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International geomagnetic reference field 1980; charts and grid values
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Authors
Eugene B. Fabiano, N. W. Peddie, D.R. Barraclough, A. K. Zunde
Patterns of sediment concentration in hyperconcentrated flows at Mount St. Helens
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Authors
Randy L. Dinehart
Summaries of technical reports, volume XVII
The research results described in the following summaries were submitted by
the investigators on October 20, 1983 and cover the 6-month period from
April 1, 1983 through September 30, 1983. These reports include both work
performed under contracts administered by the Geological Survey and work by
members of the Geological Survey. The report summaries are grouped into the
four major elements o
Authors
Muriel L. Jacobson
Distribution and costs of landslides in San Diego County, California, during the rainfall years of 1978-79 and 1979-80
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Authors
Clement F. Shearer, Fred A. Taylor, Robert W. Fleming
High paleointensities of the geomagnetic field from thermomagnetic studies on rift valley pillow basalts from the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
Nineteen pillow basalts dredged within the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at36.8°N were studied by the Thellier stepwise heating method in order to determine the paleointensity of the geomagnetic field when they erupted on to the sea floor. Previously reported fission track ages are 2,000 to 6,000 years for the youngest rocks (mainly olivine basalts) and 10,000 to 100,000 years for the othe
Authors
M. Prevot, E. A. Mankinen, S. Gromme, A. Lecaille
Crustal structure of the northern mississippi embayment and a comparison with other continental rift zones
Previous geological and geophysical investigations have suggested that the Mississippi Embayment is the site of a Late Precambrian continental rift that was reactivated in the Mesozoic. New information on the deep structure of the northern Mississippi Embayment, gained through an extensive seismic refraction survey, supports a rifting hypothesis. The data indicate that the crust of the Mississippi
Authors
Walter D. Mooney, M.C. Andrews, A. Ginzburg, D.A. Peters, R. M. Hamilton
Sensitivity of selected geomagnetic properties to truncation level of spherical harmonic expansions
A two day selection of MAGSAT data is fit by spherical harmonic series truncated at increasing levels NF in the range 2<NF<14 to determine the extent to which the geomagnetic Gauss coefficients depend upon truncation level of the fit. The dependence is found to be concentrated in the range n<NF≲n+4 decreasing rapidly in magnitude to a few nanotesla as n increases to about 6.Several geomagnetic pro
Authors
E.R. Benton, Ronald H. Estes, R.A. Langel, L.A. Muth
Crustal structure beneath the southern Appalachians: Nonuniqueness of gravity modeling
Gravity models computed for a profile across the long-wavelength paired negative-positive Bouguer anomalies of the southern Appalachian Mountains show that the large negative anomaly can be explained by a crustal root zone, whereas the steep gradient and positive anomaly east of the root may be explained equally well by three different geometries: a suture zone, a mantle upwarp, or a shallow body.
Authors
Deborah R. Hutchinson, John A. Grow, Kim D. Klitgord
Triggering of large earthquakes by magma-chamber inflation, Izu Peninsula (Japan)
A close spatial and temporal association between three aseismic uplift episodes and subsequent large (M ≈ 7) earthquakes on the Izu Peninsula, Japan, suggests a causal relation. Quaternary geology, as well as studies by other workers, indicates a volcanic origin for the observed uplift, and we use a simple inflation model constrained by leveling data to compute the expected increments in normal an
Authors
Wayne R. Thatcher, James C. Savage
Ice sculpture in the Martian outflow channels
Many landforms in Martian outflow channels have characteristics that suggest sculpture by glaciers, ice streams, or ice sheets. Viking Orbiter and terrestrial satellite images were examined at similar resolution to compare features of the Martian outflow channels to features produced by the movement of ice on earth. Many resemblances were found. They include the anastomoses, sinuosities, and U‐sha
Authors
Baerbel K. Lucchitta
Reflection—refraction of general P- and type-I S-waves in elastic and anelastic solids
The reflection and refraction of general (homogeneous or inhomogeneous) plane P and type-I S(SV) body waves incident on plane boundaries are considered for general linear viscoelastic solids. Reflection—refraction laws, physical characteristics of the waves, and the nature of critical angles are examined in detail at welded boundaries and a free surface. General visco-elasticity with no low-loss a
Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt