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Water quality changes and their relation to fishery resources in the upper Mississippi River Water quality changes and their relation to fishery resources in the upper Mississippi River
Despite a long history of human manipulation, the most dramatic changes in the upper Mississippi River occurred in the 1930s with construction of a lock and dam system to facilitate the commercial transport of commodities. In 1988, barge traffic through the system ranged from 7,500 tows per year at Lock and Dam 26 (near Alton, Illinois) to 1, 118 at Lock and Dam 1 (in Minneapolis/St...
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L. E. Holland Bartels
Western Nova Scotia continental rise; relative importance of mass wasting and deep boundary-current activity Western Nova Scotia continental rise; relative importance of mass wasting and deep boundary-current activity
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J.E. Clarke, Dennis W. O’Leary, D.J. Piper
Winter weather effects on waterfowl Winter weather effects on waterfowl
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Dennis G. Jorde
Paleocene and Eocene strata of the central Atlantic Coastal Plain Paleocene and Eocene strata of the central Atlantic Coastal Plain
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Thomas G. Gibson, Laurel M. Bybell, David L. Govoni
Calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers from Paleocene and Eocene strata in Maryland and Virginia Calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers from Paleocene and Eocene strata in Maryland and Virginia
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Laurel M. Bybell, Thomas G. Gibson
Potomac River Paleocene and Eocene stop descriptions Potomac River Paleocene and Eocene stop descriptions
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Thomas G. Gibson, Laurel M. Bybell
Methods for analyzing temporal changes in landscape patterns Methods for analyzing temporal changes in landscape patterns
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Christopher P. Dunn, David M. Sharpe, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, F. Stearns, Z. Yang
Dating methods applicable to the Quaternary Dating methods applicable to the Quaternary
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J.N. Rosholt, S.M. Colman, M. Stuiver, P.E. Damon, C. W. Naeser, N. D. Naeser, Barney J. Szabo, Daniel R Muhs, J. C. Liddicoat, S.L. Forman, M. N. Machette, K. L. Pierce
Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles
GLORIA long-range side-scan sonar imagery and 3.5-kHz seismic-reflection profiles depict a series of nine elongate deposits with generally high-backscatter surfaces covering most of the latest fanlobe sequence of the Mississippi Fan in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The youngest deposit is a “slump” that covers a 250 by 100 km area of the middle and upper fan. The remaining mapped deposits...
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David C. Twichell, Neil H. Kenyon, Lindsay M. Parson, Bonnie A. McGregor
Extensive volcanism and related tectonism beneath the western Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica Extensive volcanism and related tectonism beneath the western Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica
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J. C. Behrendt, H.J. Duerbaum, R. Saltus, W. Bosum, Alan K. Cooper
Faulting and seismic activity Faulting and seismic activity
This chapter traces some of the ideas and concepts leading to the current understanding of the process of faulting and earthquake generation, gives examples of engineering geology investigations contributing to that understanding, describes some engineering projects that have been strongly influenced by the process, and suggests needed research. Each of these topics is discussed in...
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Manuel G. Bonilla