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Exploring the highest Sierra Exploring the highest Sierra
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James G. Moore
The hidden costs of coastal hazards: Implications for risk assessment and mitigation The hidden costs of coastal hazards: Implications for risk assessment and mitigation
Two-year study undertaken by the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment to develop new strategies to identify and reduce the costs of weather-related hazards associated with rapidly increasing coastal development activities.
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H. Kunreuther, R. Platt, S. Baruch, R. L. Bernknopf, M. Buckley, V. Burkett, D. Conrad, T. Davidson, K. Deutsch, D. Geis, M. Jannereth, A. Knap, H. Lane, G. Ljung, M. McCauley, D. Mileti, T. Miller, B. Morrow, J. Meyers, R. Pielke, A. Pratt, J. Tripp
Magnetic and GPR surveys of a former munitions foundry site at the Denver Federal Center Magnetic and GPR surveys of a former munitions foundry site at the Denver Federal Center
We made magnetometer and ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys over part of the foundation of a World War II-era foundry located on the Denver Federal Center. The site contains a number of highly magnetic source bodies, concrete foundation walls, and underground openings, buried under a clay cap. The cap is several feet thick and has a conductivity of about 35 mS/m, making the features...
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David L. Campbell, Shay Beanland, Jeffrey E. Lucius, Michael H. Powers
Ordovician bivalve molluscs (Rostroconchs and Pelecypods) Ordovician bivalve molluscs (Rostroconchs and Pelecypods)
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J. Pojeta
Evaluation of mitigation activities related to OCS pipelines, pipelines canals, and navigation channels Evaluation of mitigation activities related to OCS pipelines, pipelines canals, and navigation channels
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Donald R. Cahoon, John A. Bourgeois
Remote sensing for site characterization Remote sensing for site characterization
This volume, Remote Sensing for Site Characterization, describes the feasibility of aircraft- and satellite-based methods of revealing environmental-geological problems. A balanced ratio between explanations of the methodological/technical side and presentations of case studies is maintained. The comparison of case studies from North America and Germany show how the respective...
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Friedrich Kuehn, Trude V. King, Bernhard Hoerig, Douglas C. Peters
Selected studies on natural and human factors related to flood management in the Upper Mississippi River Basin Selected studies on natural and human factors related to flood management in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
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Authors
Ann G. Frazier, Gary E. Freeman
TES observations of the martian surface and atmosphere TES observations of the martian surface and atmosphere
The TES instrument is a Fourier transform Michelson interferometer operating with 10 or 5 cm-1 sampling int he thermal infared spectral region from 1700 to 200 cm-1 (~6 to 50 μm) where virtually all minerals have characteristic fundamental vibrational absorption bands (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). The TES data used in this paper are among the 6x107 spectra collected during the early mapping...
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P. R. Christensen, H. H. Kieffer, J.C. Pearl, B. Conrath, M. C. Malin, R.C. Clark, R.V. Morris, J.L. Banfield, M. D. Lane, M. D. Smith, V.E. Hamilton, R.O. Kuzmin
A preliminary re-evaluation of the stratigraphy of the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri and correlative Lower Ordovician units in the southern midcontinent A preliminary re-evaluation of the stratigraphy of the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri and correlative Lower Ordovician units in the southern midcontinent
No abstract available.
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J.E. Repetski, James D. Loch, Raymond L. Ethington, R.I. Dresbach
Two-phase debris-flow across 3-D terrain: model predictions and experimental tests Two-phase debris-flow across 3-D terrain: model predictions and experimental tests
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R.M. Iverson, R.P. Denlinger, R.G. LaHusen, M. Logan
Fully developed snout profiles of noncohesive debris-flows with internal friction Fully developed snout profiles of noncohesive debris-flows with internal friction
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Authors
Cheng-lung Chen, Chi-Hai Ling