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Development of characterization technology for fault zone hydrology Development of characterization technology for fault zone hydrology
Several deep trenches were cut, and a number of geophysical surveys were conducted across the Wildcat Fault in the hills east of Berkeley, California. The Wildcat Fault is believed to be a strike-slip fault and a member of the Hayward Fault System, with over 10 km of displacement. So far, three boreholes of ∼ 150m deep have been core-drilled and borehole geophysical logs were conducted...
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K. Karasaki, Celia Tiemi Onishi, Erika Gasperikova, Junichi Goto, Hiroyuki Tsuchi, Tadashi Miwa, Keiichi Ueta, Kenzo Kiho, Kimio Miyakawa
Monitoring land-surface deformation on Bicycle Lake playa, Fort Irwin, California, USA Monitoring land-surface deformation on Bicycle Lake playa, Fort Irwin, California, USA
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Jill N. Densmore, Kevin Ellett, James F. Howle, Michael C. Carpenter, Michelle Sneed
Preface: Developments in land subsidence investigation Preface: Developments in land subsidence investigation
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Dora Carreon-Freyre, Mariano Cerca, Devin L. Galloway
Using selective drainage methods to hydrologically-condition and hydrologically-enforce lidar-derived surface flow Using selective drainage methods to hydrologically-condition and hydrologically-enforce lidar-derived surface flow
The methods to extract surface flow from coarse elevation data are well documented; however, the methods to extract surface flow from high-resolution, high-vertical accuracy digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) are less documented, but yet more complex. As lidar data are increasingly used to generate DEMS, the demand for lidar-derived surface...
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Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, Susan Greenlee
A method for land surveying sampling optimization strategy A method for land surveying sampling optimization strategy
At present, how to select a limited but representative sample dataset from the existing land information database to guide the new round of land survey and assessment sampling is a critical issue for land sampling strategy study. As a case study to determine and analyze the sample capacity and sample spatial location of land survey sampling for the study area, Panyu District in Guangzhou...
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Junping Zhang, Xiaowen Nie, Yueming Hu, Shuguang Liu, Yuan Tian, Lun Wu
The tract aggregation problem in probabilistic mineral resource assessment The tract aggregation problem in probabilistic mineral resource assessment
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Keith Long, Lawrence Drew, John Schuenemeyer, David M. Sutphin
Management of surface water and groundwater withdrawals to maintain environmental stream flows in Michigan Management of surface water and groundwater withdrawals to maintain environmental stream flows in Michigan
In 2008, the State of Michigan enacted legislation requiring that new or increased high-capacity withdrawals (greater than 100,000 gallons per day) from either surface water or groundwater be reviewed to prevent Adverse Resource Impacts (ARI). Science- based guidance was sought in defining how groundwater or surface-water withdrawals affect streamflow and in quantifying the relation...
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Howard W. Reeves, Paul W. Seelbach, James R. Nicholas, David A. Hamilton
Trace-metal concentrations in African dust: Effects of long-distance transport and implications for human health Trace-metal concentrations in African dust: Effects of long-distance transport and implications for human health
The Sahara and Sahel lose billions of tons of eroded mineral soils annually to the Americas and Caribbean, Europe and Asia via atmospheric transport. African dust was collected from a dust source region (Mali, West Africa) and from downwind sites in the Caribbean [Trinidad-Tobago (TT) and U.S. Virgin Islands (VI)] and analysed for 32 trace-elements. Elemental composition of African dust...
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Virginia Garrison, Paul Lamothe, Suzette Morman, Geoffrey S. Plumlee
Interpreting Ca and Fe stable isotope signals in carbonates: A new perspective Interpreting Ca and Fe stable isotope signals in carbonates: A new perspective
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Thomas D. Bullen, Ronald Amundson
Near surface and deep subsurface monitoring for successful geologic sequestration of CO2 Near surface and deep subsurface monitoring for successful geologic sequestration of CO2
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Yousif K. Kharaka, James J. Thordsen, Thomas D. Bullen, D.R. Cole, T.J. Phelps, J.T. Birkholzer, S.D. Hovorka
Carbon isotope composition of CO2 at Cascade Arc volcanoes Carbon isotope composition of CO2 at Cascade Arc volcanoes
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William C. Evans, Robert H. Mariner, Deborah Bergfeld, Kinga M. Revesz, John P. McGeehin
Depth profiles in a tropical, volcanic critical zone observatory: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Depth profiles in a tropical, volcanic critical zone observatory: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
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H.L. Buss, Arthur F. White, C. Dessert, J. Gaillardet, Alex E. Blum, P.B. Sak