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January 1, 2006

Coastal landslide material loss rates associated with severe climatic events

Deep-seated landslides along the California coast deliver large amounts of material to the nearshore littoral environment. Landslide movement, a combined result of slope base undercutting by waves and ground saturation, is highly episodic. Movement occurs primarily during periods of high rainfall and large waves, such as those associated with El Nin??o events. This analysis applies remote-sensing

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C.J. Hapke, K.R. Green

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Big Sur Landslides

January 1, 2006

The application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure the timing and patterns of coral larval dispersal

An experiment was conducted along the reefs off west Maui, Hawaii, during the summer of 2003 to monitor the spawning of the reef-building coral Montipora capitata and to determine the role of ocean currents in dispersing the larvae from the natal reef. Instruments documented the environmental forcing during the coral spawning season; drifters were deployed on three successive nights following dire

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Curt D. Storlazzi, E.K. Brown, Michael E. Field

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 2006

LIDAR & SASW technologies for geotechnical earthquake engineering

Geotechnical engineering methods are validated through comparison of field‐data of surface deformations and sub‐surface state properties. Recent advances in non‐invasive surface imaging and sub‐surface stiffness characterization allow us to rapidly and inexpensively map these spatial and physical properties in two and three dimensions. In this paper, we discuss new technologies used at the United

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Robert Kayen, Brian D. Collins

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 2006

Leg 197 synthesis: Southward motion and geochemical variability of the Hawaiian hotspot

The bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain is an often-cited example of a change in plate motion with respect to a stationary hotspot. Growing evidence, however, suggests that the bend might instead record variable drift of the Hawaiian hotspot within a convecting mantle. Paleomagnetic and radiometric age data from samples recovered during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 197 define an age-pr

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Robert A. Duncan, John A. Tarduno, David W. Scholl

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

October 21, 2005

Triggering of tsunamigenic aftershocks from large strike‐slip earthquakes: Analysis of the November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence

[1] The November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence started with a Mw = 8.0 left‐lateral main shock on 16 November and was followed by a series of aftershocks with primarily thrust mechanisms. The earthquake sequence was associated with a locally damaging tsunami on the islands of New Ireland and nearby New Britain, Bougainville, and Buka. Results from numerical tsunami‐propagation models of the

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Eric L. Geist, Tom Parsons

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

September 21, 2005

Local tsunami hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes

No abstract available.

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Eric L. Geist

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

August 17, 2005

Rates of landsliding and cliff retreat along the Big Sur Coast, California— Measuring a crucial baseline

No abstract available.

Authors

Cheryl J. Hapke, Krystal R. Green

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Big Sur Landslides

July 18, 2005

Coastal change rates and patterns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i

A collaborative project between the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology Program and the National Park Service (NPS) has been developed to create an inventory of geologic resources for National Park Service lands on the Big Island of Hawai'i. The NPS Geologic Resources Inventories are recognized as essential for the effective management, interpretation, and understanding of vital pa

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Cheryl J. Hapke, Rick Gmirkin, Bruce M. Richmond

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 29, 2005

Structure and mechanics of the San Andreas–San Gregorio fault junction, San Francisco, California

[1] The right‐lateral San Gregorio and San Andreas faults meet west of the Golden Gate near San Francisco. Coincident seismic reflection and refraction profiling across the San Gregorio and San Andreas faults south of their junction shows the crust between them to have formed shallow extensional basins that are dissected by parallel strike‐slip faults. We employ a regional finite element model to

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Tom Parsons, Terry R. Bruns, Ray W. Sliter

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 2005