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Pragmatically mapping Phragmites with unoccupied aerial systems: A comparison of invasive species land cover classification using RGB and multispectral imagery

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Origin of deep crystal reflections: Seismic profiling across high-grade metamorphic terranes in Canada Origin of deep crystal reflections: Seismic profiling across high-grade metamorphic terranes in Canada

In an attempt to better understand the origin of deep crustal reflections LITHOPROBE has sponsored or co-sponsored Seismic reflection surveys across tracts of high-grade metamorphic rock in the Archean Superior craton, the Proterozoic Grenville orogen and the Phanerozoic Cordilleran orogen. Common to these three diverse terranes are near-surface zones of prominent Seismic reflectivity...
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A. Green, Bernd Milkereit, J. Percival, A. Davidson, R. Parrish, F. Cook, W. Geis, W. Cannon, D. Hutchinson, G. West, R. Clowes
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Biostratigraphy, lithofacies and paleoenvironments of the Gulf 718-1 well, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Biostratigraphy, lithofacies and paleoenvironments of the Gulf 718-1 well, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

The Gulf 718-1 well, located on the southwestern flank of the Schlee Dome, was drilled to a total depth of 3905 m. The oldest sedimentary rocks sampled were not fossiliferous, but are probably of Late Jurassic age. Sandstones and siltstones are the dominant lithologies except in the intervals between 1213 to 1450 m and 1993 to 2259 m where carbonates make up a major part of the section...
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L.J. Poppe, R.E. Hall, H.L. Cousminer, R.W. Stanton, W.E. Steinkraus
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

U.S. Geological Survey multichannel seismic data: National Energy Research Seismic Library NERSL CD-ROM 1 U.S. Geological Survey multichannel seismic data: National Energy Research Seismic Library NERSL CD-ROM 1

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Deborah R. Hutchinson, D. J. Taylor, F. N. Zihlman
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Loss of coastal wetlands in Louisiana: Cooperative research to assess the critical processes Loss of coastal wetlands in Louisiana: Cooperative research to assess the critical processes

Erosion of the nation's shoreline and loss and deterioration of our coastal wetlands are widespread and serious problems that affect all regions of the US. As a result of natural and human-induced factors, the coastal plain of Louisiana, which contains 40% of the tidal wetlands in the conterminous 48 States, is undergoing the greatest amount of coastal erosion and wetlands loss in the...
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S.J. Williams, A. H. Sallenger
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Evidence against a late Wisconsinan ice shelf in the Gulf of Maine Evidence against a late Wisconsinan ice shelf in the Gulf of Maine

Proposals for the formation of a late Wisconsinan ice shelf in the Gulf of Maine during the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet are considered to be inappropriate. An Antarctic-type ice shelf does not fit the field data that indicate temperate glacial, terrestrial, and marine climates for the region between 18 ka and 12 ka. A temperate ice shelf has no modern analogues and may be...
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R. N. Oldale, R.S. Williams, Steven M. Colman
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Early Cretaceous shelf-edge deltas of the Baltimore Canyon Trough: principal sources for sediment gravity deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin Early Cretaceous shelf-edge deltas of the Baltimore Canyon Trough: principal sources for sediment gravity deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin

We present evidence that the principal sources for Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) gravity-flow deposits of the northern Hatteras Basin were three large shelf-edge deltas located along the outer margin of the Baltimore Canyon Trough, ∼ 100 km southeast of Cape Charles, Virginia, Ocean City, Maryland, and Long Branch, New Jersey. Sedimentary detritus from the central Appalachian...
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C. Wylie Poag, B. Ann Swift, John S. Schlee, Mahlon M. Ball, Linda L. Sheetz
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Accumulation of bank-top sediment on the western slope of Great Bahama Bank: rapid progradation of a carbonate megabank Accumulation of bank-top sediment on the western slope of Great Bahama Bank: rapid progradation of a carbonate megabank

High-resolution seismic profiles and submersible observations along the leeward slope of western Great Bahama Bank show large-scale export of bank-top sediment and rapid progradation of the slope during the Holocene. A wedge-shaped sequence, up to 90 m thick, is present along most of the slope and consists of predominantly aragonite mud derived from the bank since flooding of the...
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R. Jude Wilber, John D. Milliman, Robert B. Halley
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

GLIMPCE Seismic reflection evidence of deep-crustal and upper-mantle intrusions and magmatic underplating associated with the Midcontinent Rift system of North America GLIMPCE Seismic reflection evidence of deep-crustal and upper-mantle intrusions and magmatic underplating associated with the Midcontinent Rift system of North America

Deep-crustal and Moho reflections, recorded on vertical incidence and wide angle ocean bottom Seismometer (OBS) data in the 1986 GLIMPCE (Great Lakes International Multidisciplinary Program on Crustal Evolution) experiment, provide evidence for magmatic underplating and intrusions within the lower crust and upper mantle contemporaneous with crustal extension in the Midcontinent Rift...
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John C. Behrendt, D. R. Hutchinson, M. Lee, C.R. Thornber, A. Trehu, W. Cannon, A. Green
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Multichannel seismic reflection surveys over the Antarctic continental margin relevant to petroleum resource studies Multichannel seismic reflection surveys over the Antarctic continental margin relevant to petroleum resource studies

More than 100,000 km of marine multichannel seismic profiles have been acquired over the continental margin of Antarctica since 1976 by scientific research programs of Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, U.S.S.R. and West Germany. Although scientific results are reported for most of these data, they also are relevant to petroleum...
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John C. Behrendt
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Effect of wave-current interaction on wind-driven circulation in narrow, shallow embayments Effect of wave-current interaction on wind-driven circulation in narrow, shallow embayments

The effect of wind waves on the steady wind-driven circulation in a narrow, shallow bay is investigated with a two-dimensional (y, z) circulation model and the Grant and Madsen [1979] bottom-boundary layer model, which includes wave-current interaction. A constant wind stress is applied in the along-channel x direction to a channel with a constant cross-sectional profile h(y). The wind...
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Richard P. Signell, Robert C. Beardsley, H. C. Graber, A. Capotondi
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Integration of COCORP deep reflection and magnetic anomaly analysis in the southeastern United States: Implications for origin of the Brunswick and East Coast magnetic anomalies: Alternative interpretation and reply Integration of COCORP deep reflection and magnetic anomaly analysis in the southeastern United States: Implications for origin of the Brunswick and East Coast magnetic anomalies: Alternative interpretation and reply

Integration of magnetic anomaly analysis with COCORP deep reflection data from the southeastern United States provides three new constraints on the interpretation of the Brunswick and East Coast magnetic anomalies, as well as on the reflection data. These are as follows. (1) The source of the Brunswick anomaly lies within the deep crust. This anomaly is not caused by a Mesozoic rift...
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Deborah R. Hutchinson, Kim D. Klitgord, Anne M. Trehu, John H. McBride, K. D. Nelson
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Ancient channels of the Susquehanna River beneath Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva Peninsula Ancient channels of the Susquehanna River beneath Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva Peninsula

The trunk channels of each system are 2 to 4 km wide and are incised 30 to 50 m into underlying strata; they have irregular longitudinal profiles and very low gradients within the Chesapeake Bay area. The youngest paleochannel is clearly of late Wisconsinan age, about 18 ka, and the intermediate one appears to be late Illinoian in age, or about 150 ka. The age of the oldest is in the...
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Steven M. Colman, J.P. Halka, C. H. Hobbs, R. B. Mixon, D.S. Foster
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Chesapeake Bay Activities, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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