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Willful winds : Hurricane Andrew and Louisiana's coast Willful winds : Hurricane Andrew and Louisiana's coast
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Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Beth A. Vairin
Proceedings of the ocean drilling program: New Jersey continental slope and rise Proceedings of the ocean drilling program: New Jersey continental slope and rise
The Scientific Results volumes of the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program contain specialty papers presenting the results of extensive research in various aspects of scientific ocean drilling. The authors of the papers published in this volume have enabled future investigators to gain ready access to the results of their research, and I acknowledge their contributions with thanks...
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Gregory S. Mountain, Kenneth G. Miller, Peter Blum, Per-Gunnar Alm, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Lloyd H. Burckle, Beth A. Christensen, J. Compton, John E. Damuth, Jean-Francois Deconinck, L. De Verteuil, Craig S. Fulthorpe, Stefan Gartner, Gilles Guerin, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Bryce Hoppie, Miriam E. Katz, Nobuhiro Kotake, Juan Manuel Lorenzo, Stuart McCracken, Cecilia McHugh, Wendy C. Quayle, Yoshiki Saito, Scott W. Snyder, Warner G. ten Kate, M. Urbat, Mickey C. Van Fossen, Adam Vecsei
Geology of the United States' seafloor: the view from GLORIA Geology of the United States' seafloor: the view from GLORIA
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James V. Gardner, Michael E. Field, David C. Twichell
Overview of studies to determine injury caused by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill to marine mammals Overview of studies to determine injury caused by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill to marine mammals
Marine mammal damage assessment studies after the Exxon Valdez oil spill concentrated on sea otters, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, killer whales, and humpback whales. Sea otter and harbor seals were the most affected marine mammal; it was estimated that several thousand otters and several hundred harbor seals died within months of the spill. Steller sea lion, harbor seal
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Thomas R. Loughlin, Brenda E. Ballachey, B.A. Wright
Geochemical processes in ground water resulting from surface mining of coal at the Big Sky and West Decker Mine areas, southeastern Montana Geochemical processes in ground water resulting from surface mining of coal at the Big Sky and West Decker Mine areas, southeastern Montana
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D.W. Clark, D. A. Nimick
Tertiary extension and mineral deposits, southwestern U.S. Tertiary extension and mineral deposits, southwestern U.S.
Starting in Las Vegas, we will traverse through many of the geometric elements and complexities of hanging wall deformation above the regional detachment systems of the Colorado River extensional terrane. We will study the interaction of normal faults as arranged in regional, crustal-scale mega-domains and the bounding structures that separate these tilt domains. As we progress through...
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William A. Rehrig, James.J. Hardy
Solute transport along ground-water flows paths near the Nassau/Suffolk County border, Long Island, New York Solute transport along ground-water flows paths near the Nassau/Suffolk County border, Long Island, New York
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P.E. Misut, C. J. Brown
Interpreting the landscapes of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks: recent and ongoing geology Interpreting the landscapes of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks: recent and ongoing geology
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John M. Good, Kenneth L. Pierce
Habitat selection and productivity of least terns on the lower Platte River, Nebraska Habitat selection and productivity of least terns on the lower Platte River, Nebraska
Least terns (Sterna antillarum) were studied on the lower Platte River, Nebraska, where this endangered population nests on natural sandbar habitat and on sandpit sites created by gravel dredging adjacent to the river. Theoretically terns should select habitats according to habitat suitability. However, the introduction of sandpits and conversion of tallgrass prairies along the river...
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Eileen M. Kirsch
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia
This was the result of a 5-year cooperative study with the Maryland Ornithological Society and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Each of Maryland's 1,256 5-km (25 sq km) blocks was surveyed for breeding birds using the standard categories of Possible, Probable, and Confirmed breeding. Special features include: (1) coverage of all blocks instead of a random sample; (2) one...
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E.A.T. Blom, J. Cullom, J.H. Farrell, E.D. Joyce, M. K. Klimkiewicz, J.G. Malcolm, D.A. Rasberry, R.F. Ringler, J.K. Solem
Commercial mussels of Alabama Commercial mussels of Alabama
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M. A. McGregor, J.T. Garner, Z.H. Bowen