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Hot springs Hot springs

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Robert O. Fournier

Debris flows Debris flows

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John E. Costa

A worldwide perspective on landslide dams A worldwide perspective on landslide dams

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Authors
Robert Schuster

Detrital zircon geochronology of the Shoo Fly Complex, northern Sierra terrane, northeastern California Detrital zircon geochronology of the Shoo Fly Complex, northern Sierra terrane, northeastern California

U-Pb analyses have been conducted on 92 individual detrital zircon grains from 4 of the main thrust sheets of the Shoo Fly Complex. Samples from the Culbertson Lake allochthon, Duncan Peak allochthon, and Lang sequence yield mainly 1.80-2.10, 2.20-2.45, and 2.55-2.70 Ga ages, which suggests that sediments in these units originated in a cratonal region containing Paleoproterozoic and...
Authors
James P. Harding, George E. Gehrels, David S. Harwood, Gary H. Girty

The age of scarplike landforms from diffusion-equation analysis The age of scarplike landforms from diffusion-equation analysis

The purpose of this paper is to review developments in the quantitative modeling of fault-scarp geomorphology, principally those since 1980. These developments utilize diffusionequation mathematics, in several different forms, as the basic model of fault-scarp evolution. Because solutions to the general diffusion equation evolve with time, as we expect faultscarp morphology to evolve...
Authors
Thomas C. Hanks

Environmental impact of elevated arsenic in Southern Appalachian Basin coals Environmental impact of elevated arsenic in Southern Appalachian Basin coals

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Authors
Martin B. Goldhaber, Elise R. Irwin, J. Brian Atkins, Robert Lopaka Lee, Humbert Zappia, Dee Dee Black, Robert B. Finkleman

Response of bird communities to natural disturbance Response of bird communities to natural disturbance

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Michael P. Guilfoyle, Wylie C. Barrow, Paul B. Hamel, James S. Wakely, Sammy L. King, T. J. Antrobus

Water quality Water quality

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Authors
Terry L. Maluk, Thomas A. Abrahamsen, Richard H. Day
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