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Variability of mercury concentrations in domestic well water, New Jersey Coastal Plain
Concentrations of total (unfiltered) mercury (Hg) exceed the Maximum Contaminant Level (2 µg/L) in the acidic water withdrawn by more than 700 domestic wells from the areally extensive unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system. Background concentrations of Hg generally are <0.01 µg/L. The source of the Hg contamination has been hypothesized to arise from Hg of pesticide-application, atmospheric,
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Zoltan Szabo, Julia L. Barringer, Eric Jacobsen, Nicholas P Smith, Robert A Gallagher, Andrew Sites
Three-dimensional site response at KiK-net downhole arrays
Ground motions at two Kiban-Kyoshin Network (KiK-net) strong motion downhole array sites in Hokkaido, Japan (TKCH08 in Taiki and TKCH05 in Honbetsu) illustrate the importance of three-dimensional (3D) site effects. These sites recorded the M8.0 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake, with recorded accelerations above 0.4 g at both sites as well as numerous ground motions from smaller events. Weak ground moti
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Eric M. Thompson, Yasuo Tanaka, Laurie G. Baise, Robert E. Kayen
Extraction of organic compounds from organic-rich rocks during geologic CO2 sequestration at supercritical conditions
At reservoir conditionscarbon dioxide is a supercritical fluid capable of extraction of naturallyoccurring neutral compounds from formation materials, including carboxylicacids at low pH. We performed a series of experiments designed to quantify theextractable carboxylic acid and neutral aromatic yield from coal of the WilcoxGroup in Louisiana. We determined concentrations of organic species in bo
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Randal B. Thomas, Robert J. Rosenbauer, Yousif K. Kharaka
Considering native and exotic terrestrial reptiles in island invasive species eradication programmes in the Tropical Pacific
Most island restoration projects with reptiles, either as direct beneficiaries of conservation or as indicators of recovery responses, have been on temperate or xeric islands. There have been decades of research, particularly on temperate islands in New Zealand, on the responses of native reptiles to mammal eradications but very few studies in tropical insular systems. Recent increases in restorat
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Richard N. Fisher
Tracking tracer breakthrough in the hyporheic zone using time‐lapse DC resistivity, Crabby Creek, Pennsylvania
Characterization of the hyporheic zone is of critical importance for understanding stream ecology, contaminant transport, and groundwater‐surface water interaction. A salt water tracer test was used to probe the hyporheic zone of a recently re‐engineered portion of Crabby Creek, a stream located near Philadelphia, PA. The tracer solution was tracked through a 13.5 meter segment of the stream using
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Jonathan E. Nyquist, Laura Toran, Allison C. Fang, Robert J. Ryan, Donald O. Rosenberry
Integrated characterization of the Richelieu/Lake Champlain basin
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A. Rivera, C. Rivard, M. Parent, N. Benoit, R. Lefebvre, M.A. Carrier, E. Gloaguen, Richard J. Reynolds, Thomas J. Mack, J.H. Williams, Y. H. Baevsky
A model for evaluating stream temperature response to climate change scenarios in Wisconsin
Global climate change is expected to alter temperature and flow regimes for streams in Wisconsin over the coming decades. Stream temperature will be influenced not only by the predicted increases in average air temperature, but also by changes in baseflow due to changes in precipitation patterns and amounts. In order to evaluate future stream temperature and flow regimes in Wisconsin, we have inte
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Stephen M. Westenbroek, Jana S. Stewart, Cheryl A. Buchwald, Matthew G. Mitro, John D. Lyons, Steven Greb
Observations of drainage network change in a recently burned watershed using terrestrial laser scanning
Wildfire enhances the geomorphic response of a watershed to precipitation events, effectively altering the form of the hillslope and channel drainage network. Typically, drainage networks expand following rainfall on a recently burned watershed. Expansion of drainage networks following wildfire increases in erosion and sediment transport rates, and the probability of flash-flooding and debris-flow
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Dennis Staley, Thad Wasklewicz, Jason Kean
Rock mechanical testing in support of well stimulation activities at the Desert Peak geothermal field, Nevada
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Susan Juch Lutz, Stephen Hickman, Nicholas C. Davatzes, Ezra Zemach, Peter Drakos, Ann Robertson-Tait
Challenges in the assessment and classification of enhanced/engineered geothermal system resources
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Colin F. Williams
Estimating structural dip from gravity and magnetic profile data
The anomalies of ideal sources, dipping magnetic contacts and dipping density sheets, provide the theoretical basis for estimating structural dip from gravity and magnetic profile data. The dip is always related to the local phase angle of a complex analytic signal evaluated directly over the source. For magnetic sheets, the complex analytic signal is constructed from the anomaly and its Hilbert t
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Jeffrey Phillips
Geophysical setting of the blue mountain geothermal area, North-Central Nevada and its relationship to a crustal-scale fracture associated with the inception of the Yellowstone hotspot
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David A. Ponce, Jonathan M.G. Glen, Janet Watt, John Casteel