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Alternative diagenetic models for cretaceous talus deposits, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 536, Gulf of Mexico Alternative diagenetic models for cretaceous talus deposits, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 536, Gulf of Mexico

Talus deposits recovered from Site 536 show evidence of aragonite dissolution, secondary porosity development, and calcite cementation. Although freshwater diagenesis could account for the petrographic features of the altered talus deposits, it does not uniquely account for isotopic or trace-element characteristics. Also, the hydrologic setting required for freshwater alteration is not...
Authors
Robert B. Halley, B. J. Pierson, Wolfgang Schlager

Aquatic habitats--waterfowl Aquatic habitats--waterfowl

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Authors
J. T. Lokemoen, F.B. Lee, Harold F. Duebbert, G.A. Swanson

Assessing the tolerance of fish and fish populations to environmental stress: The problems and methods of monitoring Assessing the tolerance of fish and fish populations to environmental stress: The problems and methods of monitoring

Environmental stress is an inescapable aspect of life in the aquatic environment. The chemical and physical demands of life underwater impose somewhat rigorous constraints on aquatic species (Smith, 1982a). Superimposed on such demands may be the additional. physiological constraints of particular ecological niches. It is true that aquatic species are adapted to these conditions, but...
Authors
Gary Wedemeyer, D. McLeay, C.P. Goodyear

Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina

Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and the adjoining Craggy Mountain Extension consist of more than 4 sq mi of steep wooded slopes on the west side of Great Craggy Mountain in the Blue Ridge of western North Carolina. A mineral-resource survey of the area done between 1976 and 1979 found no evidence fore metallic mineral resources. Kyanite, garnet, and building stone are the only...
Authors
Frank G. Lesure, Bradford B. Williams
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