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Two former faces of the moon Two former faces of the moon

Systematic geologic mapping of the lunar near side has resulted in the assignment of relative ages to most visible features. As a derivative of this work, geologic and artistic interpretations have been combined to produce reconstructions of the Moon's appearance at two significant points in its history. The reconstructions, although generalized, show the Moon (1) as it probably appeared...
Authors
D.E. Wilhelms, D.E. Davis

Satellite relay telemetry of seismic data in earthquake prediction and control Satellite relay telemetry of seismic data in earthquake prediction and control

The Satellite Telemetry Earthquake Monitoring Program was started in FY 1968 to evaluate the applicability of satellite relay telemetry in the collection of seismic data from a large number of dense seismograph clusters laid out along the major fault systems of western North America. Prototype clusters utilizing phone-line telemetry were then being installed by the National Center for...
Authors
Wayne H. Jackson, Jerry P. Eaton

Pacific geomagnetic secular variation Pacific geomagnetic secular variation

A smooth field over the central Pacific for a million years indicates a nonuniform lower mantle of the earth.
Authors
Richard R. Doell, A. Cox

Geomagnetic polarity epochs: age and duration of the olduvai normal polarity event Geomagnetic polarity epochs: age and duration of the olduvai normal polarity event

New data show that the Olduvai normal geomagnetic polarity event is represented in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, by rocks covering a time span of roughly from 0.1 to 0.2 my and is no older than 2.0 my. Hence the long normal polarity event of this age that is seen in deep-sea sediment cores and in magnetic profiles over oceanic ridges should be called the Olduvai event. The lava from which the
Authors
C. S. Grommé, R. L. Hay
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