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Seafloor images refine petroleum exploration models Seafloor images refine petroleum exploration models
Acoustic mapping of the EEZ sea floor using GLORIA side-scan sonar tool includes the margins of the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Johnston Island. This decade-long program was undertaken in cooperation with the United Kingdom's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences at the Deacon Laboratory (now the Southampton Oceanography Centre).
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David Twichell
Shoreline change posters of the Louisiana Barrier Islands: 1885-1996 Shoreline change posters of the Louisiana Barrier Islands: 1885-1996
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Shea Penland, Chris Zganjar, Karen A. Westphal, Paul Connor, Andrew Beall, Jeff List, S. Jeffress Williams
Introduction to physical properties and elasticity models Introduction to physical properties and elasticity models
Estimating the in situ methane hydrate volume from seismic surveys requires knowledge of the rock physics relations between wave speeds and elastic moduli in hydrate/sediment mixtures. The elastic moduli of hydrate/sediment mixtures depend on the elastic properties of the individual sedimentary particles and the manner in which they are arranged. In this chapter, we present some rock...
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Jack Dvorkin, Michael B. Helgerud, William F. Waite, Stephen H. Kirby, Amos Nur
The U.S. Atlantic continental margin: The best-known gas hydrate locality The U.S. Atlantic continental margin: The best-known gas hydrate locality
One of the few attempts to date to map gas hydrate over a large area has been made on the Atlantic continental margin of the United States (Dillon et al., 1993, 1994, 1995). This work has resulted in the production of an extensive data base of seismic reflection lines including both single and multichannel lines, and complete GLORIA sidescan sonar coverage. This work was part of the...
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William P. Dillon, Michael D. Max
New digital geologic maps of U.S. continental margins: Insights to seafloor sedimentary character, aggregate resources and processes New digital geologic maps of U.S. continental margins: Insights to seafloor sedimentary character, aggregate resources and processes
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S. Williams, Clinton N. Jenkins, J. Currence, S. Penland, J. Reid, Jim Flocks, J. Kindinger, L. Poppe, M. Kulp, F. Manheim, M. Hampton, C. Polloni, J. Rowland
The relationship of nearshore sand bar configuration to shoreline change The relationship of nearshore sand bar configuration to shoreline change
No abstract available.
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K. Senthilnathan, T. Lippmann, J. List
Sorted patterns on shallow shelves: Instability and finite-amplitude self-organization Sorted patterns on shallow shelves: Instability and finite-amplitude self-organization
No abstract available.
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A. Murray, E.R. Thieler, B. Tighe
Large-scale response of foreshore slope to storm events Large-scale response of foreshore slope to storm events
No abstract available.
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J. List, A. Farris, C. Sullivan
Sediment dispersal pathways and conceptual sediment budget for a sediment starved embayment: Long Bay, South Carolina Sediment dispersal pathways and conceptual sediment budget for a sediment starved embayment: Long Bay, South Carolina
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P. Gayes, W. Schwab, N. Driscoll, R. Morton, W. Baldwin, J. Denny, E. Wright, M. Harris, M. Katuna, T. Putnev, E. Johnston
Mobility of authigenic rhenium, silver, and selenium during postdepositional oxidation in marine sediments Mobility of authigenic rhenium, silver, and selenium during postdepositional oxidation in marine sediments
Sedimentary records of redox-sensitive trace elements hold significant potential as indicators of paleoceanographic environmental conditions. Records of Re can reveal the intensity of past reducing conditions in sediments at the time of deposition, whereas records of Ag may record the magnitude of past diatom fluxes to the seafloor. Confidence in paleoenvironmental reconstruction from...
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John Crusius, John Thomson
Tale of two pit lakes: initial results of a three-year study of the Main Zone and Waterline pit lakes near Houston, British Columbia, Canada Tale of two pit lakes: initial results of a three-year study of the Main Zone and Waterline pit lakes near Houston, British Columbia, Canada
Pit lakes are becoming increasingly common in North America as well as in the rest of the world. They are created as openpit mines fill passively with ground water and surface inflows on cessation of mining activity. In many instances, the water quality in these pit lakes does not meet regulatory requirements due to a number of influences. The most important are the oxidation of sulfide...
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John Crusius, R. Pieters, A. Leung, P. Whittle, T. Pedersen, G. Lawrence, J.J. McNee
Quaternary sedimentation and subsidence history of Lake Baikal, Siberia, based on seismic stratigraphy and coring Quaternary sedimentation and subsidence history of Lake Baikal, Siberia, based on seismic stratigraphy and coring
The long, continuous, high-latitude, stratigraphic record of Lake Baikal was deposited in three broad sedimentary environments, defined by high-resolution seismic-reflection and coring methods: (1) turbidite depositional systems, by far the most widespread, characterizing most of the margins and floors of the main basins of the lake, (2) large deltas of major drainages, and (3)...
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Steven M. Colman, E.B. Karabanov, C. H. Nelson