Geology topics

F. K. Miller

Publications and source records attributed to F. K. Miller.

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USGS1973

Age and correlation of the Windermere Group in northeastern Washington

Greenstone of basaltic composition forms the middle part of the Windermere System in southern British Columbia and the correlative Windermere Group in northeastern Washington. The greenstone, together with the rest of the Windermere in this region, is highly sheared, altered, and metamorphosed, except for a small exposed mass of relatively unaffected rocks near the community of Chewelah, Washington. K-Ar ages on whole rocks and mineral separates from the Chewelah area indicate the greenstone was probably extruded between 827 and 918 m.y. ago.

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USGS1971

Thrust and strike-slip faulting in the Plomosa Mountains, southwestern Arizona

Thrust and strike-slip faulting are recognized in the Plomosa Mountains, southwestern Arizona. The distribution of rock types and the geometry of the thrust faults necessitate that the upper plate moved from east to west. The amount of displacement is not known, but is considered to be large. Apparent separations along the strike-slip faults are in a right-lateral sense and are greater than 19,000 ft. Rhyodacite flows, dated by K-Ar methods at 19 to 20 m.y., unconformably overlie the thrust faults and are cut by the strike-slip faults.

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