Geology of Montana
The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) recently celebrated 100 years of service as Montana’s geologic survey. More than 1,400 maps and reports document nearly every aspect of the geologic sciences. Although most are authored by MBMG researchers, our collaboration with colleagues in the Montana University System, the private sector, and State/Federal agencies has served Montana well. The Geology of Montana presents the latest collaboration which summarizes the state of geologic science in Montana in two volumes. Volume I, when complete, will include 17 papers that present Montana’s geologic history, and Volume II will include 11 papers that explore special topics related to our geologic resources.
Completed papers will be published online as work continues toward completion of the entire volume.
Production of The Geology of Montana relied on the expertise and enthusiasm of the contributors, many of whom served as editors. The papers benefited from the thoughtful and thorough efforts of technical reviewers, acknowledged here in general and specifically in the individual papers. Graphics originated with the authors, skillfully drafted by Susan Smith of the MBMG. Layout and production relied on meticulous efforts of the MBMG’s Publications Editor, Susan Barth.
Volume I—Geologic History
Chapter | Lead Author | Availability | |
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Preface | Metesh | In Production |
Chapter | Lead Author | Availability | |
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The Cambrian and Ordovician Sedimentary Record of Montana | Thomas and McDonald | In Production | |
The Devonian Sedimentary Record of Montana | Hofmann | Download | |
The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Sedimentary Record of Montana | Hendrix | In Production | |
The Permian and Triassic Sedimentary Record of Montana | Hendrix | In Production |
Chapter | Lead Author | Availability | |
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Cretaceous – Paleogene Orogenesis of Montana | Lageson, Kalakay, and Foster | Download | |
Sedimentation During Early Foreland Development in Montana | Hendrix | In Production | |
The Western Interior Seaway in Montana | Hendrix | In Production | |
Synorogenic Basin Deposits and Associated Laramide Uplifts in the Montana Part of the Cordilleran Foreland Basin System | Vuke | Download | |
Mesozoic Magmatism in Montana | Scarberry, Yakovlev, and Schwartz | Download |
Chapter | Lead Author | Availability | |
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Eocene Magmatism and Coeval Crustal Extension in Montana | Mosolf, Kalakay, and Foster | In Production | |
The Eocene through Early Miocene Sedimentary Record in Western Montana | Vuke | Download | |
Middle Miocene through Pliocene Sedimentation and Tectonics in Montana: A Record of the Outbreak and Passage of the Yellowstone Hotspot | Thomas and Sears | Download | |
Quaternary and Late Tertiary of Montana: Climate, Glaciation, Stratigraphy, and Vertebrate Fossils | Smith, Hill, and Reiten | Download | |
Neotectonic Development of Western Montana | Yakovlev, Scarberry, and Stickney | Download |
Volume II—Special Topics
Chapter | Lead Author | Availability | |
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Montana Seismicity | Stickney | Download | |
Vertebrate Paleontology of Montana | Horner and Hanson | Download | |
Coal Resources of Montana | Gunderson and Wheaton | Download | |
Geothermal Resources in Montana | Metesh | In Production | |
Principal Aquifers of Montana | LaFave | Download | |
Hydrogeologic Responses to 50 Years of Surface Coal Mining and 20 years of Coalbed-Methane Production in Southeastern Montana | Meredith, Wheaton, and Kuzara | Download | |
The Berkeley Pit and Surrounding Mine Waters of Butte | Gammons and Duaime | Download | |
Metallic Ore Deposits of Montana | Gammons, Korzeb, and Hargrave | Download | |
Ore Deposits of Butte, Montana | Reed and Dilles | Download | |
Mineral Deposits of the Stillwater Complex | Boudreau, Butak, Geraghty, Holick, and Koski | Download | |
Industrial Minerals in Montana | Berg, Childs, and Gammons | Download |