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Don R. Mabey
Publications and source records attributed to Don R. Mabey.
Regional gravity and magnetic surveys in the Albion Mountains area of southern Idaho
Fault-bounded basins containing several thousand feet of sedimentary and volcanic rock of Cenozoic age are indicated by gravity lows in the Oakley area and in Upper-Raft River and Raft River Valleys. A gravity low and a magnetic high in the north end of Raft River Valley extends over the Cotterel Mountains and into Marsh Creek valley. These anomalies may reflect a Tertiary caldera. A gravity high and a magnetic high in the Raft River Valley south of Malta suggests a buried intrusive that may be the source of heat for the thermal waters in that area.
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Death Valley region, California
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 1,500 gravity observations in eastern California. Coverage includes Saline Valley, Panamint Valley, Searles Basin, Death Valley, the southern Amargosa Desert and the enclosed and adjoining highlands. These data were used in preparation of -- Mabey, Don R., 1963, Complete Bouguer anomaly map of the Death Valley region, California: U.S. Geol. Survey Geophys. Inv. Map GP-305.
Gravity and magnetic anomalies in the Soda Springs region, southeastern Idaho
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Geologic interpretation of gravity and aeromagnetic maps of Tintic Valley and adjacent areas, Tooele and Juab Counties, Utah
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Stratigraphy and structure, Death Valley, California
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Anomalous gravity field in east-central California
Bouguer gravity values at about 11,000 stations in east-central California range from -14 mgal near Merced to -274 mgal in Long Valley. Gravity lows in the west and south parts of the San Joaquin Valley and over local basins south and east of the Sierra Nevada are produced by large thicknesses of Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic deposits. A large regional gravity low over the Sierra Nevada can be explained by isostatic compensation of the range together with the effect of the relatively low-density rocks of the Sierra Nevada batholith. A broad gravity ridge along the east side of the San Joaquin Valley shows excellent correlation with a similar magnetic ridge where the two sets of data are available, suggesting that both anomalies are caused by a dense, magnetic mass buried at an estimated depth of 5-10 miles. Seismic refraction measurements further indicate that the thickness of the earth's crust under the valley is less than 12 miles. Thus, the anomalous mass is in the lower part of the earth's crust and is conceivably related to the more mafic rocks of the earth's upper mantle.
Geophysical studies in the intermontane basins in southern California
Geophysical surveys were made by the U. S. Geological Survey in Searles Lake basin and in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California to test the application of geophysical exploration to the study of the geologic problems associated with the intermontane basins of southern California. In Searles Lake basin a coordinated gravity and seismic reflection and refraction survey indicated that the fill in the basin is about 3,300 feet thick with the greatest thickness occurring east of the center of the basin. The regional gravity data from the area near Barstow can be used to estimate the thickness and extent of the Tertiary and Quaternary deposits.