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Summary of Chlorine-36 validation studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Summary of Chlorine-36 validation studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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James B. Paces, Zell E. Peterman, Leonid A. Neymark, G. J. Nimz, M. Gascoyne, Brian D. Marshall

The Rocky Mountain glacial model; the Wind River Range, Wyoming The Rocky Mountain glacial model; the Wind River Range, Wyoming

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Authors
D. E. Dahms, R. D. Hall, Ralph R. Shroba, C. J. Sorenson, E. A. Lynch, M. T. Applegarth

Quaternary vegetation and climate change in the western United States: Developments, perspectives, and prospects Quaternary vegetation and climate change in the western United States: Developments, perspectives, and prospects

This chapter explores the strengths and shortcomings of the major sources of data on Quaternary vegetation and climate change and discusses the use of models as a means to explore past and potential future environmental changes. The flora and major vegetation types of the western United States are present for several million years. Ongoing changes in atmospheric chemistry, climate, and...
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Robert S. Thompson, Sarah Shafer, Laura E. Strickland, Peter K. Van De Water, Katherine H. Anderson

Tectonic framework and Late Cenozoic tectonic history of the northern part of Cyprus: Implications for earthquake hazards and regional tectonics Tectonic framework and Late Cenozoic tectonic history of the northern part of Cyprus: Implications for earthquake hazards and regional tectonics

Located near the triple junction of the African, Arabia, and Eurasian Plate, Cyprus has had an active and complex neotectonic history, which includes devastating historical earthquakes. Investigations into the tectonic framework of the northern part of Cyprus provide important insights into regional tectonism of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The northern part of Cyprus is...
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Richard W. Harrison, Wayne L. Newell, Hilmi Batihanli, Ioannis Panayides, John McGeehin, Shannon A. Mahan, Ayse Ozhur, Efthymios Tsiolakis, Mehmet Necdet

Quaternary stratigraphy, geomorphology, soils, and alpine archaeology in an alpine-to-plains transect, Colorado Front Range Quaternary stratigraphy, geomorphology, soils, and alpine archaeology in an alpine-to-plains transect, Colorado Front Range

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Authors
David P. Dethier, James B. Benedict, Peter W. Birkeland, Nel Caine, P. Thompson Davis, Richard F. Madole, Penny E. Patterson, Alan B. Price, Taylor F. Schildgen, Ralph R. Shroba

Geology of the Right Stepover region between the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg, and Maacama faults, northern San Francisco Bay region: A contribution to Northern California Geological Society Field Trip Guide, June 6-8, 2003 Geology of the Right Stepover region between the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg, and Maacama faults, northern San Francisco Bay region: A contribution to Northern California Geological Society Field Trip Guide, June 6-8, 2003

This Open file report was written as part of a two-day field trip on June 7 and 8, 2003, conducted for the Northern California Geological Society. The first day of this field trip (June 7) was led by McLaughlin and Sarna-Wojcicki in the area of the right- step between the Rodgers Creek- Healdsburg fault zone and the Maacama fault. The second day of the trip (June 8), was led by David...
Authors
Robert J. McLaughlin, Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki

Last Glacial loess in the conterminous USA Last Glacial loess in the conterminous USA

The conterminous United States contains an extensive and generally well-studied record of Last Glacial loess. The loess occurs in diverse physiographic provinces, and under a wide range of climatic and ecological conditions. Both glacial and non-glacia lloess sources are present, and many properties of the loess vary systematically with distance from loess sources. United States' mid...
Authors
E. Arthur Bettis, Daniel R. Muhs, Helen M. Roberts, Ann G. Wintle

The role of climate and vegetation change in shaping past and future fire regimes in the northwestern US and the implications for ecosystem management The role of climate and vegetation change in shaping past and future fire regimes in the northwestern US and the implications for ecosystem management

Fire is an important part of the disturbance regimes of northwestern US forests and its role in maintaining and altering forest vegetation is evident in the paleoecological record of the region. Long-term reconstructions of Holocene fire regimes, provided by the analysis of charcoal, pollen, and other fire proxies in a network of lake records, indicate that the Pacific Northwest and...
Authors
C. Whitlock, S.L. Shafer, J. Marlon
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