del Norte County, Calif.

1978

Leathers, Sanford

Pertology, Metamorphic Grade, and Structure of the Redwood Mountain Outlier of the South Fork Mountain Schist on the Coast of Northern Calif.

1978

Lawton, Jeff

Seismic Strain Release, Cape Mendocino, California, June 1974 to July 1976

1978

Ensrud, David L.

The Geology of Area B - Sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, Township 13 North, Range 2 East , Ship Mountain Quadrangle, Del Norte County, Calif.

1978

Bacon, Lance D.

Slope Stability Study around Ruth Dam, Trinity Co., Calif.

1978

McCormick, Patrick

A Preliminary Study of the Rocks Dredged from the Continental Margin off Northern Calif.

1978

Martinez, Jorge

Sedimentation of Big Lagoon, Humboldt County, Calif.

1978

Treadwell, Larry L.

A Computer X-Ray Powder Diffraction ASTM Card Mineral Search.

1978

Horn, James Beau

Moonstone Deposit, a Dynamic Depositional Environment.

1978

Collins, Kelly

Geology of the Northern California Coast Range Preserve, Mendocino County, Calif.

1979

Monsen, Susan

The Petrology and Structure of the South Fork Mountain Schist and Subjacent Franciscan Complex, Pine Ridge, Calif.

1979

Householder, James D.

Lithology, Metamorphism, and Origin of the Lower Metavolcanic Member of the Galice Formation at Bear Basin Butte, Del Norte County, Calif.

1979

Lind, Evelyn K.

Geology of the Central Belt Franciscan, North of Gold Bluffs Beach, Calif.

1979

Lozinsky, Richard P.

The Geology of the Franciscan Coast Ranges in the Vicinity of Klamath, Calif.

1979

Gustason, Edmund R.

Earthflow Movement Characteristics at Truttman Sink, a Franciscan Complex Melange Coastal Headland.

1979

Jepsen, Karl O.

Geology of the Klamath Glen Area, Southern Del Norte County, Calif.

1979

Horns, Matthew

Geology of the Glade Creek Outlier of the Great Valley Sequence and Surrounding Rocks of the Western Klamath Belt.

1979

Maurer, Douglas K.

An Investigation of Sediments found in the Eel Canyon.

1979

Dilts, Roger D.

Petrology of the Southernmost Portion of the Ironside Mountain Batholith, Hyampom and Hayfork Quadrangles, Northwestern Calif.

1979

Bozanic, Jeffrey E.

The Settling Velocity of Alluvial Gold.

1979

Denning, Nancy

Petrology of the Lem's Ridge Hornblendite and Metagabbroic Complex.

1979

Wiley, Tom

Microfaulting in the Southeast Quadrant of the Blackcap MountainQuadrangle, Fresno County, Calif.

1979

Horan, Edwin Patrick

The Influence of Bedrock Composition and Structure on Coastal Slopes and Associated Types Of Failure in Northern California

1980

Walker, Michael G.

Petrogenesis of the Tuolumne Peak Pendant and its Border Igneous Intrusives, Central Sierra Nevada, California

1980

Sizoo, David G.

Morphology of the Mad River Channel Near Blue Lake, Humboldt County, California: A Historical Analysis

1980

Duran, David L.

Aspects on Remote Sensing of the Northwest Slope of Mount Shasta

1980

Iwanciow, Richard B.

Petrologic Relationships of the Ultramafic-Granitic Contact and Volcanic Rocks at Kangaroo Lake, Klamath Mountains, Calif.

1980

Dunn, Steven R.

Petrology of Exotic Metamorphic Blocks in South Fork Mountain Schist, Horse Mountain, Humboldt County, Calif.

1981

Shireman, Jonathon

Igneous and and Metamorphic Petrology of Phaneritic Rocks in the Trinidad Area

1981

Berry, Margaret E.

Geomorphology and Relative Dating Analysis of Quaternary Fluvial Terraces on the Mad River, Near Blue Lake, California

1981

Mason, Barney E.

