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Geology, hydrology and mechanics of the Alani-Paty Landslide, Manoa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii Geology, hydrology and mechanics of the Alani-Paty Landslide, Manoa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
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R.L. Baum, M.E. Reid
Using regional geologic information to assess relative aquifer contamination potential– An example from the central United States Using regional geologic information to assess relative aquifer contamination potential– An example from the central United States
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David R. Soller, Richard Berg
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Supplementary pages to the disk of: The directory of the World Landslide Inventory Supplementary pages to the disk of: The directory of the World Landslide Inventory
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William M. Brown, David M. Cruden, Judith S. Denison
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology: Calendar Year 1991 Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology: Calendar Year 1991
This [summary of] U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-585 contains a listing of publications authored or co-authored by members of the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology during 1991. Results of Branch investigations are distributed in a variety of ways, including maps, journal articles, abstracts and U.S.G.S. publications. Copies of U.S.G.S. Open File Reports may generally be...
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Margaret C. Mons-Wengler, Robert N. Oldale
40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jaramillo normal subchron and the Matuyama and Brunhes geomagnetic boundary 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jaramillo normal subchron and the Matuyama and Brunhes geomagnetic boundary
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G. A. Izett, J. D. Obradovich
The world landslide problem The world landslide problem
Thousands of people may be killed by landslides each year and property damage may be in the tens of billions of dollars, but the techniques for recognizing and coping with landslides are well developed. Landslides are generally more manageable and predictable than earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and some storms, but only a few countries have taken advantage of this knowledge to reduce...
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E. E. Brabb
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Speculations on continental crustal evolution Speculations on continental crustal evolution
The evolution of the continental crust is a topic that has challenged Earth scientists since the earliest hypotheses of crustal evolution were put forth by such luminaries as Hutton, the 18th century Scottish scientist, and later by Stille (Germany), Argand (France), and Dana (United States). Recent geophysical observations provide important constraints on hypotheses of crustal evolution...
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R. Meissner, Walter D. Mooney
The velocity field along the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California The velocity field along the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California
The velocity field within a 100‐km‐broad zone centered on the San Andreas fault between the Mexican border and San Francisco Bay has been inferred from repeated surveys of trilateration networks in the 1973–1989 interval. The velocity field has the appearance of a shear flow that remains parallel to the local strike of the fault even through such major deflections as the big bend of the...
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Michael Lisowski, James C. Savage, W.H. Prescott
Strain accumulation in western Washington Strain accumulation in western Washington
The Juan de Fuca plate is subducted beneath the North American plate off the coast of Washington at a rate of about 40 mm/yr N68°E. The average principal strain rates (extension reckoned positive) measured in northwestern Washington are as follows: Olympic peninsula 25 km south of Port Angeles from 1982 through 1990, and and near Seattle from 1972 through 1985, and . Both strain...
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James C. Savage, Michael Lisowski, W.H. Prescott
Tide gage measurements of uplift along the south coast of Alaska Tide gage measurements of uplift along the south coast of Alaska
Annual mean sea levels along the south coast of Alaska are used to measure uplift along the Alaska‐Aleutian subduction zone. Oceanographic effects are removed from the observed annual mean sea levels by subtracting a correction that is proportional to the sea level fluctuations observed in southeast Alaska. That correction is effective in reducing fluctuations in the observed, annual...
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James C. Savage, George Plafker
Criticism of some forecasts of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council Criticism of some forecasts of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities has assigned probabilities for rupture in the interval from 1988 to 2018 to various segments of the San Andreas fault on the basis of the lognormal distribution of recurrence times of characteristic earthquakes postulated by Nishenko and Buland (1987). I question the validity of those probabilities on the basis of three separate...
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James C. Savage