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Crustal structure of east central Oregon: Relation between Newberry Volcano and regional crustal structure Crustal structure of east central Oregon: Relation between Newberry Volcano and regional crustal structure
A 180-km-long seismic refraction transect from the eastern High Cascades, across Newberry Volcano, to the eastern High Lava Plains is used to investigate the subvolcanic crustal and upper mantle velocity structure there. Near-surface volcanic flows and sedimentary debris (1.6-4.7 km/s), ranging from 3 to 5 km in thickness, overlie subvolcanic Basin and Range structures. East and west of...
Authors
R. D. Catchings, Walter D. Mooney
Cathodoluminescent bimineralic ooids from the Pleistocene of the Florida continental shelf Cathodoluminescent bimineralic ooids from the Pleistocene of the Florida continental shelf
A bored and encrusted late Pleistocene ooid grainstone was recovered from the seafloor at a depth of approximately 40 m on the outer continental shelf of eastern Florida. Ooid cortices are dominantly bimineralic, generally consisting of inner layers of radial magnesian calcite and outer layers of tangential aragonite. Ooid nuclei are dominantly rounded cryptocrystalline grains, although...
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R. P. Major, Robert B. Halley, Karen J. Lukas
An economic and geographic appraisal of a spatial natural hazard risk: a study of landslide mitigation rules An economic and geographic appraisal of a spatial natural hazard risk: a study of landslide mitigation rules
Efficient mitigation of natural hazards requires a spatial representation of the risk, based upon the geographic distribution of physical parameters and man-related development activities. Through such a representation, the spatial probability of landslides based upon physical science concepts is estimated for Cincinnati, Ohio. Mitigation programs designed to reduce loss from landslide...
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R. L. Bernknopf, D.S. Brookshire, R. H. Campbell, C.D. Shapiro
The Manti, Utah, landslide The Manti, Utah, landslide
PART A: The Manti landslide is in Manti Canyon on the west side of the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah. In early June 1974, coincident with the melting of a snowpack, a rock slump/debris flow occurred on the south rim of Manti Canyon. Part of the slumped material mixed with meltwater and mobilized into a series of debris flows that traveled down the slope a distance of as much as 1.2 km...
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R. W. Fleming, R. B. Johnson, R. L. Schuster, G. P. Williams
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 1988 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 1988
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1988 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1988
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Landslides triggered by earthquakes in the central Mississippi Valley, Tennessee and Kentucky Landslides triggered by earthquakes in the central Mississippi Valley, Tennessee and Kentucky
We mapped 221 large (more than 200 ft across) landslides of three morphologically distinct types on the bluffs bordering the Mississippi alluvial plain in western Tennessee and Kentucky Old coherent slides (146 landslides, or 66 percent of the total) include translational block slides and single and multiple-block rotational slumps, all of which are covered by mature vegetation and have...
Authors
Randall W. Jibson, David K. Keefer
QED QED
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Regional earthquake hazards assessments Regional earthquake hazards assessments
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Authors
Henry Spall
Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the Boston Region Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the Boston Region
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Mehmet Çelebi
Hydrologic data for computation of sediment discharge: Toutle and North Fork Toutle Rivers near Mount St. Helens, Washington, water years 1980-84 Hydrologic data for computation of sediment discharge: Toutle and North Fork Toutle Rivers near Mount St. Helens, Washington, water years 1980-84
Immediately after the devastating May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, a program was initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey to study the streamflow and sediment characteristics of streams impacted by the eruption. Some of the data gathered in that program are presented in this report. Data are presented for two key sites in the Toutle River basin: North Fork Toutle River near Kid...
Authors
Dallas Childers, Stephen E. Hammond, William P. Johnson