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Rift flank segmentation, basin initiation and propagation: a neotectonic example from Lake Baikal Rift flank segmentation, basin initiation and propagation: a neotectonic example from Lake Baikal
New surficial data (field, Landsat TM and topography) define morpho-tectonic domains and rift flank segmentation in the Ol'khon region of the Central Baikal rift. Deformation, drainage and depositional patterns indicate a change in the locus of active extension that may relate to a recent (
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Susan M. Agar, Kim D. Klitgord
Geological mapping of biological habitats on Georges Bank and Stellwaen Bank, Gulf of Maine region Geological mapping of biological habitats on Georges Bank and Stellwaen Bank, Gulf of Maine region
No abstract available.
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Page C. Valentine, Eric A. Schmuck
A mechanism for decoupling within the oceanic lithosphere revealed in the Troodos ophiolite A mechanism for decoupling within the oceanic lithosphere revealed in the Troodos ophiolite
Contrasting kinematic histories recorded in the sheeted dykes and underlying plutonic rocks of the Troodos ophiolite provide a new perspective on the mechanical evolution of oceanic spreading centres. The kinematic framework of the decoupling zone that partitions deformation between the sheeted dykes and plutonics contrasts with low-angle detachment models for slow-spreading ridges based...
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Susan M. Agar, Kim D. Klitgord
Silurian tectonic history of Penobscot Bay region, Maine Silurian tectonic history of Penobscot Bay region, Maine
Early Paleozoic amalgamation of composite terranes was contemporaneous at widely separated regions that were later accreted to either ancestral North America or to Gondwana as those two continents approached each other. Peri-Gondwanan terranes formed from Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician rocks were amalgamated in the Late Ordovician and Early Silurian to form the Salinic orogenic belt...
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D. B. Stewart, J. D. Unger, D. R. Hutchinson
Glacial removal of late Cenozoic subglacially emplaced volcanic edifices by the West Antarctic ice sheet Glacial removal of late Cenozoic subglacially emplaced volcanic edifices by the West Antarctic ice sheet
Local maxima of the horizontal gradient of pseudogravity from closely spaced aeromagnetic surveys over the Ross Sea, northwestern Ross Ice Shelf, and the West Antarctic ice sheet, reveal a linear magnetic rift fabric and numerous subcircular, high-amplitude anomalies. Geophysical data indicate two or three youthful volcanic edifices at widely separated areas beneath the sea and ice cover...
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John C. Behrendt, D. D. Blankenship, D. Damaske, A. K. Cooper
Glaciological observations of Brúarjökull, Iceland, using synthetic aperture radar and thematic mapper satellite data Glaciological observations of Brúarjökull, Iceland, using synthetic aperture radar and thematic mapper satellite data
The first European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images offer opportunities for studying glacier surface properties and near-surface features. Analysis of back-scatter values from digital SAR data from 18 January, 7 June, 1 September and 25 October 1993 of Brúarjökull, an outlet glacier on the northeastern margin of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, that...
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Dorothy K. Hall, Richard S. Williams, Oddur Sigurdsson
Silver and other tracers of sewage particles in coastal and deep sea sediments off the east coast, USA Silver and other tracers of sewage particles in coastal and deep sea sediments off the east coast, USA
No abstract available.
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Michael H. Bothner, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, G.E. Ravizza
The impacts of mobile fishing gear on low topography benthic habitats in the Gulf of Maine (Northwest Atlantic): A preliminary report The impacts of mobile fishing gear on low topography benthic habitats in the Gulf of Maine (Northwest Atlantic): A preliminary report
No abstract available.
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Peter J. Auster, Richard J. Malatesta, Richard W. Langton, Les Watling, Andrew N. Shepard, Ivar G. Babb
Pulling the rug out from under California: Seismic images of the Mendocino Triple Junction region Pulling the rug out from under California: Seismic images of the Mendocino Triple Junction region
The active tectonic regime of northwestern California changes abruptly from transform motion to subduction at the Mendocino Triple Junction. Northward migration of the triple junction has been a major factor in the tectonic history of the continental margin of California since the Oligocene and continues at present. Understanding the effects of triple junction migration on the structure...
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Anne M. Trehu
Radiocarbon ages of pre-bomb clams and the hard-water effect in Lakes Michigan and Huron Radiocarbon ages of pre-bomb clams and the hard-water effect in Lakes Michigan and Huron
Five radiocarbon ages, all determined by accelerator mass spectrometry, have been obtained for two pre-bomb bivalves from Lake Michigan and one from Lake Huron. After correcting those ages for the fractionation of14C in calcite and for the radioactively inert CO2 in the atmosphere, we find residual ages, caused by the hard water effect, of about 250 years for Lake Michigan and 440 years...
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David K. Rea, Steven M. Colman
Paleocene to Middle Miocene planktic foraminifera of the southwestern Salisbury Embayment, Virginia and Maryland: biostratigraphy, allostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy Paleocene to Middle Miocene planktic foraminifera of the southwestern Salisbury Embayment, Virginia and Maryland: biostratigraphy, allostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy
The Paleocene to Middle Miocene sedimentary fill of the southwestern Salisbury Embayment contains a fragmental depositional record, interrupted by numerous local diastems and regional unconformities. Using planktic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, 15 unconformity-bounded depositional units have been identified, assigned to six formations and seven alloformations previously recognized in...
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C. W. Poag, J.A. Commeau
Silt fraction heavy-mineral distributions in a lateritic environment: The rivers and insular shelf of north-central Puerto Rico Silt fraction heavy-mineral distributions in a lateritic environment: The rivers and insular shelf of north-central Puerto Rico
This fraction, which is enriched in heavy minerals relative to the sand fraction, is mainly detrital but contains a strong authigenic component. The authigenic silt heavy-mineral fraction is largely a product of the lateritic weathering and dominated by iron oxides and alterites. Grains of bladed rutile and leached ilmenite are common. Spatial variability in silt-fraction mineralogy is
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L. J. Poppe, J.A. Commeau, G. Luepke