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Evidence of rapid Cenozoic uplift of the shoulder escarpment of the Cenozoic West Antarctic rift system and a speculation on possible climate forcing Evidence of rapid Cenozoic uplift of the shoulder escarpment of the Cenozoic West Antarctic rift system and a speculation on possible climate forcing
The Cenozoic West Antarctic rift system, characterized by Cenozoic bimodal alkalic volcanic rocks, extends over a largely ice-covered area, from the Ross Sea nearly to the Bellingshausen Sea. Various lines of evidence lead to the following interpretation: the transantarctic Mountains part of the rift shoulder (and probably the entire shoulder) has been rising since about 60 Ma, at...
Authors
John C. Behrendt, A. Cooper
Publications of the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology for Calendar Year 1990 Publications of the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology for Calendar Year 1990
This U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report [extract] contains a listing of publications authored or co-authored by members of the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology and published in calendar year 1990. The Branch conducts a broad geologic and geophysical research and mapping program, primarily along the U.S. Atlantic Margin, in the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and...
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Margaret C. Mons-Wengler, Robert N. Oldale
Groundwater processes in the submarine environment: Chapter 12 Groundwater processes in the submarine environment: Chapter 12
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James M. Robb
Offshore and onshore sediment resource delineation and usage for coastal erosion control in Louisiana: The Isles Dernieres and Plaquemines barrier systems Offshore and onshore sediment resource delineation and usage for coastal erosion control in Louisiana: The Isles Dernieres and Plaquemines barrier systems
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S. Penland, J. Mossa, R.A. McBride, K. Ramsey, J.R. Suter, C.G. Groat, S.J. Williamson
Keweenaw hot spot: Geophysical evidence for a 1.1 Ga mantle plume beneath the Midcontinent Rift System Keweenaw hot spot: Geophysical evidence for a 1.1 Ga mantle plume beneath the Midcontinent Rift System
The Proterozoic Midcontinent Rift System of North America is remarkably similar to Phanerozoic rifted continental margins and flood basalt provinces. Like the younger analogues, the volcanism within this older rift can be explained by decompression melting and rapid extrusion of igneous material during lithospheric extension above a broad, asthenospheric, thermal anomaly which we call...
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D. R. Hutchinson, R.S. White, W.F. Cannon, K. J. Schulz
Numerical simulation of tidal dispersion around a coastal headland Numerical simulation of tidal dispersion around a coastal headland
Tidal flows around headlands can exhibit strong spatial gradients in the Eulerian currents, resulting in complex Lagrangian trajectories and dispersion of the vertically integrated flow. This typically occurs when the horizontal length scale of the headland is comparable to or smaller than the tidal excursion. The effects of these headlands on dispersion are investigated using a...
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R. P. Signell, W. Rockwell Geyer
How Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket were formed How Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket were formed
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R. N. Oldale
Methods of measurement of exploratory well impacts, offshore Florida Methods of measurement of exploratory well impacts, offshore Florida
Six offshore oil well tests were drilled off Key West in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Two wells were drilled on coral bottom, two on carbonate sand, and two on mixed turtle grass and gorgonian/sponge hardbottom. After locating the sites with a proton magnetometer; several underwater assessment methods were used to measure the ecological impacts of drilling. Because of differing...
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Phillip A. Dustan, Jack L. Kindinger, B. H. Lidz, J.H. Hudson
Recent geophysical and geological research in Antarctica related to the assessment of petroleum resources and potential environmental hazards to their development Recent geophysical and geological research in Antarctica related to the assessment of petroleum resources and potential environmental hazards to their development
During the 6-year negotiation of and adoption of the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources Activities on June 2, 1988, various countries have increased their attention to the possibility of exploitation of Antarctica's petroleum resources, which are covered by this treaty. However, there are no known petroleum resources in Antarctica, and scientific information is...
Authors
John C. Behrendt