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Use of Landsat Thematic Mapper images in regional correlation of syntectonic strata, Colorado river extensional corridor, California and ArizonaEnhanced Landsat TM images were used in conjunction with field work to investigate the regional correlation of Miocene rocks in the Colorado River extensional corridor of California and Arizona. Based on field investigations, four sequences of sedimentary and volcanic strata could be recognized in the Mohave Mountains (Arizona) and the eastern Whipple Mountains (California), which display significantly different relative volumes and organization of lithologies. The four sequences were also found to have distinctive appearances on the TM image. The recognition criteria derived from field mapping and image interpretation in the Mohave Mountains and Whipple Mountains were applied to an adjacent area in which stratigraphic affinities were less well known. The results of subsequent field work confirmed the stratigraphic and structural relations suggested by the Tm image analysis.
Document ID
19900035902
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Beratan, K. K.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Blom, R. G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Crippen, R. E.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Nielson, J. E.
(USGS, Branch of Western Regional Geology, Menlo Park CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 10, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A22957
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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