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Vermont landslide map, digital version computer file : a digital data set for IBM PC and compatible microcomputers, Part C
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Authors
Charles A. Baskerville
Vermont landslide map, digital version computer file : a digital data set for IBM PC and compatible microcomputers, Part B
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Authors
Charles A. Baskerville
Use of longitudinal strain in identifying driving and resisting elements of landslides
Observations of deformation at the surfaces of landslides in Utah and Hawaii indicate that the upslope parts of the land-slides have stretched and the downslope parts have shortened parallel with the direction of movement. The maximum displacement of each landslide occurs in a relatively undeformed zone between the zones of shortening and stretching. The pattern of deformation at the surface of th
Authors
R.L. Baum, R. W. Fleming
Large-scale variation in lithospheric structure along and across the Kenya rift
The Kenya rift is one of the classic examples of a continental rift zone: models for its evolution range from extension of the lithosphere by pure shear1, through extension by simple shear2, to diapiric upwelling of an asthenolith3. Following a pilot study in 19854, the present work involved the shooting of three seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection profiles along the axis, across the marg
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C. Prodehl, J. Mechie, W. Kaminski, K. Fuchs, C. Grosse, H. Hoffmann, R. Stangl, R. Stellrecht, M.A. Khan, Peter K.H. Maguire, W. Kirk, Gordon R. Keller, A. Githui, M. Baker, Walter D. Mooney, E. Criley, J. Luetgert, B. Jacob, H. Thybo, M. Demartin, S. Scarascia, A. Hirn, J. R. Bowman, I. Nyambok, S. Gaciri, J. Patel, E. Dindi, D.H. Griffiths, R.F. King, A. E. Mussett, L.W. Braile, G. Thompson, K. Olsen, S. Harder, R. Vees, D. Gajewski, A. Schulte, J. Obel, F. Mwango, J. Mukinya, D. Riaroh
Crustal structure of accreted terranes in southern Alaska, Chugach Mountains and Copper River Basin, from seismic refraction results
Seismic refraction data were collected along a 320-km-long "transect' line in southern Alaska, crossing the Prince William, Chugach, Peninsular, and Wrangellia terranes, and along several shorter lines within individual terranes. Velocity structure in the upper crust (less than 9-km depth) differs among the four terranes. In contrast, layers in the middle crust (9- to 25-km depth) in some case ext
Authors
G. S. Fuis, E. L. Ambos, Walter D. Mooney, N.I. Christensen, E. Geist
Geodetic estimate of coseismic slip during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake
Offsets in the relative positions of geodetic stations resulting from the Loma Prieta earthquake can be explained with a dislocation model that includes buried oblique slip on a rupture surface extending 37 km along the strike of the San Andreas fault, dipping 70° to the SW, and extending from a depth of about 5 to 17.5 km. Assuming uniform slip on a rectangular surface, the mean values for a rang
Authors
Michael Lisowski, W. H. Prescott, James C. Savage, M. J. Johnson
A possible geodetic anomaly observed prior to the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake
Monthly measurements since mid‐1981 of distance from a geodetic station located 11 km from the epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake (Ms = 7.1; October 17, 1989) to three stations 30 to 40 km distant provides an unusually complete record of deformation in the epicentral region in the years prior to an earthquake. Roughly 1.3 years before the earthquake, at about the time of the first magnitude‐5
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Michael Lisowski, W. H. Prescott, James C. Savage, Jerry L. Svarc
An apparent shear zone trending north‐northwest across the Mojave Desert into Owens Valley, eastern California
Strain rates measured at four geodetic networks in eastern California situated between northern Owens Valley and the Transverse Ranges along a small circle drawn about the Pacific‐North America pole of rotation are remarkably consistent. Each exhibits 0.14 μrad/yr simple right‐lateral engineering‐shear‐strain accumulation across the local vertical plane tangent to the small circle. Local faults (e
Authors
James C. Savage, Michael Lisowski, W. H. Prescott
Landslides caused by the intense precipitation of Hurricane Hugo in El Yunque and surrounding areas
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Authors
Matthew C. Larsen
Subsurface energy storage and transport for solar-powered geysers on Triton
The location of active geyser-like eruptions and related features close to the current subsolar latitude on Triton suggests a solar energy source for these phenomena. Solidstate greenhouse calculations have shown that sunlight can generate substantially elevated subsurface temperatures. A variety of models for the storage of solar energy in a sub-greenhouse layer and for the supply of gas and ener
Authors
Randolph L. Kirk, Robert H. Brown, Laurence A. Soderblom
Energy sources for triton's geyser-like plumes
Four geyser-like plumes were discovered near Triton's south pole in areas now in permanent sunlight. Because Triton's southern hemisphere is nearing a maximum summer solstice, insolation as a driver or a trigger for Triton's geyser-like plumes is an attractive hypothesis. Trapping of solar radiation in a translucent, low-conductivity surface layer (in a solid-state greenhouse), which is subsequent
Authors
R. H. Brown, Randolph L. Kirk, T. V. Johnson, Laurence A. Soderblom
Triton's geyser-like plumes: Discovery and basic characterization
At least four active geyser-like eruptions were discovered in Voyager 2 images of Triton, Neptune's large satellite. The two best documented eruptions occur as columns of dark material rising to an altitude of about 8 kilometers where dark clouds of material are left suspended to drift downwind over 100 kilometers. The radii of the rising columns appear to be in the range of several tens of meters
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Laurence A. Soderblom, S. W. Kieffer, T.L. Becker, R. H. Brown, A.F. Cook, C.J. Hansen, T. V. Johnson, Randolph L. Kirk, E.M. Shoemaker