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Tertiary paleontology and stratigraphy of the central Santa Cruz Mountains, California Coast Ranges Tertiary paleontology and stratigraphy of the central Santa Cruz Mountains, California Coast Ranges
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J. C. Clark, E. E. Brabb, W.O. Addicott
Comments and replies on ‘Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of Paleocene terrestrial deposits, San Juan Basin, New Mexico’: Comment Comments and replies on ‘Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of Paleocene terrestrial deposits, San Juan Basin, New Mexico’: Comment
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Authors
James E. Fassett
Risk preferences and flood insurance Risk preferences and flood insurance
A detailed theoretical model characterizing the individual's decision to purchase flood insurance is specified and the magnitude of the risk parameter is estimated using data based on transactions of flood insurance purchases. Empirical results for several samples of this subset of the general population indicated that consumers exhibited a relatively uniform degree of risk aversion...
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi, Michael R. Karlinger
Nature of firm expectations in petroleum exploration Nature of firm expectations in petroleum exploration
Recent interest in the state of the United States domestic petroleum industry has resulted in an increased concern regarding the ability of current large- scale econometric models to provide useful predictions about supply price sensitivity and about the effects of differing policy options on future supply. The petroleum industry's exploration and reserve response functions appear to...
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi
Frontier Formation and equivalent rocks in eastern Wyoming Frontier Formation and equivalent rocks in eastern Wyoming
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Authors
E. Allen Merewether, W. A. Cobban, E.T. Cavanaugh
Comment and reply on ‘Mapped offset on the right-lateral Kern Canyon fault, southern Sierra Nevada, California’: Reply Comment and reply on ‘Mapped offset on the right-lateral Kern Canyon fault, southern Sierra Nevada, California’: Reply
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Authors
James G. Moore, Edward A. du Bray
Annotated bibliography of landslides in the Circumpacific region exclusive of the Soviet Union and the United States Annotated bibliography of landslides in the Circumpacific region exclusive of the Soviet Union and the United States
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Authors
Fred A. Taylor, Earl E. Brabb
Proceedings of Conference VIII: Analysis of actual fault zones in bedrock: Convened under auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 1-5 April 1979 Proceedings of Conference VIII: Analysis of actual fault zones in bedrock: Convened under auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 1-5 April 1979
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Authors
Robert Speed, Robert Sharp, Jack F. Evernden
Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California
On October 29, 1979, a new exposure of the Las Positas fault zone near Livermore, California, was created by excavation of a creek bank along Arroyo Seco. The face of the bank was cleaned by geologists of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, California) to obtain a better and more complete view of the fault. The excavation was undertaken by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory as part of a...
Authors
Darrell G. Herd, Earl E. Brabb
Terrain corrections for borehole gravity measurements Terrain corrections for borehole gravity measurements
This note presents examples of terrain corrections calculated for borehole gravity surveys made in a variety of topographic settings. The effect of terrain corrections on vertical density profiles calculated from borehole gravity measurements also is shown.
Authors
Larry A. Beyer
Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P. Revised geomagnetic polarity time scale for the interval 0–5 m.y. B.P.
A change in the constants used in K‐Ar dating and a significant increase in new data have made a recompilation and recomputation of data used to define the Late Cenozoic K‐Ar polarity time scale highly desirable at this time. All available data in the range 0–5 m.y. have been recalculated using the refined constants, with 354 data points in this time interval now meeting the minimum...
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, G. Brent Dalrymple