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Seismic survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia cruise report: RV Balkhash 25 August to 25 September 1992 Seismic survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia cruise report: RV Balkhash 25 August to 25 September 1992

Introduction A comprehensive multichannel seismic-reflection (MCS) and ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) seismic-refraction survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia was undertaken during August-September 1992 as a collaborative research project by U.S. and Russian scientists. This project was supported by funding from the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Russian...
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Kim D. Klitgord, A.J. Golmshtok, C.A. Scholz, L.G. Akentiev, D. Nichols, Christopher Schneider, J. McGill, D.S. Foster, J. D. Unger

Water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets investigation at Panola Mountain research watershed, Stockbridge, Georgia; A research plan Water, energy, and biogeochemical budgets investigation at Panola Mountain research watershed, Stockbridge, Georgia; A research plan

The Panola Mountain Research Watershed (PMRW), located in the Panola Mountain State Conservation Park near Stockbridge, Georgia has been selected as a core research watershed under the Water, Energy and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) research initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Global Climate Change Program. This research plan describes ongoing and planned research activities...
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Thomas G. Huntington, R. P. Hooper, N.E. Peters, T.D. Bullen, Carol Kendall

Water resources and the hydrologic effects of coal mining in Washington County, Pennsylvania Water resources and the hydrologic effects of coal mining in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County occupies an area of 864 square miles in southwestern Pennsylvania and lies within the Pittsburgh Plateaus Section of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. About 69 percent of the county population is served by public water-supply systems, and the Monongahela River is the source for 78 percent of the public-supply systems. The remaining 31 percent of the...
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Donald R. Williams, John K. Felbinger, Paul J. Squillace

Growth, survival and food conversion of Atlantic salmon reared at four different densities with common water quality Growth, survival and food conversion of Atlantic salmon reared at four different densities with common water quality

Our objective was to determine the maximum effective rearing density for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at 17.5°C, a temperature typically used in hatcheries to accelerate growth. We reared 5.8‐g (mean weight) parr for 80 d to final rearing densities of 14–55 kg/m2 (rearing unit bottom area) or 80–310 kg/m3 (rearing unit volume). Weight gain was slightly depressed in fish at a final...
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R. W. Soderberg, J. W. Meade, Lori A. Redell

Geophysical investigations of the tectonic boundary between East and West Antarctica Geophysical investigations of the tectonic boundary between East and West Antarctica

The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), which separate the West Antarctic rift system from the stable shield of East Antarctica, are the largest mountains developed adjacent to a rift. The cause of uplift of mountains bordering rifts is poorly understood. One notion based on observations of troughs next to many uplifted blocks is that isostatic rebound produces a coeval uplift and subsidence...
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Uri S. ten Brink, S. Bannister, B. C. Beaudoin, T.A. Stern

Refinement of the evaluation of the role of CO2 in modifying estimates of the pressure of epithermal mineralization Refinement of the evaluation of the role of CO2 in modifying estimates of the pressure of epithermal mineralization

Pressure is the most important of the intensive parameters for relating epithermal mineralization to the geologic setting. This paper describes the limitations on pressure (and therefore depth) of mineralization that may reasonably be derived from simple observations of the behavior of fluid inclusions (i.e., the existence of ice or CO 2 clathrate on the liquidus, the amount of expansion...
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P.B. Barton, I.-M. Chou

A method for classifying land loss by morphology and process A method for classifying land loss by morphology and process

No abstract available.
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L.D. Wayne, L. D. Britsch, M.R. Byrnes, S. Penland, S.J. Williams

Plasmid-mediated romet resistance of Edwardsiella ictaluri Plasmid-mediated romet resistance of Edwardsiella ictaluri

Romet®, a potentiated sulfa drug composed of five parts sulfadimethoxine and one part ormetoprim, is used to treat channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus infected with Edwardsiella ictaluri, the causal agent of enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC). Recently, several Romet-resistant isolates of E. ictaluri were isolated from channel catfish that had died from ESC in Virginia and Mississippi...
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C. E. Starliper, R.K. Cooper, E. B. Shotts, P.W. Taylor

Strontium Strontium

Part of a special section reviewing the market performance of industrial minerals in 1992. Imports of celestite (strontium ore) reached nearly 45 kt, which represents an increase of 35 percent over 1991. Mexico supplied almost all of the celestite. Nearly 70 percent of the strontium consumed in the U.S. is used in television picture tube faceplate glass to block X-ray emissions.
Authors
J.A. Ober
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