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Heat flow in Railroad Valley, Nevada and implications for geothermal resources in the south-central Great Basin

The Great Basin is a province of high average heat flow (approximately 90 mW m-2), with higher values characteristic of some areas and relatively low heat flow (
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C.F. Williams, J. H. Sass

Hierarchical models for avian ecologists

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W. B. Kristan, J. M. Scott

High resolution tree-ring based spatial reconstructions of snow avalanche activity in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Effective design of avalanche hazard mitigation measures requires long-term records of natural avalanche frequency and extent. Such records are also vital for determining whether natural avalanche frequency and extent vary over time due to climatic or biophysical changes. Where historic records are lacking, an accepted substitute is a chronology developed from tree-ring responses to avalanche-indu
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Gregory T. Pederson, Blase Reardon, C.J. Caruso, Daniel B. Fagre

Hydroecological modeling of the Lower Missouri River

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H.E. Johnson, R. B. Jacobson, A. J. DeLonay

Hydrologic landscape units and adaptive management of intermountain wetlands

daptive management is often proposed to assist in the management of national wildlife refuges and allows the exploration of alternatives as well as the addition of ne w knowledge as it becomes available. The hydrological landscape unit can be a good foundation for such efforts. Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is in an intermountain basin dominated by vertical tectonics in the Norther
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Stephen G. Custer, R.S. Sojda

Hydrologic-hydraulic analysis of the Toa Vaca Dam

[No abstract available]
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T.-S. Heriberto, A.C. MillerArthur

Impact of quaternary climate on seepage at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Uranium-series ages, oxygen-isotopic compositions, and uranium contents were determined in outer growth layers of opal and calcitefrom 0.5- to 3-centimeter-thick mineral coatings hosted by lithophysal cavities in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed site of a permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste. Micrometer-scale growth layering in the minerals was imaged u
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J. F. Whelan, J.B. Paces, L.A. Neymark, A.K. Schmitt, M. Grove

Integrated regional changes in arctic climate feedbacks: Implications for the global climate system

The Arctic is a key part of the global climate system because the net positive energy input to the tropics must ultimately be resolved through substantial energy losses in high-latitude regions. The Arctic influences the global climate system through both positive and negative feedbacks that involve physical, ecological, and human systems of the Arctic. The balance of evidence suggests that positi
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A. D. McGuire, F. S. Chapin, J.E. Walsh, C. Wirth

Integrating field research, modeling and remote sensing to quantify morphodynamics in a high-energy coastal setting, ocean beach, San Francisco, California

Wave and coastal circulation modeling are combined with multibeam bathymetry, high-resolution beach surveys, cross-shore Personal Water Craft surveys, digital bed sediment camera surveys, and real-time video monitoring to quantify morphological change and nearshore processes at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Initial SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) wave modeling results show a focusing of wave energ
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P.L. Barnard, D.M. Hanes