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Glaciers Glaciers

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Authors
R. J. Williams

Mobility of radioisotopes in marine surface sediments Mobility of radioisotopes in marine surface sediments

Transport of a radioisotope in a sediment-water system can be retarded by sorption of the isotope to solid; which is controlled by the affinity of the radioisotope for the sediment particles. In order to study trace metal and ra- dionuclide mobility on the sea floor, the following measurements were carried out: (1)effective diffusion rates in sediments in the laboratory and on the sea...
Authors
Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, P. H. Santschi

Regional stratigraphic framework of surficial sediments and bedrock beneath Lake Ontario Regional stratigraphic framework of surficial sediments and bedrock beneath Lake Ontario

Approximately 2550 km of single-channel high-resolution seismic reflection profiles have been interpreted and calibrated with lithological and geochronological information from four representative piston cores and one grab sample to provide a regional stratigraphie framework for the subbottom deposits of Lake Ontario. Five units overlying Paleozoic bedrock were identified and mapped...
Authors
D. R. Hutchinson, C.F. Lewis, G. Hund

Sedimentary framework of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Sedimentary framework of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts

No abstract available.
Authors
H.J. Knebel, R.R. Rendigs, R. N. Oldale, Michael H. Bothner

Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy bay, Massachusetts Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy bay, Massachusetts

Measurement of the rate and direction of ground water flow beneath Wollaston Beach, Quincy, Massachusetts by use of a heat-pulsing flowmeter shows a mean velocity in the bulk sediment of 40 cm d−1. The estimated total discharge of ground water into Quincy Bay during October 1990 was 1324–2177 m3 d−1, a relatively low ground water discharge rate. The tides have only a moderate effect on...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, A.M. Moffett

Seismic experiment ross ice shelf 1990/91: Characteristics of the seismic reflection data Seismic experiment ross ice shelf 1990/91: Characteristics of the seismic reflection data

The Transantarctic Mountains, with a length of 3000-3500 km and elevations of up to 4500 m, are one of the major Cenozoic mountain ranges in the world and are by far the most striking example of rift-shoulder mountains. Over the 1990-1991 austral summer Seismic Experiment Ross Ice Shelf (SERIS) was carried out across the Transantarctic Mountain front, between latitudes 82 degrees to 83...

Geodetic airborne laser altimetry of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, and Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland Geodetic airborne laser altimetry of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, and Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland

Two geodetic airborne laser altimeter (ALA) systems coupled to Global Positioning System receivers acquired submeter-resolution topographic profiles of the lower parts of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, in May 1989 and September 1991 (Skeidarárjökull) and of Jakobshavns Isbræ, Greenland, in April 1992. Maximum measured crevasse depths on Breidamerkurjökull...
Authors
James B. Garvin, Richard S. Williams
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