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Quaternary geology of the western United States Quaternary geology of the western United States
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Don J. Easterbrook, Kenneth L. Pierce, John Gosse, Alan R. Gillespie, Ed Evenson, Ken Hamblin
Late Eocene impacts: Geologic record, correlation, and paleoenvironmental consequences Late Eocene impacts: Geologic record, correlation, and paleoenvironmental consequences
We present new magnetostratigraphic and stable isotopic (𝜹18C, 𝜹13Ccarb) data to help improve correlations among three late Eocene impact craters and their inferred breccia and ejecta deposits. Our analyses also shed light on potential global environmental consequences attributable to the impacts. The new data come from a continuously cored interval of the subsurface Chickahominy...
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C. Wylie Poag, Edward A. Mankinen, Richard D. Norris
Mechanics of geological materials Mechanics of geological materials
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Richard M. Iverson
Multiple causes for the malformed frog phenomenon Multiple causes for the malformed frog phenomenon
Progress has been made in understanding the malformed frog problem, yet we still cannot identify with assurance specific causes of malformations at particular locations. To address this problem we assembled a team of specialists and present here results on geographic distribution, water quality, parasite infection, and morphological patterns from Minnesota malformed frog sites and...
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M.J. Lannoo, D.R. Sutherland, P. Jones, Donald O. Rosenberry, Robert W. Klaver, D.M. Hoppe, P.T.J. Johnson, K.B. Lunde, C. Facemire, J.M. Kapfer
Bedrock geology, tectonics, and erosional history of the Sierra Nevada, California, with an overview of cave and karst development Bedrock geology, tectonics, and erosional history of the Sierra Nevada, California, with an overview of cave and karst development
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Greg M. Stock, James G. Moore
Old Seismic bulletins to 1920: A collective heritage from early seismologists Old Seismic bulletins to 1920: A collective heritage from early seismologists
This chapter focuses on collective heritage from early seismologists. Scientists began systematic instrumental observation of earthquakes in the latter part of the 19 th century. Several authors describe the history of the development of an adequate instrumentation for seismology. In the 1880s, scientists in Italy, Japan, and Germany began to record more or less continuously the ground...
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Johannes Schweitzer, W.H.K. Lee
JUPITER project—Merging inverse problem formulation technologies JUPITER project—Merging inverse problem formulation technologies
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Mary C. Hill, Eileen Poeter, John Doherty, Edward R. Banta, Justin Babendreier
Glossary of interest to earthquake and engineering seismologists Glossary of interest to earthquake and engineering seismologists
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K. Aki, William H. K. Lee
GHASTLI — Determining physical properties of sediment containing natural and laboratory-formed gas hydrate GHASTLI — Determining physical properties of sediment containing natural and laboratory-formed gas hydrate
Gas-hydrate samples have been recovered at about 16 areas worldwide (Booth et al., 1996). However, gas hydrate is known to occur at about 50 locations on continental margins (Kvenvolden, 1993) and is certainly far more widespread so it may represent a potentially enormous energy resource (Kvenvolden, 1988). But adverse effects related to the presence of hydrate do occur. Gas hydrate...
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William J. Winters, William P. Dillon, Ingo A. Pecher, David H. Mason