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Multichannel seismic reflection surveys over the Antarctic continental margin relevant to petroleum resource studies Multichannel seismic reflection surveys over the Antarctic continental margin relevant to petroleum resource studies

More than 100,000 km of marine multichannel seismic profiles have been acquired over the continental margin of Antarctica since 1976 by scientific research programs of Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, U.S.S.R. and West Germany. Although scientific results are reported for most of these data, they also are relevant to petroleum...
Authors
John C. Behrendt

Early Cretaceous shelf-edge deltas of the Baltimore Canyon Trough: principal sources for sediment gravity deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin Early Cretaceous shelf-edge deltas of the Baltimore Canyon Trough: principal sources for sediment gravity deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin

We present evidence that the principal sources for Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) gravity-flow deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin were three large shelf-edge deltas located along the outer margin of the Baltimore Canyon Trough, ∼ 100 km southeast of Cape Charles, Virginia, Ocean City, Maryland, and Long Branch, New Jersey. Sedimentary detritus from the central Appalachian...
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C. Wylie Poag, B. Ann Swift, John S. Schlee, Mahlon M. Ball, Linda L. Sheetz

Accumulation of bank-top sediment on the western slope of Great Bahama Bank: rapid progradation of a carbonate megabank Accumulation of bank-top sediment on the western slope of Great Bahama Bank: rapid progradation of a carbonate megabank

High-resolution seismic profiles and submersible observations along the leeward slope of western Great Bahama Bank show large-scale export of bank-top sediment and rapid progradation of the slope during the Holocene. A wedge-shaped sequence, up to 90 m thick, is present along most of the slope and consists of predominantly aragonite mud derived from the bank since flooding of the...
Authors
R. Jude Wilber, John D. Milliman, Robert B. Halley

Monitoring the hydrologic system for potential effects of geothermal and ground-water development in the Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California, U.S.A. Monitoring the hydrologic system for potential effects of geothermal and ground-water development in the Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California, U.S.A.

In the early 1980's, renewed interest in the geothermal potential of the Long Valley caldera, California, highlighted the need to balance the benefits of energy development with the established recreational activities of the area. The Long Valley Hydrologic Advisory Committee, formed in 1987, instituted a monitoring program to collect data during the early stages of resource utilization...
Authors
C. D. Farrar, D. L. Lyster

Cincinnati landslide database Cincinnati landslide database

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Authors
R.L. Berknopf, R. H. Campbell, D.S. Brookshire, C.D. Shapiro

Origin, structure, and evolution of a reattachment bar, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona Origin, structure, and evolution of a reattachment bar, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

In a channel expansion, flow can separate from the bank, creating a zone of relatively weak recirculating current. Bars that accumulate in this weak flow near the point where flow reattaches to the bank are called reattachment bars. As a reattachment bar evolves, the recirculation zone may fill with sediment and restrict flow from the main channel. The increasingly restricted flow over...
Authors
David M. Rubin, John C. Schmidt, Johnnie N. Moore

Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique, and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique, and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows

For more than a century geologists have wondered why some bedforms are orientated roughly transverse to flow, whereas others are parallel or oblique to flow. This problem of bedform alignment was studied experimentally using subaqueous dunes on a 3–6-m-diameter sand-covered turntable on the floor of a 4-m-wide flume. In each experiment, two flow directions (relative to the bed) were...
Authors
David M. Rubin, Hiroshi Ikeda

Deep crustal structure of the Cascade Range and surrounding regions from seismic refraction and magnetotelluric data Deep crustal structure of the Cascade Range and surrounding regions from seismic refraction and magnetotelluric data

Several regional seismic refraction and magnetotelluric (MT) profiles have been completed across the Cascade Range and surrounding geologic provinces in California, Oregon, and Washington. Analysis of three MT and two seismic refraction profiles in Oregon and a coincident MT and refraction profile in northern California show a high degree of correlation between resistivity and velocity...
Authors
William D. Stanley, Walter D. Mooney, Gary S. Fuis
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