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Rick J. Blakely
Retired, USGS Geology Minerals Energy and Geophysics Science Center
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Deep Structure of Siletzia in the Puget Lowland: Imaging an Obducted Plateau and Accretionary Thrust Belt With Potential Fields
TECTONICS
06 february 2024
Megan L. Anderson, Richard J. Blakely, Ray E. Well...
Detailed understanding of crustal components and tectonic history of forearcs is important due to their geological complexity and high seismic haza...
New airborne geophysical survey illuminates the geology, structure, and tectonics of NE Washington State
MAGNETIC ANOMALY STUDIES, FROM MINERAL TO PLANETARY SCALE II POSTER
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 13 december 2023
Lydia Staisch, Dylan Connell, Richard J. Blakely, ...
Northeastern Washington is arguably the most geologically varied region of the state, with exposures spanning Precambrian to modern day. Proterozoic m...
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Cascadia Crustal Framework from Two New Aeromagnetic Surveys—Implications for Earthquake Hazards
MAGNETIC ANOMALY STUDIES, FROM MINERAL TO PLANETARY SCALE II POSTER
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 13 december 2023
Richard J. Blakely, Scott E. Bennett, Jim E. O'Con...
New high-resolution aeromagnetic surveys over the Cascade Range fill a critical gap in data coverage, thus completing seamless high-quality aeromagnet...
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LiDAR and Paleoseismology Solve Earthquake Mystery in the Pacific Northwest, USA
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
14 august 2021
Brian L. Sherrod, Richard J. Blakely, Craig S. Wea...
One of the largest historical earthquakes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest occurred on December 15, 1872 near the south end of Lake Chelan. Lack of re...
Backarc-forearc links across the Oregon-Washington Cascade Range interpreted from high-resolution magnetic anomalies
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITIES ON FAULTS: DOES COMPLEXITY REVEAL EARTHQUAKE PROCESSES? III POSTERS
tectonophysics | 14 december 2020
Richard J. Blakely, Ray E. Wells, Scott E. Bennett...
A two-decade program of airborne data acquisition by the U.S. Geological Survey has yielded >150,000 km2 of high-resolution aeromagnetic data over ...
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Late Eocene Extension of the Cascadia Forearc and its Control on Modern Deformation
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM 2 (ST2B-2): PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS, MODERN AND ANCIENT I
tectonophysics | 11 december 2019
Ray E. Wells, Richard J. Blakely
About 50 m.y. ago, a 20-30 km-thick oceanic basalt terrane, now known as Siletzia, accreted to N. America along the Paleogene subduction zone off pres...
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Structural and Geothermal Implications from a Detailed Geophysical Investigation, Northeastern Oregon
CRUSTAL MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: INDUCED AND REMANENT, MARINE AND CONTINENTAL, TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY II POSTERS
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 11 december 2019
Brent T. Ritzinger, Jonathan M. Glen, Jared Peacoc...
A trove of new geophysical data was collected in northeastern Oregon to better assess the structural framework of the region and determine relative fa...
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A Look Back at the Last Century of Magnetic Anomaly Crustal Studies
CRUSTAL MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: INDUCED AND REMANENT, MARINE AND CONTINENTAL, TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY I
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 10 december 2019
Richard J. Blakely
On AGUs Centennial Anniversary, we take a look back at the development of magnetic-anomaly analyses to improve understanding of Earths crustal geology...
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