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Electrical geophysical study over the Norman Landfill, near Norman, Oklahoma

No abstract available.
Authors
Robert J. Bisdorf

Tests of ground-penetrating radar and induced polarization for mapping fluvial mine tailings on the floor of the Couer d'Alene River, Idaho

In order to investigate sequences of toxic mine tailings that have settled in the bed of the Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, (see figure 1) we improvised ways to make geophysical measurements on the river floor. To make ground penetrating radar (GPR) profiles, we mounted borehole antennas on a skid that was towed along the river bottom. To make induced polarization (IP) profiles, we devised a bottom s
Authors
David L. Campbell, Jefferey C. Wynn, Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Robert Horton

An 800,000-year paleoclimatic record from core OL-92, Owens Lake, Southeast California

No abstract available.
Authors
George I. Smith, James L. Bischoff

Assessment of acreage and vegetation change in Florida's Big Bend tidal wetlands using satellite imagery

Fluctuations in sea level and impending development on the west coast of Florida have aroused concern for the relatively pristine tidal marshes of the Big Bend. Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images for 1986 and 1995 are processed and evaluated for signs of change. The images cover 250 km of Florida's Big Bend Gulf Coast, encompassing 160,000 acres of tidal marshes. Change is detected using the norm
Authors
Ellen A. Raabe, Richard P. Stumpf

A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California

No abstract available at this time
Authors
Robert N. Fisher, T. J. Case

Fate of Airborne Contaminants in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Designation of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge as a Class I Air Quality Area (given the highest level of protection possible from air pollutants under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977) affords mandatory protection of the Refuge's airshed through the permit-review process for planned developments. Rainfall is the major source of water to the swamp, and potential impacts from developments t
Authors
P. V. Winger, P. J. Lasier

Least tern (Sterna antillarum)

This species account discusses: distinguishing characteristics, distribution, systematics, migration, habitat, food habits, vocalizations, behavior (locomotion, maintenance, agonistic, sexual, social, interspecific), breeding (phenology, nest site, nest, eggs, incubation, development of the young, parental care), demography and populations (life span, mortality, dispersal and philopatry, populatio
Authors
B.C. Thompson, J.J. Jackson, J. Burger, L.A. Hill, E.M. Kirsch, J.L. Atwood

National fish strain registry - Trout (NFSR-T) operating manual

No abstract available at this time
Authors
H. L. Kincaid, M.J. Gray, L.J. Mengel, S. Brimm

National fish strain registry - Trout species tables of reported strains and broodstocks

No abstract available at this time
Authors
H. L. Kincaid, M.J. Gray, L.J. Mengel, S. Brimm