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Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996 Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996
No abstract available.
Authors
Bradford Butman, John Evans, William Lange, Chris F. Polloni
Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA
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Authors
Curt D. Peterson, Guy R. Gelfenbaum, Harry M. Jol, Jim B. Phipps, Frank Reckendorf, Dave C. Twichell, Sandy Vanderberg, Lorraine Woxell
Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific
Co-rich Fe-Mn crusts occur throughout the Pacific on seamounts, ridges, and plateaus where currents have kept the rocks swept clean of sediments at least intermittently for millions of years. Crusts precipitate out of cold ambient sea water onto hard-rock substrates forming pavements up to 250 mm thick. Crusts are important as a potential resource for Co, Ni, Pt, Mn, Tl, Te, and other...
Authors
James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky, Michael Bau, Frank T. Manheim, Jung-Keuk Kang, Leanne Roberts
Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources
Gas hydrate is a gas-bearing, ice-like crystalline solid. The substance's build ing blocks consist of a gas molecule (generally methane) sur-rounded by a cage of water molecules. The total amount of methane in hydrate in the world is immense - the most recent speculative estimate centers on values of 21x1015 cu meters. Thus, it may represent a future energy resource. This estimate was...
Authors
William P. Dillon, M. Max
Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA
Major and trace metal results from three Great Basin stratigraphic sections with strong conodont biostratigraphy identify a distinct anoxic interval that precedes, but ends approximately 100 kyr before, the Frasnian–Famennian (F–F, mid-Late Devonian) boundary mass extinction horizon. This horizon corresponds to the final and most severe step of a more protracted extinction period. These...
Authors
John F. Bratton, William B. N. Berry, Jared R. Morrow
Sea floor topographic, backscatter, and interpretive maps and bottom photos of the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site region off Boston, Massachusetts Sea floor topographic, backscatter, and interpretive maps and bottom photos of the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site region off Boston, Massachusetts
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Authors
Page C. Valentine, Jessica L. Baker, Tanya S. Unger, John Evans, Christopher F. Polloni
Contaminated-sediment database development and assessment in Boston Harbor Contaminated-sediment database development and assessment in Boston Harbor
Bottom sediments have been regarded as memory banks for contaminant inputs to urban waterways. Bottom sediments accumulate by the addition of particles that enter the waterway from many sources (U.S. National Research Council, 1989). Sediments include solid contaminants, as well as contaminants from the water column that are adsorbed on organic matter or soil (rock) particles. Sediments...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Clathrate eustasy: Methane hydrate melting as a mechanism for geologically rapid sea-level fall Clathrate eustasy: Methane hydrate melting as a mechanism for geologically rapid sea-level fall
Although submarine methane hydrates or clathrates have been highlighted as potential amplifiers of modern global climate change and associated glacio-eustatic sea-level rise, their potential role in sea-level fall has not been appreciated. Recent estimates of the total volume occupied by gas hydrates in marine sediments vary 20-fold, from 1.2 × 1014 to 2.4 × 1015 m3. Using a specific...
Authors
J.F. Bratton
Plate deformation at depth under northern California: Slab gap or stretched slab? Plate deformation at depth under northern California: Slab gap or stretched slab?
Plate kinematic interpretations for northern California predict a gap in the underlying subducted slab caused by the northward migration of the Pacific-North America-Juan de Fuca triple junction. However, large-scale decompression melting and asthenospheric upwelling to the base of the overlying plate within the postulated gap are not supported by geophysical and geochemical observations...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, N. Shimizu, P.C. Molzer
Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion? Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion?
A new gravity map of the southern half of the Dead Sea transform offers the first regional view of the anatomy of this plate boundary. Interpreted together with auxiliary seismic and well data, the map reveals a string of subsurface basins of widely varying size, shape, and depth along the plate boundary and relatively short (25–55 km) and discontinuous fault segments. We argue that this...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, M. Rybakov, A. S. Al-Zoubi, M. Hassouneh, U. Frieslander, A.T. Batayneh, V. Goldschmidt, M.N. Daoud, Y. Rotstein, J.K. Hall
Digital sidescan-sonar imagery of the Manchas Interiores-Manchas Exteriores coral reef complex, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Digital sidescan-sonar imagery of the Manchas Interiores-Manchas Exteriores coral reef complex, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
Authors
VeeAnn Cross, William C. Schwab
Deep seismic reflections beneath the Trans-Antarctic Mountain Front, from reprocessed SERIS seismic data Deep seismic reflections beneath the Trans-Antarctic Mountain Front, from reprocessed SERIS seismic data
No abstract available.
Authors
S. Bannister, A. Melhuish, S. Henrys, T. Stern, Uri S. ten Brink