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Crustal structure across the Bering Strait, Alaska: Onshore recordings of a marine seismic survey Crustal structure across the Bering Strait, Alaska: Onshore recordings of a marine seismic survey
No abstract available.
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Lorraine W. Wolf, Robert C. McCaleb, David B. Stone, Thomas M. Brocher, Kazuya Fujita, Simon L. Klemperer
Tension cracks, eruptive fissures, dikes, and faults related to late Pleistocene-Holocene basaltic volcanism and implications for the distribution of hydraulic conductivity in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho Tension cracks, eruptive fissures, dikes, and faults related to late Pleistocene-Holocene basaltic volcanism and implications for the distribution of hydraulic conductivity in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
Mel A. Kuntz, Steven R. Anderson, Duane E. Champion, Marvin A. Lanphere, Daniel J. Grunwald
Cretaceous mid-crustal metamorphism and exhumation of the Koolen gneiss dome, Chukotka Peninsula, northeastern Russia Cretaceous mid-crustal metamorphism and exhumation of the Koolen gneiss dome, Chukotka Peninsula, northeastern Russia
No abstract available.
Authors
Vyacheslav V Akinin, Andrew T. Calvert
Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island
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Elizabeth L. Miller, T. R. Ireland, Simon L. Klemperer, Karl Wirth, Vyacheslav V Akinin, Thomas M. Brocher
Case histories of induced and triggered seismicity: Chapter 40 Case histories of induced and triggered seismicity: Chapter 40
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Authors
Arthur F. McGarr, David Simpson, L. Seeber
Volcanic breccia and hyaloclastite in blocks from the Nuuanu and Wailau landslides, Hawaii Volcanic breccia and hyaloclastite in blocks from the Nuuanu and Wailau landslides, Hawaii
Steep slopes of giant landslide blocks in the Nuuanu and Wailau landslides expose fragmental volcanic rocks subdivided into monomict and polymic t hyaloclastite and breccia. The various samples form as 1) secondary slopemantling unlithified polymict breccia consisting of clasts set in a mud matrix; 2 ) monomict and polymict hyaloclastite and polymict breccia, with zeolite cement, that...
Authors
D. Clague, James G. Moore, A. S. Davis
Transforming the Rockies: Human forces, settlement patterns, and ecosystem effects Transforming the Rockies: Human forces, settlement patterns, and ecosystem effects
The current ecological condition of the Rocky Mountains can be viewed from two somewhat opposing perspectives. The first is that human occupation has had relatively little effect on the Rockies: large natural, if not pristine, areas remain, and the region's open spaces provide wildlife habitat, majestic scenery, and a sense of wildness. Unlike the situation in, say, the Swiss Alps, where...
Authors
William R. Travis, David M. Theobald, Daniel B. Fagre
Rocky road in the Rockies: Challenges to biodiversity Rocky road in the Rockies: Challenges to biodiversity
To people worldwide, the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada represent a last bastion of nature in its purest and rawest form-unspoiled forests teeming with elk and deer stalked by mountain lions and grizzly bears; bald eagles nesting near lakes and rivers; fat, feisty native trout in rushing mountain streams; and dazzling arrays of wildflowers in lush meadows. In fact, the...
Authors
Diana F. Tomback, Katherine C. Kendall
Trace elements in marine ostracodes Trace elements in marine ostracodes
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Background Study Approach Results Discussion Conclusions
Authors
Gary S. Dwyer, Thomas M. Cronin, Paul A. Baker
Ostracoda and paleoceanography Ostracoda and paleoceanography
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Brief Summary of Modern Ostracodes in the World's Oceans Paleoceanography Over 106-107 Year Timescales Orbital Scale Climate Variability Millennial Scale Climate Centennial and Decadal Climate Trends Future Work
Authors
Thomas M. Cronin, I. Boomer, G. S. Dwyer, J. Rodriguez-Lazaro
Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the north-central Mojave Desert inferred from fault history and physiographic evolution of the Fort Irwin area, California Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the north-central Mojave Desert inferred from fault history and physiographic evolution of the Fort Irwin area, California
No abstract available.
Authors
David M. Miller, James C. Yount