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A single-degree-of-freedom model for non-linear soil amplification A single-degree-of-freedom model for non-linear soil amplification

For proper understanding of soil behavior during earthquakes and assessment of a realistic surface motion, studies of the large-strain dynamic response of non-linear hysteretic soil systems are indispensable. Most of the presently available studies are based on the assumption that the response of a soil deposit is mainly due to the upward propagation of horizontally polarized shear waves...
Authors
Mustafa Ozder Erdik

Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P. Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P.

A change in the constants used in K‐Ar dating and a significant increase in new data have made a recompilation and recomputation of data used to define the Late Cenozoic K‐Ar polarity time scale highly desirable at this time. All available data in the range 0–5 m.y. have been recalculated using the refined constants, with 354 data points in this time interval now meeting the minimum...
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, G. Brent Dalrymple

Geomagnetic paleointensities by the Thelliers' method from submarine pillow basalts: Effects of seafloor weathering Geomagnetic paleointensities by the Thelliers' method from submarine pillow basalts: Effects of seafloor weathering

Measurements of geomagnetic paleointensity using the Thelliers' double‐heating method in vacuum have been made on 10 specimens of submarine pillow basalt obtained from 7 fragments dredged from localities 700,000 years old or younger. In the magnetic minerals, the titanium/iron ratio parameter x and the cation deficiency (oxidation) parameter x were determined by X‐ray diffraction and...
Authors
Sherman Gromme, Edward A. Mankinen, Monte Marshall, Robert S. Coe

Atlas of Mars: the 1:5,000,000 map series Atlas of Mars: the 1:5,000,000 map series

This atlas comprises small-scale maps and photomosaics covering the entire surface of the planet Mars. The cartographic contents are reduced-scale versions of the 1:5,000,000 topographic series of 30 quadrangles compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Authors
R. M. Batson, P.M. Bridges, J.L. Inge

Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: January 1979 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: January 1979

The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory; therefore it should be regarded as preliminary.
Authors
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, S.P. Tilton

Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: June 1979 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: June 1979

The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory; therefore it should be regarded as preliminary.
Authors
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, S.P. Tilton

Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: November 1979 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: November 1979

The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory; therefore it should be regarded as preliminary.
Authors
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, S.P. Tilton

Beach-cusp formation Beach-cusp formation

Field experiments on beach-cusp formation were undertaken to document how the cuspate form develops and to test the edge-wave hypothesis on the uniform spacing of cusps. These involved observations of cusps forming from an initially plane foreshore. The cuspate form was observed to be a product of swash modification of an intertidal beach ridge as follows. A ridge, cut by a series of...
Authors
A. H. Sallenger

Multichannel seismic depth sections and interval velocities over outer continental shelf and upper continental slope between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod: Rifted margins Multichannel seismic depth sections and interval velocities over outer continental shelf and upper continental slope between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod: Rifted margins

Six computer-generated seismic depth sections over the outer continental shelf and upper slope reveal that subhorizontal Lower Cretaceous reflectors continue 20 to 30 km seaward of the present shelf edge. Extensive erosion on the continental slope has occurred primarily during the Tertiary, causing major unconformities and retreat of the shelf edge to its present position. The precise...
Authors
John A. Grow, Robert E. Mattick, John S. Schlee

Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: September 1979 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: September 1979

The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory; therefore it should be regarded as preliminary.
Authors
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, S.P. Tilton
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