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Erosion and deterioration of the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc, Louisiana, U.S.A.: 1853 to 1988 Erosion and deterioration of the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Arc, Louisiana, U.S.A.: 1853 to 1988
Using cartographic and aerial photography data from the years 1853, 1890, 1934, 1956, 1978, 1984, and 1988, shoreline change maps of the Isles Dernieres barrier island arc were constructed. These data were accurately superimposed, using a computer mapping system, which removed projection, datum, scale, and other cartographic inconsistencies. Linear, areal, and perimeter measurements...
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Randolph A. McBride, Shea Penland, Bruce E. Jaffe, S. Jeffress Williams, Asbury H. Sallenger, Karen A. Westphal
Thermal and cementation histories of Permian shelf-edge carbonate rocks in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China Thermal and cementation histories of Permian shelf-edge carbonate rocks in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China
As of 1984, the Nanpanjiang Basin of South China has had almost no exploration by drilling although oil seeps exist among its margins and producing wells occur in adjacent basins. however, cooperative studies by petroleum geologists and geochemists of the United States and the People's Republic of China (1982-1984) show that calcite-cemented reef and fore-reef carbonate rocks near Ziyun...
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Robert B. Halley, Judith T. Parrish, Xie Zahn, Hu Wenhai, Peter A. Scholle, Su Zhongrui, Zhang Yirong, Huang Yunming, Li Guangxuan
Impacts of exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of Georges Bank Impacts of exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of Georges Bank
A 3-year monitoring program was performed to assess the impacts of exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of Georges Bank, an important commercial fishery region in the North Atlantic east of Massachusetts, USA. Surficial sediments were sampled for chemical and benthic infaunal analysis and bottom still photographs were taken to document bottom microtopography...
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J. M. Neff, Michael H. Bothner, N. J. Maciolek, J. F. Grassle
Statistical analysis of factors affecting landslide distribution in the new Madrid seismic zone, Tennessee and Kentucky Statistical analysis of factors affecting landslide distribution in the new Madrid seismic zone, Tennessee and Kentucky
More than 220 large landslides along the bluffs bordering the Mississippi alluvial plain between Cairo, Ill., and Memphis, Tenn., are analyzed by discriminant analysis and multiple linear regression to determine the relative effects of slope height and steepness, stratigraphic variation, slope aspect, and proximity to the hypocenters of the 1811-12 New Madrid, Mo., earthquakes on the...
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R.W. Jibson, D. K. Keefer
Dynamic pore-pressure fluctuations in rapidly shearing granular materials Dynamic pore-pressure fluctuations in rapidly shearing granular materials
Results from two types of experiments show that intergranular pore pressures fluctuated dynamically during rapid, steady shear deformation of water-saturated granular materials. During some fluctuations, the pore water locally supported all normal and shear stresses, while grain-contact stresses transiently fell to zero. Fluctuations also propagated outward from the shear zone; this...
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Richard M. Iverson, Richard G. Lahusen
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, Carol Ann Varner
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, Carol Ann Varner
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, Carol Ann Varner
Report on list of structures recommended for seismic instrumentation in the Puget Sound area, Washington Report on list of structures recommended for seismic instrumentation in the Puget Sound area, Washington
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B. M. Olsen, P. Grant, Mehmet Çelebi
Maps showing landslide features and related ground deformation in the Woodlawn area of the Manoa Valley, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Maps showing landslide features and related ground deformation in the Woodlawn area of the Manoa Valley, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
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Rex L. Baum, Robert W. Fleming, Stephen D. Ellen
Inner shelf deposits of the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama region, Gulf of Mexico Inner shelf deposits of the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama region, Gulf of Mexico
The late Quaternary morphology, shallow stratigraphy and sediment distribution of the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama inner shelf region are the product of transgressive and regressive sedimentary processes. Shelf sedimentary facies were deposited by deltaic progradation, followed by shoreface erosion and submergence. This information is based on interpretations and synthesis of more than...
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Jack L. Kindinger, Shea Penland, S. Jeffress Williams, John R. Suter