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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
Links between erosional hotspots and alongshore sediment transport Links between erosional hotspots and alongshore sediment transport
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Andrew Ashton, Jeffrey H. List, A. Brad Murray, Amy S. Farris
Oceanographic observations in the Hudson Shelf Valley, December 1999 - April 2000: Data report Oceanographic observations in the Hudson Shelf Valley, December 1999 - April 2000: Data report
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Bradford Butman, P. S. Alexander, C. K. Harris, P. A. Traykovski, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, F. L. Lightsom, Marinna A. Martini
Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: A GIS compilation Surficial sediment data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: A GIS compilation
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Lawrence J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, S.J. Williams, M. E. Hastings, J. T. Kelley, D. F. Belknap, L. G. Ward, D. M. FitzGerald, P. F. Larsen
Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 2.0: An ArcView extension for calculating shoreline change Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 2.0: An ArcView extension for calculating shoreline change
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E. Robert Thieler, Daniel Martin, Ayhan Ergul
Mapping the seabed and habitats in National Marine Sanctuaries - Examples from the East, Gulf and West Coasts Mapping the seabed and habitats in National Marine Sanctuaries - Examples from the East, Gulf and West Coasts
The National Marine Sanctuary System requires seabed and habitat maps to serve as a basis for managing sanctuary resources and for conducting research. NOAA, the agency that manages the sanctuaries, and the USGS have conducted mapping projects in three sanctuaries (Stellwagen Bank NMS, Flower Garden Banks NMS, and Channel Islands NMS) with an emphasis on collaboration of geologists and...
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Page C. Valentine, Guy R. Cochrane, Kathryn M. Scanlon
Critical pressure and multiphase flow in Blake Ridge gas hydrates Critical pressure and multiphase flow in Blake Ridge gas hydrates
We use core porosity, consolidation experiments, pressure core sampler data, and capillary pressure measurements to predict water pressures that are 70% of the lithostatic stress, and gas pressures that equal the lithostatic stress beneath the methane hydrate layer at Ocean Drilling Program Site 997, Blake Ridge, offshore North Carolina. A 29-m-thick interconnected free-gas column is...
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P.B. Flemings, Xiuying Liu, W.J. Winters
Late Holocene estuarine-inner shelf interactions; is there evidence of an estuarine retreat path for Tampa Bay, Florida? Late Holocene estuarine-inner shelf interactions; is there evidence of an estuarine retreat path for Tampa Bay, Florida?
The purpose of this study was to determine if and how a large, modern estuarine system, situated in the middle of an ancient carbonate platform, has affected its adjacent inner shelf both in the past during the last, post-glacial sea-level rise and during the present. An additional purpose was to determine if and how this inner shelf seaward of a major estuary differed from the inner...
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B.T. Donahue, A. C. Hine, S. Tebbens, S. D. Locker, D.C. Twichell
Measured temperature and pressure dependence of compressional (Vp) and shear (Vs) wave speeds in compacted, polycrystalline ice lh Measured temperature and pressure dependence of compressional (Vp) and shear (Vs) wave speeds in compacted, polycrystalline ice lh
We report on laboratory measurements of compressional- and shear-wave speeds in a compacted, polycrystalline ice-Ih sample. The sample was made from triply distilled water that had been frozen into single crystal ice, ground into small grains, and sieved to extract the 180250 µm diameter fraction. Porosity was eliminated from the sample by compacting the granular ice between a...
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M.B. Helgerud, W.F. Waite, S. H. Kirby, A. Nur
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Cape Cod National Seashore to sea-level rise Coastal vulnerability assessment of Cape Cod National Seashore to sea-level rise
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within the Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO). The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level rise, shoreline change rates, mean tidal range and...
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Erika S. Hammar-Klose, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams