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Middle Jurassic syntectonic conglomerate in the Mt. Tallac roof pendant, northern Sierra Nevada, California Middle Jurassic syntectonic conglomerate in the Mt. Tallac roof pendant, northern Sierra Nevada, California
Middle Jurassic marine conglomeratic and debris-flow deposits in the Mt. Tallac roof pendant are interpreted to be syntectonic fault trough deposits. Similar deposits in similar stratigraphic successions throughout the northern Sierra Nevada demonstrate that the Middle Jurassic continental-margin arc north of latitude 39° was essentially marine, and possibly extensional or transtensional...
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G. Reid Fisher
Hydrogeochemistry of rivers and lakes Hydrogeochemistry of rivers and lakes
This chapter has three principal objectives: (1) to summarize the present chemical composition of North American surface waters and point out any discernible trends with time; (2) to review chemical and biochemical principles and processes that control natural water composition, and the ways in which these may be involved in attaining the particular chemical compositions and trends that...
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John David Hem, Adrian Demayo, Richard A. Smith
The production and variability of acid mine drainage at Iron Mountain, California: A superfund site undergoing rehabilitation The production and variability of acid mine drainage at Iron Mountain, California: A superfund site undergoing rehabilitation
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D. Kirk Nordstrom, J.M. Burchard, Charles N. Alpers
Bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem hydrology and the influence of human activities Bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem hydrology and the influence of human activities
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J. G. Gosselink, B. A. Touchet, J. Van Beek, D. B. Hamilton
The relationship of human activities to the wildlife function of bottomland hardwood forests: The report of the wildlife workgroup The relationship of human activities to the wildlife function of bottomland hardwood forests: The report of the wildlife workgroup
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S. W. Forsythe, J. E. Roelle
Caretta rafinesque, loggerhead sea turtles Caretta rafinesque, loggerhead sea turtles
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C.K. Dodd
Origin of solutes in saline lakes and springs on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico Origin of solutes in saline lakes and springs on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico
Analysis of hydraulic heads, calculation of pore volume flushing, and analysis of solute and isotopic chemistry strongly suggest that the solutes originate from the concentration by evaporation of runoff and potable shallow ground water that discharges from the High Plains aquifer. Chloride/bromide solute ratios, which are thought to be unaffected by mineral precipitation or sorption...
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W. Wood, B.F. Jones
Action Plan for sea otters Action Plan for sea otters
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J. A. Estes
An expert system for prediction of aquatic toxicity of contaminants An expert system for prediction of aquatic toxicity of contaminants
The National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes has developed an interactive computer program in muLISP that runs on an IBM-compatible microcomputer and uses a linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) to predict acute toxicity to four representative aquatic species from the detailed structure of an organic molecule. Using the SMILES formalism for a chemical structure, the expert...
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James P. Hickey, Andrew J. Aldridge, Dora R. May Passino, Anthony M. Frank
Ascension-Monterey Canyon system: history and development Ascension-Monterey Canyon system: history and development
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H. Gary Greene, Karen R. Hicks
Assessing the visual quality of small islands and shoals in the Thousand Islands Region Assessing the visual quality of small islands and shoals in the Thousand Islands Region
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M. G. Knutson, D.J. Leopold, R.C. Smardon