Study of the reed dolomite aided by remotely sensed imagery, central White-Inyo Range, easternmost California

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1008-1026

  Ernst, W G ^a,d   Paylor II, Earnest D ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LITHOLOGY; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; REMOTE SENSING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

REED DOLOMITE;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; DOLOMITE; FACIES MAPPING; FALSE COLOUR IMAGE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT TM; SPOT;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030185105     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Abrams, M. J., J. E. Conel, and H. R. Lang, 1985, The joint NASA/GEOSAT test case project: AAPG, 996 p.
2. Bachman, S. B., 1978, Pliocene-Pleistocene break-up of the Sierra Nevada-White-Inyo Mountain block: Geology, v. 6, p. 461-463.
3. Burchfiel, B. C., and G. A. Davis, 1975, Nature and controls of Cordilleran orogenesis, western United States; extensions of an earlier synthesis: American Journal of Science, v. 275-A, p. 363-396.
4. Clark, R. N., T. King, M. Klejwa, and G. A. Swayze, 1990, High spectral resolution reflectance spectroscopy of minerals: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 95, p. 12,653-12,680.
5. Colwell, R. N., 1983, Manual of remote sensing (2d ed.): Falls Church, Virginia, American Society of Photogrammetry, 2440 p.
6. Dunne, G. C., R. M. Gulliver, and A. G. Sylvester, 1978, Mesozoic evolution of rocks of the White, Inyo, Angus and Slate ranges, eastern California, in D. G. Howell and K. McDougall, eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, p. 189-207.
7. Ernst, W. G., and C. A. Hall, Jr., 1987, Geology of the Mount Barcroft-Blanco Mountain area, eastern California: Geological Society of America Maps and Charts series no. MCH066, scale 1:24,000.
8. Ernst, W. G., C. A. Nelson, and C. A. Hall, Jr., 1993, Geology and metamorphic mineral assemblages of Precambrian and Cambrian rocks of the central White-Inyo Range, eastern California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Map Sheet 46, scale 1:62,500.
9. Gaffey, S. J., 1985, Reflectance spectroscopy in the visible and near infrared (0.35-2.55 μm): application in carbonate petrology: Geology, v. 13, p. 270-273.
10. Gaffey, S. J., 1986, Spectral reflectance of carbonate minerals in the visible and near infrared (0.35-2.55 μm): calcite, aragonite, and dolomite: American Mineralogist, v. 71, p. 151-162.
11. Grove, C. I., S. J. Hook, and E. D. Paylor II, 1992, Reflectance spectra of 156 minerals, 0.4-2.5 micrometers: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report, No. 160 92-2, 87 p.
12. Hanson, R. B., 1986, Stratigraphy and paleogeographic significance of Mesozoic metasedimentary rocks, northern White Mountains, California, in C. A. Hall, Jr., and D. J. Young, eds., Natural history of the White-Inyo Range, eastern California and western Nevada and high altitude physiology: White Mountain Research Station Symposium, v. 1, p. 37-46.
13. Hunt, G. R., and J. W. Salisbury, 1970, Visible and near infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: I. Silicate minerals: Modern Geology, v. 1, p. 283-300.
14. Hunt, G. R., and J. W. Salisbury, 1971, Visible and near infrared minerals and rocks: III. Carbonates: Modern Geology, v. 2, p. 22-30.
15. Krauskopf, K. B., 1971, Geologic map of the Mt. Barcroft Quadrangle, California-Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Map GQ-960, scale 1:62,500.
16. Lang, H. R., and E. D. Paylor II, 1994, Spectral stratigraphy: remote sensing lithostratigraphic procedures for basin analysis, central Wyoming examples: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 3, p. 25-45.
17. Lang, H. R., S. L. Adams, J. E. Conel, B. A. McGuffie, E. D. Paylor II, and R. E. Walker, 1987, Multispectral remote sensing as a stratigraphic and structural task: Wind River/Bighorn basin area, Wyoming: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71, p. 389-402.
18. Lang, H. R., M. J. Bartholomew, C. I. Inouye, and E. D. Paylor II, 1990, Spectral reflectance characterization (0.4 to 2.5 and 8.0 to 12.0 μm) of Phanerozoic strata, Wind River basin and southern Bighorn basin areas, Wyoming: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 60, p. 504-524.
19. Mount, J. F., 1985, Mixing of siliciclastic and carbonate sediments; a proposed first-order and compositional classification: Sedimentology, v. 32, p. 435-442.
20. Mount, J. F., and P. W. Signor, 1991, The Proterozoic-Cambrian transition of the White-Inyo Range, eastern California: dawn of the Metazoa, in C. A. Hall, Jr, and D. J. Young, eds., Natural history of the White-Inyo Range, eastern California and western Nevada and high altitude physiology: White Mountain Research Station Symposium, v. 3, p. 455-488.
21. Nelson, C. A., 1962, Lower Cambrian-Precambrian succession White-Inyo Mountains, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 73, p. 139-144.
22. Nelson, C. A., 1966a, Geologic map of the Blanco Mountain Quadrangle, Inyo and Mono counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Map GQ-529, scale 1:62,500.
23. Nelson, C. A., 1966b, Geologic map of the Waucoba Mountain Quadrangle, Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Map GQ-528, scale 1:62,500.
24. Nelson, C. A., C. A. Hall, Jr., and W. G. Ernst, 1991, Geologic history of the White-Inyo Range, in C. A. Hall, Jr., ed., Natural history of the White-Inyo Range, California: University of California Natural History Guides, v. 55, p. 42-74.
25. North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1983, North American stratigraphic code: AAPG Bulletin, v. 67, p. 841-875.
26. Paterson, S. R., T. Brudos, K. Fowler, C. Carslon, K. Bishop, and R. H. Vernon, 1991, Papoose Flat pluton: forceful expansion or postemplacement deformation?: Geology, v. 19, p. 324-327.
27. Paylor, E. D., II, H. R. Lang, M. J. Abrams, J. E. Conel, and A. B. Kahle, 1985, Performance evaluation and geologic utility of Landsat-4 TM data: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication, 85-66, 68 p.
28. Paylor, E. D., II, L. Muncy, H. R. Lang, J. E Conel, and S. L. Adams, 1989, Testing some models of foreland deformation at Thermopolis anticline, southern Bighorn basin, Wyoming: The Mountain Geologist, v. 26, no. 1, p. 1-22.
29. Russell, P., R. J. P Lyon, and W. G. Ernst, 1994, Weathering of the Reed Dolomite as a function of elevation, White-Inyo Range: evidence from an infrared spectral study, in C. A. Hall, Jr., and B. Widawski, eds., Crooked Creek guidebook: University of California White Mountain Research Station, p. 72-94.
30. Siegal, B. A., and A. R. Gillespie, eds., 1980, Remote sensing in geology: New York, John Wiley, 702 p.