Economic Mineralization of the Altaville Area, Near Gasquet, California

1981

Simpson, C. Dean

Seismic Refraction Survey at the Arcata-McKinleyville Airport

1981

Barnes, Michael D.

Geology and Minerology of Bigfoot Cave, Marble Mountain Wilderness Area, Calif.

1981

Weaver, Casey W.

Quaternary Tectonic Deformation of the McKinleyville Terraces, McKinleyville, Calif.

1981

Pine, Keith A.

Surficial Geology of Red Mountain, Del Norte County, California

1981

Nelson, Robert L.

Recent Faulting, from the Little River to North of Trinidad, Humboldt County, California

1981

Pennington, Daryl

Particle Size Distribution and Retreat Rate of the Upper RegolithSlopes of Boars Tusk, Wyoming

1981

Slate, Janet L.

Glass Shard Morphology of Volcanic Ashes from Humboldt County, California

1981

Hemphill, Eileen

Paleobathymetry and Paleoclimatology of the Lower Rio Dell Formation, Centerville Beach, California

1982

Harrell, Eric W.

Petrography and Genesis of Candy Mountain and Related Plutonic Blocks in the Franciscan Complex

1982

Holt, Don Allen

Geology of the Klamath River Valley between Clearwater Gulch and Slate Creek, Northeastern Humboldt County, California Franciscan Chert.

1982

Ballantyne, John

Testing of Clast Sound Velocity as a Method of Relative Dating of Moraines.

1985

Fraser, Cathy

Geology and Slope Stability Hazards of a Portion of the Jacoby CreekValley, Humboldt County, Calif.

1985

Steude, John

Stress-Strain Behavior of North Pacific Marine Clay Sediments.

1985

Benner, Thomas

Relative Dating and Stratigraphy of Quaternary Fluvial Terraces on theVan Duzen River.

1986

Rihs, John

Petrographic and X-ray Analysis of the Galice Formation in the Willow Creek Quadrangle, Northwestern Calif.

1987

Deklotz, Wesley

Seismic Refraction Survey on the Upper Plate of the Mad River Fault, Humboldt County, Calif.

1988

Bouchard, Ryan

Graded Sands from the Eel River Continental Shelf, Northern California: Storm Generated

1988

Parker, David

The Petrology of the Summit Valley Plutonic Complex, Klamath Mountains, Northern California.

1988

Cato, Kurt

Paleocurrent and Glaciofluvial Facies Analysis of Wilcox Quarry, Old Station, Calif.

1989

DeJohn, Arthur

A Study of Fault Gouge from the Fickle Hill Fault, Humboldt County, Coastal Northern California.

1989

Leland, Harry

Weaverville Formation Sediments at Blanchard Flats, Klamath Mountains, Northern California.

1989

Shapiro, Russel

Morphological Variations within a Modern Stromatolite Field, Lee Stocking Island, Exumas, Bahamas.

1989

Moore, Elizabeth

Coastal Erosion at Archaeological Site, CA-DNO-14.

1990

Boroughs, Terry

Petrographic and X-ray Diffraction Analysis of the Glen Creek Intrusive.

1990

Berman, Frederick

Reevaluation of Laurel Canyon Moraines, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, with Multiparameter Relative Dating Techniques.

1990

Lecce, Kevin

Electrical Resistivity Study of Northern Humboldt Bay Marshes.

1991

Carlson, Jon C.

An Alternative Origin for the Basalts of Modoc County, Northeast California.

1991

Elconin, Roger

Amazon Gulch Rock Glacier Complex: A Summer Study

1992

Gibson, Shawn

A Comparison of the Heavy Minerals in Three Ages of Alluvium in Mazourka Canyon, California

1992

Oswald, John

The Devil’s Elbow Ophiolite Remnant: Comparison with the Josephine Ophiolite and Evidence for Post-Nevadan Faulting

1992

Lavine, Alexis

The Geology of Prisoner’s Rock and the Peninsula: Pleistocene Hydrovol-canism in the Tule Lake Basin, Modoc Plateau, Northeastern California

1992

Crum, Jennifer K.

