Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data

Phelps, Geoffrey A.; McKee, E. H.; Sweetkind, D. S.; Langenheim, V. E.

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Structures in the pre-Tertiary basement of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, are interpreted using the basement topography and basement gravity anomaly derived from an isostatic gravity inversion model. A new fault is proposed which eliminates some of the Paleozoic carbonate section just west of the Halfpint Range. Proposed faults that offset basement surface correlate closely with magnetic anomalies caused by the offset of Tertiary volcanic rocks.

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Phelps, Geoffrey A.; McKee, E. H.; Sweetkind, D. S.; Langenheim, V. E.

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11 p.

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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. geological Survey,

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Open-File Report

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2000-134

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Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data; 1999; OFR; 2000-134; Phelps, Geoffrey A.; McKee, E. H.; Sweetkind, D. S.; Langenheim, V. E.