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Deep seismic sounding in northern Eurasia Deep seismic sounding in northern Eurasia
For nearly 40 years, the former Soviet Union has carried out an extensive program of seismic studies of the Earth's crust and upper mantle, known as “Deep Seismic Sounding” or DSS [Piwinskii, 1979; Zverev and Kosminskaya, 1980; Egorkin and Pavlenkova, 1981; Egorkin and Chernyshov, 1983; Scheimer and Borg, 1985]. Beginning in 1939–1940 with a series of small-scale seismic experiments near...
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H.M. Benz, J. D. Unger, W.S. Leith, Walter D. Mooney, L. Solodilov, A.V. Egorkin, V.Z. Ryaboy
Comment and reply on "Archean and Proterozoic crustal evolution: Evidence from crustal seismology" Comment and reply on "Archean and Proterozoic crustal evolution: Evidence from crustal seismology"
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T.F. Wever, R. Durrheim, Walter D. Mooney
On the characteristics of local geology and their influence on ground motions generated by the Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay region, California On the characteristics of local geology and their influence on ground motions generated by the Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay region, California
Strong ground motions recorded at 34 sites in the San Francisco Bay region from the Loma Prieta earthquake show marked variations in characteristics dependent on crustal structure and local geological conditions. Peak horizontal acceleration and velocity inferred for sites underlain by “rock” generally occur on the transverse component of motion. They are consistently greater with lower
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Roger D. Borcherdt, Gary Glassmoyer
Thin, low‐velocity crust beneath the southern Yukon‐Tanana Terrane, east central Alaska: Results from Trans‐Alaska crustal transect refraction/wide‐angle reflection data Thin, low‐velocity crust beneath the southern Yukon‐Tanana Terrane, east central Alaska: Results from Trans‐Alaska crustal transect refraction/wide‐angle reflection data
A seismic refraction/wide‐angle reflection survey for the Trans‐Alaska Crustal Transect program reveals a thin, reflective crust beneath the southern Yukon‐Tanana terrane (YTT) in east central Alaska. These data are the first detailed refraction survey of the southern YTT and compose a 130‐km‐long reversed profile along the Alaska and Richardson highways. Results from this study indicate...
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Bruce C. Beaudoin, Gary S. Fuis, Walter D. Mooney, Warren J. Nokleberg, Nikolas I. Christensen
Lunar impact basins and crustal heterogeneity: New western limb and far side data from Galileo Lunar impact basins and crustal heterogeneity: New western limb and far side data from Galileo
Multispectral images of the lunar western limb and far side obtained from Galileo reveal the compositional nature of several prominent lunar features and provide new information on lunar evolution. The data reveal that the ejecta from the Orientale impact basin (900 kilometers in diameter) lying outside the Cordillera Mountains was excavated from the crust, not the mantle, and covers pre...
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Michael J.S. Belton, James W. Head, Carle M. Pieters, Ronald Greeley, Alfred S. McEwen, G. Neukum, Kenneth P. Klaasen, C.D. Anger, M. H. Carr, C. R. Chapman, M. E. Davies, F. P. Fanale, P.J. Gierasch, R. Greenberg, A. Ingersoll, Torrence Johnson, B. Paczkowski, C.B. Pilcher, J. Veverka
The canyon system on Mars The canyon system on Mars
Individual Martian equatorial troughs are described, and their stratigraphy, geomorphology and structure are discussed. Possible origins and the overall sequence of events are addressed. Wall rock, interior layered deposits, irregular floor deposits, fractured floor material, and surficial deposits are examined. Chasma walls, wall stability, pits and pit chains, tributary canyons, and...
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Baerbel K. Lucchitta, A. S. McEwen, Gary D. Clow, Paul E. Geissler, R.B. Singer, R. A. Schultz, Steven W. Squyres
Hayward fault: Large earthquakes versus surface creep Hayward fault: Large earthquakes versus surface creep
The Hayward fault, thought a likely source of large earthquakes in the next few decades, has generated two large historic earthquakes (about magnitude 7), one in 1836 and another in 1868. We know little about the 1836 event, but the 1868 event had a surface rupture extending 41 km along the southern Hayward fault. Right-lateral surface slip occurred in 1868, but was not well measured...
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James J. Lienkaemper, Glenn Borchardt
Analysis of geomagnetic secular variation during 1980-1985 and 1985- 1990, and geomagnetic models proposed for the 1991 revision of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field Analysis of geomagnetic secular variation during 1980-1985 and 1985- 1990, and geomagnetic models proposed for the 1991 revision of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field
The secular variation of the main geomagnetic field during the periods 1980-1985 and 1985-1990 was analyzed in terms of spherical harmonics up to the eighth degree and order. Data from worldwide magnetic observatories and the Navy's Project MAGNET aerial surveys were used. The resulting pair of secular-variation models was used to update the Definitive Geomagnetic Reference Field (DGRF)...
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N.W. Peddie
The National Landslide Information Center; data to reduce landslide damage The National Landslide Information Center; data to reduce landslide damage
Almost every day a landslide disasters occurs somewhere in the world. Nearly any time there is heavy rainfall, an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, strong wave action on a shoreline, or some ill-considered alteration of sloping land by humans, landslides occur. In a world of persistent and increasing construction on and occupation of hillslopes, canyons, and coastal bluffs, landslides are...
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W. M. Brown
Faulting, structural damage, liquefaction, and landslides from the Luzon, Philippines earthquake of July 16, 1990; slide set and bibliography Faulting, structural damage, liquefaction, and landslides from the Luzon, Philippines earthquake of July 16, 1990; slide set and bibliography
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Gerald F. Wieczorek, Christopher G. Newhall, Leif G. Wennerberg
Digital elevation models for Slumgullion landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado based on 1985 and 1990 aerial photography Digital elevation models for Slumgullion landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado based on 1985 and 1990 aerial photography
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Philip S. Powers, David J. Varnes, William Z. Savage
The directory of the World Landslide Inventory The directory of the World Landslide Inventory
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William M. Brown, D.M. Cruden, Judith S. Denison