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Geologic map of the State of Hawai`i
The State's geology is presented on eight full-color map sheets, one for each of the major islands. These map sheets, the illustrative meat of the publication, can be downloaded in pdf format, ready to print. Map scale is 1:100,000 for most of the islands, so that each map is about 27 inches by 36 inches. The Island of Hawai`i, largest of the islands, is depicted at a smaller scale, 1:250,000, so
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David R. Sherrod, John M. Sinton, Sarah E. Watkins, Kelly M. Brunt
Morphology and textures of modern sediments on the inner shelf of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay
High-resolution sea-floor mapping techniques, including sidecan-sonar, seismic-reflection, swath bathymetric systems, and bottom sampling, were used to map the geologic framework offshore of the northern South Carolina coast in order to provide a better understanding of the physical processes controlling coastal erosion and shoreline change. Four general sea floor environments were identified thro
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J. F. Denny, W. E. Baldwin, W. C. Schwab, P. T. Gayes, R. Morton, N. W. Driscoll
National assessment of shoreline change, part 4: Historical coastal cliff retreat along the California coast
Coastal cliff retreat, the landward migration of the cliff face, is a chronic problem along many rocky coastlines in the United States. As coastal populations continue to grow and community infrastructures are threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate information regarding trends and rates of coastal cliff retreat. There is also a need for a comprehensive analysis of cliff retr
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Cheryl J. Hapke, David Reid
Rotational Seismology Workshop of February 2006
Introduction
A successful workshop titled 'Measuring the Rotation Effects of Strong Ground Motion' was held simultaneously in Menlo Park and Pasadena via video conference on 16 February 2006. The purpose of the Workshop and this Report are to summarize existing data and theory and to explore future challenges for rotational seismology, including free-field strong motion, structural strong motio
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John R. Evans, A. Cochard, Vladimir Graizer, Bor-Shouh Huang, Kenneth W. Hudnut, Charles R. Hutt, H. Igel, William H.K. Lee, Chun-Chi Liu, Eugeniusz Majewski, Robert Nigbor, Erdal Safak, William U. Savage, U. Schreiber, Roman Teisseyre, Mihailo Trifunac, J. Wassermann, Chien-Fu Wu
Mars: Surface and Interior
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Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, an update: 2002-2006
Introduction Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission rates from Kilauea Volcano were first measured by Stoiber and Malone (1975) and have been measured on a regular basis since 1979 (Greenland and others, 1985; Casadevall and others, 1987; Elias and others, 1998; Sutton and others, 2001, Elias and Sutton, 2002, Sutton and others, 2003). Compilations of SO2 emission-rate and wind-vector data from 1979 throug
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Tamar Elias, A. J. Sutton
Near-Surface Structure and Velocities of the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains and the Western Santa Clara Valley, California, From Seismic Imaging
Introduction
The Santa Clara Valley (SCV) is located in the southern San Francisco Bay area of California and is bounded by the Santa Cruz Mountains to the southwest, the Diablo Ranges to the northeast, and the San Francisco Bay to the north (Fig. 1). The SCV, which includes the City of San Jose, numerous smaller cities, and much of the high-technology manufacturing and research area commonly r
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R. D. Catchings, G. Gandhok, M. R. Goldman, Clare Steedman
San Andreas Fault Zone mineralogy, geochemistry, and physical properties from SAFOD cuttings and core
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J. G. Solum, S. Hickman, D. A. Lockner, S. Tembe, J.P. Evans, S. D. Draper, D. C. Barton, D. L. Kirschner, J. Chester, F. M. Chester, B.A. van der Pluijm, A. M. Schleicher, Diane E. Moore, Carolyn A. Morrow, K. R. Bradbury, W. M. Calvin, T.-F. Wong
Preliminary Results of Subsurface Exploration and Monitoring at the Johnson Creek Landslide, Lincoln County, Oregon
The Johnson Creek landslide is a translational, primarily bedrock landslide located along the Oregon coast about 5 km north of Newport. The landslide has damaged U.S. Highway 101 many times since construction of the highway and at least two geological and geotechnical investigations of the landslide have been performed by Oregon State agencies. In cooperation with the Oregon Department of Geology
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William H. Schulz, William L. Ellis
WOVOdat design document: The schema, table descriptions, and create table statements for the database of worldwide volcanic unrest (WOVOdat Version 1.0)
WOVOdat Overview
During periods of volcanic unrest, the ability to forecast near future activity has been a primary concern for human populations living near volcanoes. Our ability to forecast future activity and mitigate hazards is based on knowledge of previous activity at the volcano exhibiting unrest and knowledge of previous activity at similar volcanoes. A small set of experts with past e
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Dina Y. Venezky, Christopher G. Newhall
Comprehensive Areal Model of Earthquake-Induced Landslides: Technical Specification and User Guide
This report describes the complete design of a comprehensive areal model of earthquakeinduced landslides (CAMEL). This report presents the design process, technical specification of CAMEL. It also provides a guide to using the CAMEL source code and template ESRI ArcGIS map document file for applying CAMEL, both of which can be obtained by contacting the authors. CAMEL is a regional-scale model of
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Scott B. Miles, David K. Keefer