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Landslides and tsunamis
The study of tsunamis has been shifting away from theoretical modeling of tsunami source, wave propagation and runup toward multidisciplinary investigations, with an emphasis on field studies. This collection of papers highlights the many approaches being utilized to study landslides and tsunamis.
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Christopher F. Waythomas, Alastair G. Dawson
Macrofauna communities of exposed sandy beaches on the Southern California mainland and Channel Islands
No abstract available at this time
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J.E. Dugan, D.M. Hubbard, D.L. Martin, J.M. Engle, D.M. Richards, G.E. Davis, K. D. Lafferty, R.F. Ambrose
Population regulation of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentritus purpuratus, at the California Channel Islands
No abstract available at this time
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K. D. Lafferty, D. Kushner
Airborne electromagnetics (EM) as a three-dimensional aquifer-mapping tool
The San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona hosts a major migratory bird flyway, and was declared a Riparian Conservation Area by Congress in 1988. Recharge of the adjacent Upper San Pedro Valley aquifer was thought to come primarily from the Huachuca Mountains, but the U. S. Army Garrison of Fort Huachuca and neighboring city of Sierra Vista have been tapping this aquifer for many decades, giving
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Jeff Wynn, Don Pool, Mark Bultman, Mark E. Gettings, Jean Lemieux
Bioassessment of Hollis Creek, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Physical, chemical and biological components at five stations on Hollis Creek, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi were evaluated using Rapid Bioassessment Protocols (RBP) and the Sediment Quality Triad (SQT) on August 24-26, 1999, in order to assess potential biological impacts from the Starkville Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) on downstream resources. Two stations were selected above the WWTF
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P. V. Winger, P. J. Lasier, K. J. Bogenrieder
Date guide to the occurrences of birds in Oklahoma
No abstract available.
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J.A. Arterburn, W.A. Carter, R. B. Clapp, J.A. Cox, J.M. Dole, J.A. Grzybowski, M.J. Loyd, L.P. Mays, D.L. Reinking, J.S. Tomer, D.W. Verser
Ecological status and conservation of tigers in India. Final Technical Report (February 1995 to January 2000)
No abstract available.
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K. U. Karanth, J. D. Nichols
Fumaroles in ice caves on the summit of Mount Rainier: preliminary stable isotope, gas, and geochemical studies
The edifice of Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, has episodically collapsed leading to major debris flows. The largest debris flows are related to argillically altered rock which leave areas of the edifice prone to failure. The argillic alteration results from the neutralization of acidic magmatic gases that condense in a meteoric water hydrothermal system fed by the melting of a thick mantl
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D. R. Zimbelman, R. O. Rye, G. P. Landis
Geothermal convection: a mechanism for dolomitization at Enewetak Atoll?
Geothermal convection in carbonate platforms could drive massive dolomitization by supplying mass transport of magnesium over long periods and at temperatures high enough to overcome kinetic limitations. Reactive-transport simulations based on Enewetak Atoll show dolomitization in a thin band at a permeability contrast near the base of the platform, which is consistent with field observations of d
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A.M. Wilson, W. Sanford, F. Whitaker, P. Smart
Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health hazards to humans, plants, and animals
Contents: v. 1, Metals ; v. 2, Organics ; v. 3, Metalloids, radation, cumulative index to chemicals and species. Update of the Contaminant Hazard Reviews report series.
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R. Eisler
Heron conservation
Herons are large, popular and, in many cases, spectacular birds found in wetlands world-wide, both tropical and temperate, natural and man-made. Some populations are very small and localized, some have decreased, some have expanded their ranges, and a few are pests of human activities. In the fifteen years since the publication of the latest monographic treatment of the family, The Herons Handbo