A report which discusses the distribution of benthic foraminifers in surface sediment samples from 49 box cores collected by the U.S. Geological Survey.

From abstract: A complex Neogene history characterizes the offshore Santa Maria basin and the northwest margin of the western Transverse Ranges, California. This history includes the transition from subduction to a transtensional and then transpressional plate boundary, including about 900 of clockwise rotation of the western Transverse Ranges. This report uses seismic reflection data to document the geometry of structures that accommodated this deformation and offshore well data to date and correlate the sediments which were affected by the different tectonic episodes.

From introduction: This report describes the results of a study assessing volcanic hazards at Mount Adams Volcano.

The following report interprets the geologic history of the Paducah quadrangle, focusing on depositional and tectonic evolution, particularly tectonic events that influenced sedimentation.

A report about the quality and consistency of the Colorado Yule marble mined in Marble, Colorado.

A report which discusses in detail how the disciplines of geology and geotechnology, also known as engineering geology, apply to exploration, design, and operation of underground coal mines.

From abstract: Bulletin W is about the deformation of the Mesozoic Franciscan Complex of the Eastern Santa Maria basin in California. Bulletin X is about the regional thermal maturity of the surface rocks of the mentioned basin as well as the Santa Barbara-Ventura basin area in California.

This report summarizes much of the materials presented at the workshop and provides an extensive list of selected references pertaining to geochronology and tectonics of the Colorado Plateau to facilitate further research.

A report about lateral ramps which are zones where décollements change stratigraphic level along a strike. This report suggests that many cross-strike features may be underlain by lateral ramps that serve to transfer décollements from one stratigraphic level to another in the same manner as frontal ramp, but in a direction normal to the strike of the fold belt.

A report about methods used to determine concentrations of 67 elements in 8 argonne premium coal samples.

A report about the natural gas drilling frontier in deep sedimentary basins. Papers presented here are intended to introduce the petroleum community to a set of geologic tools that may be used to predict deep undiscovered natural gas accumulations.

The following report is the second compilation of reports describing the geology of the Basin and Range to Colorado Plateau Transition (BARCO) area.

From abstract: This report talks about the geology of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Cutler Group that consists of the lower Cutler beds, Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Organ Rock Formation, White Rim Sandstone, and De Chelly Sandstone. The report also talks about the Permian Kaibab Limestone in the Paradox Basin that overlays the Cutler.

A report about late triassic bivalves of the genus monotis. So far, 14 kinds of Monotis that differ in species or subspecies level can be recognized from Alaska.

A report about applying 40Ar/39Ar dating methods, along with other rock techniques, to determine the age of emplacement and the cooling history of the Grant intrusive breccia at Hicks dome in Illinois.

Abstract: "Precambrian metavolcanic rocks north and south of the village of Granite, Wyoming, belong to a sequence of isolated metavolcanic and metasedimentary masses in the Sherman Granite of the southern Laramie Mountains. Similar rocks lie to the west, in the Precambrian uplifts of the southern Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre. A major fault system, the Cheyenne belt, splits these two ranges into northern and southern domains, and may constitute a suture along which Early Proterozoic islands arcs collided with an Early Proterozoic passive margin. Projection of the Cheyenne belt into the Laramie Mountains suggests that the study area, which is 65 kilometers south of the proposed suture, comprises a distinct volcanic arc with a unique chemistry or age. However, chemistry of the volcanic rocks of the study area as determined as so far does not differ significantly from those of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre."

A report which describes the overall characteristics of Bayan Obo ore deposit. The paper examines Bayan Obo as a cornerstone example of giant ore deposits of hydrothermal origin.

From introduction: The purpose of this study is to establish a stratigraphic framework of the Bisbee Group in the Tombstone Hills, and to use this stratigraphy to unravel the complex history of folding, faulting, intrusion, and mineralization.

From abstract: This is a report on the burial and thermal history of the Paradox basin in Utah and Colorado, and the petroleum potential of the middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation.

A report about gold mineralization at the Golden Sunlight breccia pipe, southwestern Montana, is related to emplacement of Late Cretaceous alkali-calcic rhyolite and subsequent collapse of the Belt Supergroup wallrock and rhyolite in the pipe.

Report describing the results of experiments to test for radon and uranium in ground water from samples taken near Hylas, Virginia.

A report about metal necessary for economic or industrial development and how the metals are toxic to plants, animals, and humans.

A report about the fluid inclusions in the upper Mississippi valley zinc-lead district. It discusses the consequences of fluid flow.

A report about erosion, deposition, soil formation, and water flow. It discusses hazards such as landslides, dust storms, floods, topsoil loss, ecosystem change, water contamination, and soil contamination.