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The etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy: Still more questions than answers The etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy: Still more questions than answers
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) has attracted increasing attention as a possible environmental disease, and a significant amount of research from complementary scientific fields has been dedicated to its etiology. There are two actual competing theories attempting to explain the cause of this kidney disease: 1) the mycotoxin hypothesis, which considers that BEN is produced by ochratoxin...
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C. A. Tatu, W. H. Orem, R. B. Finkelman, G. L. Feder
Map showing areas with potential for talc deposits in the Gravelly, Greenhorn, and Ruby Ranges and the Henrys Lake Mountains of southwestern Montana Map showing areas with potential for talc deposits in the Gravelly, Greenhorn, and Ruby Ranges and the Henrys Lake Mountains of southwestern Montana
For the last several years, Montana has been the leading talc producing state in the United States (U.S. Geological Survey, 1996). For example, in 1992 Montana supplied about 40 percent of the U.S. mine production of talc (Virta, 1992). All of this production has come from the large deposits of high purity talc in the southwestern part of the state. All Montana talc is currently (1997)...
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Bradley S. Van Gosen, Richard B. Berg, Jane M. Hammarstrom
Optical-cell evidence for superheated ice under gas-hydrate-forming conditions Optical-cell evidence for superheated ice under gas-hydrate-forming conditions
We previously reported indirect but compelling evidence that fine-grained H2O ice under elevated CH4 gas pressure can persist to temperatures well above its ordinary melting point while slowly reacting to form methane clathrate hydrate. This phenomenon has now been visually verified by duplicating these experiments in an optical cell while observing the very slow hydrate-forming process...
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L.A. Stern, D.L. Hogenboom, W.B. Durham, S. H. Kirby, I.-M. Chou
Preliminary report on water quality associated with the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee Preliminary report on water quality associated with the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
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R.R. Seal, J. M. Hammarstrom, C.S. Southworth, A. L. Meier, D.P. Haffner, A. P. Schultz, G.S. Plumlee, M.J. Flohr, J.C. Jackson, S. M. Smith, P. L. Hageman
Coal resources, new air quality standards, and sustainability Coal resources, new air quality standards, and sustainability
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Emil D. Attanasi
Glimpses of the Ice Age from I-81: Lee Ranger District Glimpses of the Ice Age from I-81: Lee Ranger District
Travelers on Interstate Highway 81 can see remnants of the Ice Age on the mountains between Strasburg and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Scattered along the miles of green, forested mountains are many gray patches without any forests. These treeless patches, or openings, in the steep mountain forests are block fields - geologic features that owe their origin to the Ice Age.
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
An 800,000-year pollen record from Owens Lake, California: Preliminary analyses An 800,000-year pollen record from Owens Lake, California: Preliminary analyses
A long sequence of fossil palynomorph assemblages from a 323-m-long core taken at Owens Lake has enabled us to evaluate the gross vegetational trends for the Owens Valley region of California over the past ~800,000 years. Shifts in vegetation composition and abundance in the study area during the Pleistocene were indicated in core sediments by marked fluctuations in the pollen...
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Ronald J. Litwin, D.P. Adam, N. O. Frederiksen, W. B. Woolfenden
The Spruce Head composite pluton: An example of mafic to silicic Salinian magmatism in coastal Maine, northern Appalachians The Spruce Head composite pluton: An example of mafic to silicic Salinian magmatism in coastal Maine, northern Appalachians
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Robert A. Ayuso, Joseph G. Arth
A science-based, watershed strategy to support effective remediation of abandoned mine lands A science-based, watershed strategy to support effective remediation of abandoned mine lands
A U.S. Geological Survey Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative will develop a strategy for gathering and communicating the scientific information needed to formulate effective and cost-efficient remediation of abandoned mine lands. A watershed approach will identify, characterize, and remediate contaminated sites that have the most profound effect on water and ecosystem quality within a...
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Herbert T. Buxton, David A. Nimick, Paul Von Guerard, Stan E. Church, Ann G. Frazier, John R. Gray, Bruce R. Lipin, Sherman P. Marsh, Daniel F. Woodward, Briant A. Kimball, Susan E. Finger, Lee S. Ischinger, John C. Fordham, Martha S. Power, Christine M. Bunch, John Jones
Multiphase groundwater flow near cooling plutons Multiphase groundwater flow near cooling plutons
We investigate groundwater flow near cooling plutons with a computer program that can model multiphase flow, temperatures up to 1200°C, thermal pressurization, and temperature‐dependent rock properties. A series of experiments examines the effects of host‐rock permeability, size and depth of pluton emplacement, single versus multiple intrusions, the influence of a caprock, and the impact...
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Daniel O. Hayba, Steven E. Ingebritsen
Digital geologic map and mineral deposits of the Lake Superior region: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan Digital geologic map and mineral deposits of the Lake Superior region: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
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W.F. Cannon, T. H. Kress, D. M. Sutphin, G. B. Morey, Joyce Meints
Digital geologic and geophysical data of Bangladesh Digital geologic and geophysical data of Bangladesh
This CD-ROM was compiled according to the methodology developed by the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project. The goal of the project was to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world and report these results by the year 2000. A worldwide series of geologic maps, published on CD-ROMs, was released by the U.S. Geological Survey's World...