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Highstand fans in the California borderland: The overlooked deep-water depositional systems Highstand fans in the California borderland: The overlooked deep-water depositional systems
Contrary to widely used sequence-stratigraphic models, lowstand fans are only part of the turbidite depositional record; our analysis reveals that a comparable volume of coarse-grained sediment has been deposited in California borderland deep-water basins regardless of sea level. Sedimentation rates and periods of active sediment transport have been determined for deep-water canyon...
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Jacob A. Covault, William R. Normark, Brian W. Romans, Stephan A. Graham
The lakes of Titan The lakes of Titan
The surface of Saturn’s haze-shrouded moon Titan has long been proposed to have oceans or lakes, on the basis of the stability of liquid methane at the surface1,2. Initial visible3 and radar4,5 imaging failed to find any evidence of an ocean, although abundant evidence was found that flowing liquids have existed on the surface5,6. Here we provide definitive evidence for the presence of...
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Ellen R. Stofan, Charles Elachi, Jonathan I. Lunine, Ralf D. Lorenz, B. Stiles, K. L. Mitchell, S. Ostro, Laurence A. Soderblom, C. Wood, H. Zebker, S. Wall, Michael A. Janssen, Randolph L. Kirk, Rosaly Lopes, F. Paganelli, Jani Radebaugh, L. Wye, Y. Anderson, M. Allison, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. Muhleman, Philipe Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, S. Vetrella, R. West
Hindcasting potential hurricane impacts on rapidly changing barrier islands Hindcasting potential hurricane impacts on rapidly changing barrier islands
Hindcasts of the coastal impact of Hurricane Ivan on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, using a storm-impact scaling model that compares hurricane-induced water levels to local dune morphology, were found to have an accuracy of 68% in predicting the occurrence of one of four impact regimes: swash, collision, overwash, and inundation. Errors were overwhelming under-predictions of the regime...
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H.F. Stockdon, D.M. Thompson, A. H. Sallenger
Sediment compaction rates and subsidence in deltaic plains: Numerical constraints and stratigraphic influences Sediment compaction rates and subsidence in deltaic plains: Numerical constraints and stratigraphic influences
Natural sediment compaction in deltaic plains influences subsidence rates and the evolution of deltaic morphology. Determining compaction rates requires detailed knowledge of subsurface geotechnical properties and depositional history, neither of which is often readily available. To overcome this lack of knowledge, we numerically forward model the incremental sedimentation and compaction...
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T.A. Meckel, Uri S. ten Brink, S.J. Williams
Explosive eruptive record in the Katmai region, Alaska Peninsula: An overview Explosive eruptive record in the Katmai region, Alaska Peninsula: An overview
At least 15 explosive eruptions from the Katmai cluster of volcanoes and another nine from other volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula are preserved as tephra layers in syn- and post-glacial (Last Glacial Maximum) loess and soil sections in Katmai National Park, AK. About 400 tephra samples from 150 measured sections have been collected between Kaguyak volcano and Mount Martin and from...
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Judy Fierstein
Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep, South Carolina, USA Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep, South Carolina, USA
Spatial distributions and patchiness of dominant megafaunal invertebrates in deep-sea seep environments may indicate heterogeneities in the flux of reduced chemical compounds. At the Blake Ridge seep off South Carolina, USA, the invertebrate assemblage includes dense populations of live vesicomyid clams (an undescribed species) as well as extensive clam shell beds (i.e. dead clams). In...
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Taylor P. Heyl, William P. Gilhooly, Randolph M. Chambers, George W. Gilchrist, Stephen A. Macko, Carolyn D. Ruppel, Cindy L. Van Dover
Post-earthquake investigations-exercising the NEHRP plan and development of a virtual clearinghouse concept Post-earthquake investigations-exercising the NEHRP plan and development of a virtual clearinghouse concept
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Thomas L. Holzer, Christopher Rojahn, Charles Scawthorn
Liquemap: A real-time post-earthquake map of liquefaction probability Liquemap: A real-time post-earthquake map of liquefaction probability
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Michael J. Bennett, Luke Blair, Thomas L. Holzer, Thomas E. Noce
Assessment of ground deformation due to soil liquefaction in the San Jose, California area by using geotechnical IT Assessment of ground deformation due to soil liquefaction in the San Jose, California area by using geotechnical IT
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Robert E. Kayen, Keith L. Knudsen, Satoshi Nagata, Yasuo Tanaka
Continuous resistivity profiling data from the upper Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, 2004-2005 Continuous resistivity profiling data from the upper Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, 2004-2005
The Neuse River Estuary in North Carolina has suffered impacts of eutrophication in recent years. As part of a larger project to better constrain nutrient budgets in the estuary, field investigations were performed to study occurrence and discharge of fresh and brackish ground water and nutrients beneath the estuary itself (fig. 1). A Continuous Resistivity Profiling (CRP) system...
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VeeAnn A. Cross, John F. Bratton, Emile M. Bergeron, Jeff K. Meunier, John Crusius, Dirk Koopmans
The Unified Lunar Control Network 2005 The Unified Lunar Control Network 2005
This report documents a new general unified lunar control network and lunar topographic model based on a combination of Clementine images and a previous network derived from Earth-based & Apollo photographs, and Mariner 10, & Galileo images. This photogrammetric network solution is the largest planetary control network ever completed. It includes the determination of the 3-D positions of...
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Brent A. Archinal, Mark R. Rosiek, Randolph L. Kirk, Bonnie L. Redding
Interaction of dams and landslides: Case studies and mitigation Interaction of dams and landslides: Case studies and mitigation
In the first half of the 20th century, engineering geology and geotechnical engineering were in their infancy, and dams were often built where landslides provided valley constrictions, often without expert site investigation. Only the most important projects were subjected to careful geologic examination. Thus, dams were often built without complete understanding of the possible...
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Robert L. Schuster