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Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific

Iron, manganese, and iron-manganese deposits occur in nearly all geomorphologic and tectonic environments in the ocean basins and form by one or more of four processes: (1) hydrogenetic precipitation from cold ambient seawater, (2) precipitation from hydrothermal fluids, (3) precipitation from sediment pore waters that have been modified from bottom water compositions by diagenetic...
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J.R. Hein, A. Koschinsky, P. Halbach, F.T. Manheim, M. Bau, J.-K. Kang, N. Lubick

Volcanic ash - danger to aircraft in the north Pacific Volcanic ash - danger to aircraft in the north Pacific

The world's busy air traffic corridors pass over hundreds of volcanoes capable of sudden, explosive eruptions. In the United States alone, aircraft carry many thousands of passengers and millions of dollars of cargo over volcanoes each day. Volcanic ash can be a serious hazard to aviation even thousands of miles from an eruption. Airborne ash can diminish visibility, damage flight...
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Christina A. Neal, Thomas J. Casadevall, Thomas P. Miller, James W. Hendley, Peter H. Stauffer

The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

The second-largest volcanic eruption of this century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area, occurred at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991. The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day.
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Christopher G. Newhall, James W. Hendley, Peter H. Stauffer

Digital compilation of landslide overview map of the conterminous United States Digital compilation of landslide overview map of the conterminous United States

This dataset consists of polygons enclosing areas of landslide incidence and susceptibility for the conterminous United States.
Authors
Jonathan W. Godt, Dorothy H. Radbruch-Hall

Seafloor studies of Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii Seafloor studies of Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii

No comprehensive study of the effects of disposal of dredge spoils has been conducted to determine if the environment has suffered. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has regularly dredged the shipping channels of Honolulu Harbor and Pearl Harbor for commercial and military purposes. The 5-year frequency for new dredging activity has led to the formation of extensive offshore wide...
Authors
Michael E. Torresan

No: The L.A. array is not ready for prime time No: The L.A. array is not ready for prime time

Although much interest will focus upon the temporal behavior of observed deformation, the principal justification for the SCIGN array is that within a 5‐year interval it will provide an accurate and detailed determination of the velocity field in the Los Angeles basin that can be used to identify the active faults and estimate their secular slip rates. Obviously, the accuracy of the...
Authors
James C. Savage
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