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Earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization

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Pragmatically mapping Phragmites with unoccupied aerial systems: A comparison of invasive species land cover classification using RGB and multispectral imagery

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Hydroacoustic observations reveal drivers of mixing and salinization of a karst subterranean estuary during intense precipitation

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Holocene paleoclimatic evidence and sedimentation rates from a core in southwestern Lake Michigan Holocene paleoclimatic evidence and sedimentation rates from a core in southwestern Lake Michigan

Preliminary results of a multidisciplinary study of cores in southwestern Lake Michigan suggest that the materials in these cores can be interpreted in terms of both isostatically and climatically induced changes in lake level. Ostracodes and mollusks are well preserved in the Holocene sediments, and they provide paleolimnologic and paleoclimatic data, as well as biogenic carbonate for...
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Steven M. Colman, Glenn A. Jones, R. M. Forester, D.S. Foster
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1989 United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1989

The fiscal year 1989 Yearbook summarizes the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in response to its scientific and regulatory missions.
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Dallas L. Peck, John A. Kelmelis, Charles W. Boning, Richard Z. Poore, Eugene C. Napier, Ernest B. Brunson, K. Lea Ginnodo, G. Gray Tappan, Dean J. Tyler, Donald G. Moore, C.R. Baskin, Charlotte H. Goodson, Wendy R. Hassibe, Betty B. Brodes
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Origin of Florida Canyon and the role of spring sapping on the formation of submarine box canyons Origin of Florida Canyon and the role of spring sapping on the formation of submarine box canyons

Florida Canyon, one of a series of major submarine canyons on the southwestern edge of the Florida Platform, was surveyed using GLORIA, SeaBeam, and Deep-Tow technologies, and it was directly observed during three DSRV Alvin dives. Florida Canyon exhibits two distinct morphologies: a broad V-shaped upper canyon and a deeply entrenched, flat-floored, U-shaped lower canyon. The flat-...
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Charles K. Paull, Fred N. Spiess, Joseph R. Curray, David C. Twichell
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sediment movement along the U.S. east coast continental shelf-I. Estimates of bottom stress using the Grant-Madsen model and near-bottom wave and current measurements Sediment movement along the U.S. east coast continental shelf-I. Estimates of bottom stress using the Grant-Madsen model and near-bottom wave and current measurements

Bottom stress is calculated for several long-term time-series observations, made on the U.S. east coast continental shelf during winter, using the wave-current interaction and moveable bed models of Grant and Madsen (1979, Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 1797-1808; 1982, Journal of Geophysical Research, 87, 469-482). The wave and current measurements were obtained by means of a...
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V.D. Lyne, B. Butman, W.D. Grant
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geological interpretation of combined Seabeam, Gloria and seismic data from Anegada Passage (Virgin Islands, north Caribbean) Geological interpretation of combined Seabeam, Gloria and seismic data from Anegada Passage (Virgin Islands, north Caribbean)

The Anegada Passage (sensu lato) includes several basins and ridges from Southeast of Puerto Rico to the corner of the Virgin Islands Platform. Seabeam (Seacarib I) and Gloria long-range sidescan sonar surveys were carried out in this area. These new data allow us to propose an interpretation of the Anegada Passage. Most of the features described are related to wrench faulting: (a) St...
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I. Jany, Kathryn M. Scanlon, A. Mauffret
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Fine-grained rutile in the Gulf of Maine: Diagenetic origin, source rocks, and sedimentary environment of deposition Fine-grained rutile in the Gulf of Maine: Diagenetic origin, source rocks, and sedimentary environment of deposition

The Gulf of Maine, an embayment of the New England margin, is floored by shallow, glacially scoured basins that are partly filled with late Pleistocene and Holocene silt and clay containing 0.7 to 1.0 wt percent TiO 2 , chiefly in the form of silt-size rutile. Eleven basins in the gulf are estimated to contain 479 X 10 6 metric tons of TiO 2 (to a depth of 10 m) in the U.S. exclusive...
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P. C. Valentine, J.A. Commeau
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Variations in the styles of erosion along the Florida Escarpment, eastern Gulf of Mexico Variations in the styles of erosion along the Florida Escarpment, eastern Gulf of Mexico

GLORIA sidescan sonographs and Seabeam bathymetric data show morphological differences along the Florida Escarpment which reflect that different erosional styles have been active along different parts of this carbonate platform edge. The northern half of the escarpment is cut by numerous small ravines spaced 1-5 km apart. Its southern half is deeply incised by large box canyons that have...
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D.C. Twichell, L.M. Parson, C. K. Paull
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Ross Sea Ross Sea

Eight short-wavelength, seismically defined penetrative structures having associated 1- to 5-km-wide magnetic anomalies (Table A. 12.1) in the western Ross Sea (Figure A. 12.1) are interpreted as volcanic in origin. Modeled anomalies fitted to the observed data and constrained by 24-fold seismic reflection profiles support the interpretation of these submarine volcanoes. Anomaly a...
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J. C. Behrendt
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Small domes on Venus: Probable analogs of Icelandic lava shields Small domes on Venus: Probable analogs of Icelandic lava shields

On the basis of observed shapes and volumetric estimates, we interpret small, dome-like features on radar images of Venus to be analogs of Icelandic lava-shield volcanoes. Using morphometric data for venusian domes in Aubele and Slyuta (in press), as well as our own measurements of representative dome volumes and areas from Tethus Regio, we demonstrate that the characteristic aspect...
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James B. Garvin, Richard S. Williams
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sediment movement along the U.S. east coast continental shelf-II. Modelling suspended sediment concentration and transport rate during storms Sediment movement along the U.S. east coast continental shelf-II. Modelling suspended sediment concentration and transport rate during storms

Long-term near-bottom wave and current observations and a one-dimensional sediment transport model are used to calculate the concentration and transport of sediment during winter storms at 60-80 m water depth along the southern flank of Georges Bank and in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Calculations are presented for five stations, separated by more than 600 km alongshelf, that have different...
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V.D. Lyne, B. Butman, W.D. Grant
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

1986 Great Lakes Seismic refraction survey (GLIMPCE): Line A - refraction mode 1986 Great Lakes Seismic refraction survey (GLIMPCE): Line A - refraction mode

In the fall of 1986, the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), two Canadian universities -- University of Western Ontario and University of Saskatchewan, and four American universities -- Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh participated in a major deep...
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Patrick Morel-a-l’Huissier, John H. Karl, Anne M. Trehu, Zoltan Hajnal, Robert F. Mereu, Robert P. Meyer, John L. Sexton, C. Patrick Ervin, Alan G. Green, Deborah Hutchinson
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Velocities of antarctic outlet glaciers determined from sequential Landsat images Velocities of antarctic outlet glaciers determined from sequential Landsat images

Approximately 91.0 percent of the volume of present-day glacier ice on Earth is in Antarctica; Greenland contains about another 8.3 percent of the volume. Thus, together, these two great ice sheets account for an estimated 99.3 percent of the total. Long-term changes in the volume of glacier ice on our planet are the result of global climate change. Because of the relationship of global...
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Thomas R. MacDonald, Jane G. Ferrigno, Richard S. Williams, Baerbel K. Lucchitta
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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