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USES OF MARKETING TECHNIQUES THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The use of marketing techniques by government agencies to provide more efficient and effective dissemination of their information is a fairly recent development. A recessive economy, and increased scrutiny of operations have become a powerful incentive to maximize revenues and minimize expenses wherever possible as long as the primary mission of public service is satisfactorily met.
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Michael P. McDermott
VARIATIONS IN MINERAL MATTER CONTENT OF A PEAT DEPOSIT IN MAINE RESTING ON GLACIO-MARINE SEDIMENTS.
The Great Heath, Washington County, Maine, is an excellent example of a multidomed ombrotrophic peatland resting on a gently undulating surface of glacio-marine sediments and towering above modern streams. A comprehensive study sponsored by the Geological Survey of Maine in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey included preparation of a contoured surficial geology map on which are located 8
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Cornelia C. Cameron, Paul Schruben
Analysis of wetland changes on an active delta with a geographic information system
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Robert Ader, James B. Johnston
World geoscience literature and translation
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Maura Connor, Frank T. Manheim
Geomorphic classification of Icelandic volcanoes
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Richard S. Williams, Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Elliot C. Morris
Hydrochemistry of formation fluids in onshore and offshore strata in the Southeast Georgia Embayment
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Frank T. Manheim, C. K. Paull
A 40-foot static cone penetrometer
The Navy needs a lightweight device for testing seafloor soils to sub bottom depths of 12 meters in water depths to 60 meters. To meet this need a quasistatic cone penetration device that uses water jetting to reduce friction on the cone rod has been developed. This device is called the XSP-40. The 5-ton XSP-40 stands 15 meters tall and pushes a standard 5-ton cone into the seafloor. It is remotel
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R.M. Beard, H. J. Lee
Geologic hazards in Navarin Basin Province, Northern Bering Sea
Navarin Basin, scheduled for leasing in 1984 (OCS sale 83), may contain vast accumulations of oil and gas. Several geologic and oceanographic processes that may be active in and around Navarin Basin province could be hazardous to commercial development. These potential hazards include submarine slides; sea-floor instability resulting from disturbance of gas-charged sediment; sediment transport and
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Paul R. Carlson, Herman A. Karl, Jeffrey M. Fischer, Brian D. Edwards
Hazard analysis on the Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, DCS lease sale 59 Area
A multi-parameter high-resolution seismic survey covering 253 offshore lease blocks was undertaken for analysis of critical structural and depositional features and a suite of piston cores was examined for geotechnical properties on the Mid-Atlantic continental slope in the OCS Lease Sale 59 area. The analysis of this data revealed complex interrelationships between a number of buried structural a
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Alex P. Cardinell, Frederick R. Keer
Marine geologic studies of the inner continental shelf off Massachusetts
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C. J. O'Hara, R. N. Oldale, O.C. Farquhar
Net-mortality of Common Murres and Atlantic Puffins in Newfoundland, 1951-81
Band recoveries (N = 315) over 26 years (1951-77) and three surveys of seabird bycatch in inshore fishing nets (1972, 1980-81) indicate that there has been a substantial net-mortality of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Common Murres (Uria aalge) in Newfoundland coastal waters for the past 2 decades. Offshore (e.g. Grand Banks) gill-netting is limited, but some data suggest that murre net
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John F. Piatt, David N. Nettleship, William Threlfall
Paleoenvironment and age of kaolin deposits in the Andersonville district, Georgia
The kaolin deposits of the Andersonville district of Georgia are thick and relatively pure; they grade laterally and vertically into sandy kaolin and sand. The sedimentological and mineralogical character of the clay and the enclosing sand suggests deposition in a marine shallow-water to estuarine environment. Palynomorph and invertebrate fossil assemblages from strata adjacent to the kaolin beds
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Harland E. Cofer, Norman O. Frederiksen