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The Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges in northern California and southern Oregon: Chapter II-B The Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges in northern California and southern Oregon: Chapter II-B
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W. P. Irwin, P.E. Hotz
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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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...
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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...
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Emil D. Attanasi
Frontier Formation and equivalent rocks in eastern Wyoming Frontier Formation and equivalent rocks in eastern Wyoming
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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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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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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...
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Darrell G. Herd, Earl E. Brabb
Geological Survey research 1979 Geological Survey research 1979
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey