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Alternate forms of the associated Legendre functions for use in geomagnetic modeling. Alternate forms of the associated Legendre functions for use in geomagnetic modeling.

An inconvenience attending traditional use of associated Legendre functions in global modeling is that the functions are not separable with respect to the two indices (order and degree). In 1973 Merilees suggested a way to avoid the problem by showing that associated Legendre functions of order m and degree m+k can be expressed in terms of elementary functions as Pmm+k(θ)=sinm(θ)∑ki...
Authors
L.R. Alldredge, E.R. Benton

LANDSLIDE DAMMED LAKES AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON. LANDSLIDE DAMMED LAKES AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON.

The collapse of the north face of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, and the debris avalanche that resulted blocked outflow from Spirit Lake and Coldwater and South Fork Castle Creeks. Spirit Lake began to increase in size and lakes began to form in the canyons of Coldwater and South Fork Castle Creeks. Coldwater and Castle Lakes would have overtopped their respective blockages in late...
Authors
William Meyer, Martha A. Sabol, Robert Schuster

Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in southeastern United States Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in southeastern United States

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Authors
Joyce B. Bagwell, Mehmet Çelebi, R. Elling, Charles Lindbergh, R.P. Maley, R. Pool, J. Radziminski, C. Simmons, D. Smits, P. Sparks, Pradeep Talwani

Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides

Annual losses in the United States, Japan, Italy, and India have been estimated at 1 billion or more each. During the period 1971-74, nearly 600 people per year were killed by landslides worldwide; about 90 percent of these deaths occurred in the Circum-Pacific region. From 1967-82, 150 people per year died in Japan as a result of slope failures. In the United States, the number of...
Authors
Robert L. Schuster, Robert W. Fleming

Fourier power spectra of the geomagnetic field for circular paths on the Earth's surface. Fourier power spectra of the geomagnetic field for circular paths on the Earth's surface.

The Fourier power spectra of geomagnetic component values, synthesized from spherical harmonic models, have been computed for circular paths on the Earth's surface. They are not found to be more useful than is the spectrum of magnetic energy outside the Earth for the purpose of separating core and crustal sources of the geomagnetic field. The Fourier power spectra of N and E geomagnetic...
Authors
L.R. Alldredge, E.R. Benton
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