Recognition of Lithologies in a Vegetated Terrain Using TIMS Imagery, Modoc County, California

1992

Aby, Scott Benjamin

Bank Margin Parallel Fractures: Their Relation to Bank Margin Retreat, Sea Level Changes, and Calcrete Formation, Exuma Islands, Bahamas

1993

Crittenden, John B.

Heavy Minerals in the Garcia and Gualala Rivers, Northern California, and Their Significance to Displacement on the San Andreas Fault

1993

Castro, Jonathon M.

Petrology of the Eltapom Ophiolite Remnant, Rattlesnake Creek Terrane, Western Klamath Mountains, California

1993

Leroy, Thomas H.

General Reconnaissance of the Northeast Side of Hyampom Valley: Evidence for a Late Cenozoic Structural Basin, Southern Klamath Mountains, California

1993

Vadurro, Giovanni A.

Strain Analysis of the Genoa Fault, Sierra Nevadan Frontal Fault System, NW Nevada and NE California

1993

Rueber, Roland M.

Petrology of the Rush Creek Area, Modoc County, Northeastern California

1993

Breglio, Bob

Geology of Adin Pass Region, Modoc Plateau, Northeastern California

1994

Beach, Shane M.

The Late Pleistocene Alpine Glaciation of South Russian Creek, Russian Wilderness, Northern California

1994

Hutto, Charles A.

A Determination of Aftershock Parameters of Recent North Coast Earthquakes

1994

West, Phillip A.

Characterization of Lithologies by Their Magnetic Signatures

1994

Boer, Janine

Baked Soils vs. Baked Sediments in Northeastern California: Implications for Paleoclimate Interpretations

1994

Alpert, Joshua

Phosphatic Ovulite and Pyrometamorphic Rocks of Hyampom, California

1994

Bodnar, Shaine R.

Paleoervironmental Reconstruction of the Meiklejohn Peak Mudmound, Lower Middle Ordivician of Southern Nevada

1995

Evans, Jeff

Quaternary Volcanic and Glacial Stratigraphy of the Black Butte Area, Deschutes County, Oregon

1995

Ice, Jennifer

Aftershock Ground Motions vs. Mainshock Damage Patterns: The January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake

1995

Shackelton, Katherine

Origin of Orbicular Granodiorite at Moose Lake, Sequoia National Park Tulare County, California

1995

Tillinghast, Stephen

Quaternary Stratigraphy of Lower Cache Creek Valley, Deschutes County, Oregon

1995

Townsend, Kellie

Petrology of Unusual Dacite Dikes, La Grange Fault, Eastern Klamath Mountains, California

1995

Rasmussen, Brian

A Multispectral Interpretation of the Geology of Stone Coal Mountain, Modoc County, Northeastern California

1995

Bacon, Steven N.

Quaternary Volcanic and Glacial Stratigraphy of Black Crater, Outside Sisters, Oregon

1996

Balzer, Vaughn G.

The Quaternary Volcanic and Glacial Stratigraphy of the East Side of McKenzie Pass, Oregon

1996

Gere, Tim

Volcanic and Glacial Stratigraphy of Cache Mountain, Deschutes County, Oregon

1996

Batten, Clifford

Granulometric Analysis and Explosive Model of Blue Lake Maar, High Cascades, Oregon

1996

Aubin, Wade L.

Late Pleistocene Glacial Sequence, Petrology, and Geochemistry of Ship Mountain, Siskiyou Mountains, Western Klamath Mountains, Northwestern California

1997

Lee, Dennis

Petrogenesis of Metabasalt Greenstone Blocks of the Franciscan Terrane, Humboldt County, CA

1997

Goldstein, Harland

A Continuation of the La Grange Fault, Eastern Klamath Mountains, California

1997

Speece, Darren

Diamicton: an investigation of a massive sand deposit in the Patrick’s Point terrace exposed at Big Lagoon, CA

1997

Watt, Christopher

Late Cenozoic Geology Near Redwood House Road, Humboldt County, CA

1997

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