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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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Appendix I. Physical properties and correlation of seismic profiles with drilling results Appendix I. Physical properties and correlation of seismic profiles with drilling results

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Authors
Lucien Montadert, Claude (Wylie) Poag
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Environmental trends among Neogene benthic foraminifers at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 548, Irish continental margin Environmental trends among Neogene benthic foraminifers at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 548, Irish continental margin

An analysis of diversity and abundance trends among all benthic foraminiferal genera and species, and particularly among species of Bolivina, was carried out for 59 samples of Neogene sediment from DSDP-IPOD Site 548, Goban Spur. By correlating these census data with lithological, geophysical, geochemical, and other faunal and floral measurements in the same stratigraphic interval, a...
Authors
Claude (Wylie) Poag, Doris Low
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Drilling on the Goban Spur: Objectives, regional geological setting, and operational summary. Drilling on the Goban Spur: Objectives, regional geological setting, and operational summary.

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Authors
P.C. de Graciansky, Claude (Wylie) Poag, Glen Foss
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Biostratigraphy, paleoenvironmental, and paleomagnetic synthesis of the Goban Spur region, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 80 Biostratigraphy, paleoenvironmental, and paleomagnetic synthesis of the Goban Spur region, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 80

A composite stratigraphic section based on the four DSDP-IPOD Leg 80 drill sites provides a nearly complete record of syn-rift and post-rift events in the vicinity of Goban Spur. Syn-rift sediments were deposited in marginal marine to outer shelf environments. Above the "breakup" unconformity (hiatus spanning most of the Aptian), post-rift Albian sediments indicate the development of a...
Authors
Scott W. Snyder, C. Muller, Hilary Townsend, Claude (Wylie) Poag
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Seismic structure and stratigraphy of northern edge of Bahaman-Cuban collision zone Seismic structure and stratigraphy of northern edge of Bahaman-Cuban collision zone

Common-depth-point (CDP) seismic reflection data in the southwestern Bahamas reveal the northern edge of the tectonized zone that resulted from the late Mesozoic-early Cenozoic collision of Cuba and the Bahamas. Two seismic facies are present: a basin facies and a shallow-water carbonate-platform facies. In Santaren Channel, between Cay Sal and the Great Bahama Bank, a 5-sec thick group...
Authors
M. M. Ball, R. G. Martin, W. D. Bock, R. E. Sylwester, R. M. Bowles, D. Taylor, E. L. Coward, J. E. Dodd, L. Gilbert
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The role of erosion by fish in shaping topography around Hudson submarine canyon. The role of erosion by fish in shaping topography around Hudson submarine canyon.

An 800-km 2 area of rough topography around the head of Hudson Canyon off the eastern United States is attributed to erosion by tilefish ( Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps ) and associated species of crustaceans. The rough topography has a relief of 1-10 m, occurs in water depths of 120-500 m, and has been cut into a semilithified, silty clay substrate since the onset of the Holocene...
Authors
D.C. Twichell, Craig B. Grimes, R. S. Jones, K.W. Able
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Selected characteristics of limestone and dolomite reservoirs in the United States Selected characteristics of limestone and dolomite reservoirs in the United States

Data from the United States Oil and Gas File (TOTL) developed by the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, are used to characterize the lithology, location (state and basin), geologic age, year of discovery, depth to top of pay, porosity, permeability, water saturation, volume of crude oil and nonassociated gas originally in place, and net-pay thickness of limestone and dolomite...
Authors
James W. Schmoker, Katherine B. Krystinik, Robert B. Halley
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Rapid postglacial shoreline changes in the western Gulf of Maine and the Paleo-Indian environment Rapid postglacial shoreline changes in the western Gulf of Maine and the Paleo-Indian environment

Rapid shoreline regression and transgression along the western Gulf of Maine between 13,000 and 9000 years B.P. are inferred to have produced a nearshore marine environment low in biologic productivity. Paleo-Indians living near the coast of the Gulf were probably forced to rely on nonmarine resources landward of the late-glacial marine limit. Thus, Paleo-Indian sites of the time period...
Authors
Robert N. Oldale
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Slumping and shallow faulting related to the presence of salt on the Continental Slope and rise off North Carolina Slumping and shallow faulting related to the presence of salt on the Continental Slope and rise off North Carolina

Seismic reflection profiles and long- and medium-range sidescan sonar were used to investigate a salt diapir complex and area of slope instability near the base of the Continental Slope off North Carolina. Within the area of investigation three diapirs are bounded on their upslope side by a scarp 60 m high and 50 km long. The slope above the scarp is characterized by a series of shallow...
Authors
K. V. Cashman, P. Popenoe
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

A nomogram for interpreting slope stability of fine-grained deposits in modern and ancient-marine environments. A nomogram for interpreting slope stability of fine-grained deposits in modern and ancient-marine environments.

Design of the nomogram is based on effective stress and combines consolidation theory as applicable to depositional environments with the infinite-slope model of slope-stability analysis. The link between the two combined theories is a term representing the effective overburden stress, which may be predicted from consolidation theory and a knowledge of sedimentation rate, time, and the...
Authors
J.S. Booth, D.A. Sangrey, J.K. Fugate
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geological and geochemical data for seamounts and associated ferromanganese crusts in and near the Hawaiian, Johnston Island, and Palmyra Island Exclusive Economic Zone Geological and geochemical data for seamounts and associated ferromanganese crusts in and near the Hawaiian, Johnston Island, and Palmyra Island Exclusive Economic Zone

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Authors
J.R. Hein, F.T. Manheim, W. C. Schwab, A. S. Davis, C.L. Daniel, R. M. Bouse, L.A. Morgenson, R.E. Sliney, David Clague, G. B. Tate, D.A. Cacchione
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Composition and morphology of ferromanganese coatings on glacial erratics in Lydonia Canyon, United States East Coast Composition and morphology of ferromanganese coatings on glacial erratics in Lydonia Canyon, United States East Coast

Ferromanganese coatings have been found on glacial erratics in Lydonia Canyon, off the United States northeastern coast. The coatings, which are about 17 ??m thick, consist of an outer manganese-rich layer which covers the top of the erratic, a middle transitional layer, and an internal iron-rich layer that encircles the entire surface of the erratic. Chemical analyses of the coatings...
Authors
L.J. Poppe, Dennis W. O’Leary, R.F. Commeau
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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