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Thermal evolution of a differentiated Ganymede and implications for surface features Thermal evolution of a differentiated Ganymede and implications for surface features
Thermal evolution models are presented for Ganymede, assuming a mostly differentiated initial state of a water ocean overlying a rock layer. The only heat sources are assumed to be primordial heat (provided by accretion) and the long-lived radiogenic heat sources in the rock component. As Ganymede cools, the ocean thins, and two ice layers develop, one above composed of ice I, and the...
Authors
Randolph L. Kirk, David J. Stevenson
Hydromagnetic constraints on deep zonal flows in the giant planets Hydromagnetic constraints on deep zonal flows in the giant planets
The observed zonal flows of the giant planets will, if they penetrate below the visible atmosphere, interact significantly with the planetary magnetic field outside the metallized core. The appropriate measure of this interaction is the Chandrasekhar number Q = H^2 /4πρνα^2 λ (H = radial component of the magnetic field, ν = eddy viscosity, λ = magnetic diffusivity, α^-1 = length scale on...
Authors
Randolph L. Kirk, David J. Stevenson
On the aftershock sequence of the earthquake of January 31, 1986 in northeastern Ohio; effects of bandwidth and local geology on observed high-frequency ground motion On the aftershock sequence of the earthquake of January 31, 1986 in northeastern Ohio; effects of bandwidth and local geology on observed high-frequency ground motion
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Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt, G. Glassmoyer
Passive margins: U.S. Geological Survey Line 19 across the Georges Bank basin Passive margins: U.S. Geological Survey Line 19 across the Georges Bank basin
Georges Bank is a shallow part of the Atlantic continental shelf southeast of New England (Emery and Uchupi, 1972, 1984). This bank, however, is merely the upper surface of several sedimentary basins overlying a block-faulted basement of igneous and metamorphic crystalline rock. Sedimentary rock forms a seaward-thickening cover that has accumulated in one main depocenter and several...
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Kim D. Klitgord, John S. Schlee, John A. Grow
A chronology of U.S. Geological Survey hazards warnings: 1976-1986 A chronology of U.S. Geological Survey hazards warnings: 1976-1986
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Authors
Paula L. Gori, Clement F. Shearer
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 1987
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Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1987
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Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1987
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Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Volcanism in Hawaii Volcanism in Hawaii
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Some effects of quiet geomagnetic field changes upon values used for main field modeling Some effects of quiet geomagnetic field changes upon values used for main field modeling
The effects of three methods of data selection upon the assumed main field levels for geomagnetic observatory records used in main field modeling were investigated for a year of very low solar-terrestrial activity. The first method concerned the differences between the year's average of quiet day field values and the average of all values during the year. For H these differences were 2-3...
Authors
W.H. Campbell