Data dictionary and formatting standard for dissemination of geotechnical data
J. Benoit, J.I. Bobbitt, D.J. Ponti, S.A. Shimel
Yegian M.K.Kavazanjian E., editor(s)
2004, Conference Paper, Geotechnical Special Publication
A pilot system for archiving and web dissemination of geotechnical data collected and stored by various agencies is currently under development. Part of the scope of this project, sponsored by the Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS) and by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Lifelines Program,...
The Late Cambrian SPICE (δ13C) event and the Sauk II-Sauk III regression: new evidence from Laurentian basins in Utah, Iowa, and Newfoundland
Matthew R. Saltzman, Clinton A. Cowan, Anthony C. Runkel, Bruce Runnegar, Michael C. Stewart, Allison R. Palmer
2004, Journal of Sedimentary Research (74) 366-377
Carbon isotope data from Upper Cambrian sections in three Laurentian basins in northern Utah, central Iowa, and western Newfoundland record a large positive ??13C excursion (SPICE event) of up to + 5???. Peak ??13C ratios are well dated by trilobite collections to the middle of the Steptoean Stage (Dunderbergia Zone)...
Mars chronology: Assessing techniques for quantifying surficial processes
P.T. Doran, S.M. Clifford, S.L. Forman, Larry Nyquist, D.A. Papanastassiou, B.W. Stewart, N.C. Sturchio, T. D. Swindle, T. Cerling, J. Kargel, G. McDonald, K. Nishiizumi, R. Poreda, J.W. Rice, K. Tanaka
2004, Earth-Science Reviews (67) 313-337
Currently, the absolute chronology of Martian rocks, deposits and events is based mainly on crater counting and remains highly imprecise with epoch boundary uncertainties in excess of 2 billion years. Answers to key questions concerning the comparative origin and evolution of Mars and Earth will not be forthcoming without a...
Field investigation into unsaturated flow and transport in a fault: Model analyses
H.-H. Liu, R. Salve, J.-S. Wang, G.S. Bodvarsson, D. Hudson
2004, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (74) 39-59
Results of a fault test performed in the unsaturated zone of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, were analyzed using a three-dimensional numerical model. The fault was explicitly represented as a discrete feature and the surrounding rock was treated as a dual-continuum (fracture-matrix) system. Model calibration against seepage and water-travel-velocity data suggests that...
Numerical analysis of the mobility of the Palos Verdes debris avalanche, California, and its implication for the generation of tsunamis
J. Locat, H.J. Lee, P. Locat, J. Imran
2004, Conference Paper, Marine Geology
Analysis of morphology, failure and post-failure stages of the Palos Verdes debris avalanche reveals that it may have triggered a significant tsunami wave. Our analysis of the failure itself indicates that the slope is stable under aseismic conditions but that a major earthquake (with a magnitude around 7) could have...
Hyperspectral analysis of the ultramafic complex and adjacent lithologies at Mordor, NT, Australia
L. C. Rowan, C.J. Simpson, J.C. Mars
2004, Remote Sensing of Environment (91) 419-431
The Mordor Complex consists of a series of potassic ultramafic rocks which were intruded into Proterozoic felsic gneisses and amphibolite and are overlain by quartzite and unconsolidated deposits. In situ and laboratory 0.4 to 2.5 ??m reflectance spectra show Al-OH absorption features caused by absorption in muscovite, kaolinite, and illite/smectite...
Mapping saline groundwater beneath the Sea Galilee and its vicinity using time domain electromagnetic (TDEM) geophysical technique
M. Goldman, H. Gvirtzman, S. Hurwitz
2004, Israel Journal of Earth Sciences (53) 187-197
An extensive time domain electromagnetic (TDEM) survey covering the Sea of Galilee with a dense grid of points has been recently carried out. A total of 269 offshore and 33 supplementary onshore TDEM soundings were performed along six N-S and ten W-E profiles and at selected points both offshore and...
Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
D.W. Houseknecht, K. J. Bird
2004, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (88) 279-302
Beaufortian strata (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) are a focus of exploration since the 1994 discovery of the nearby Alpine oil field (>400 MMBO). These strata include the Kingak Shale, a succession of depositional sequences influenced by rift opening of the Arctic Ocean Basin. Interpretation...
An automated approach to mapping corn from Landsat imagery
S.K. Maxwell, J.R. Nuckols, M.H. Ward, R.M. Hoffer
2004, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (43) 43-54
Most land cover maps generated from Landsat imagery involve classification of a wide variety of land cover types, whereas some studies may only need spatial information on a single cover type. For example, we required a map of corn in order to estimate exposure to agricultural chemicals for an environmental...
Acoustic and optical borehole-wall imaging for fractured-rock aquifer studies
J.H. Williams, C. D. Johnson
2004, Journal of Applied Geophysics (55) 151-159
Imaging with acoustic and optical televiewers results in continuous and oriented 360° views of the borehole wall from which the character, relation, and orientation of lithologic and structural planar features can be defined for studies of fractured-rock aquifers. Fractures are more clearly defined under a wider range of conditions...
The nucleus of Comet Borrelly: A study of morphology and surface brightness
J. Oberst, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Randolph L. Kirk, Laurence A. Soderblom, B. Buratti, M. Hicks, R. Nelson, D. Britt
2004, Icarus (167) 70-79
Stereo images obtained during the DS1 flyby were analyzed to derive a topographic model for the nucleus of Comet 19P/Borrelly for morphologic and photometric studies. The elongated nucleus has an overall concave shape, resembling a peanut, with the lower end tilted towards the camera. The bimodal character of surface-slopes and...
Organochlorine pesticides and thiamine in eggs of largemouth bass and American alligators and their relationship with early life-stage mortality
M. S. Sepulveda, J.J. Wiebe, D. C. Honeyfield, H.R. Rauschenberger, J. P. Hinterkopf, W.E. Johnson, T. S. Gross
2004, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (40) 782-786
Thiamine deficiency has been linked to early mortality syndrome in salmonids in the Great Lakes. This study was conducted to compare thiamine concentrations in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) and Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) eggs from sites with high embryo mortality and high exposure to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) (Lakes...
Movements of flightless long-tailed ducks during wing molt
Paul L. Flint, Deborah L. Lacroix, John A. Reed, Richard B. Lanctot
2004, Waterbirds (27) 35-40
We examined the movements of flightless Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) during the wing molt in the near-shore lagoons of the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. Estimates of site fidelity during the 21-day flightless period ranged from 1-100%, with considerable variation among locations and within locations among years. There was no effect...
Monitoring salt-marsh responses to open marsh water management at U.S. Fish and Wildlife coastal refuges
M.J. James-Pirri, R.M. Erwin, D.J. Prosser, J. Taylor
2004, Ecological Restoration (22) 55-56
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Protection of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) against plague after voluntary consumption of baits containing recombinant raccoon poxvirus vaccine
J.S. Mencher, S.R. Smith, T.D. Powell, D.T. Stinchcomb, J.E. Osorio, Tonie E. Rocke
2004, Infection and Immunity (72) 5502-5505
Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) are highly susceptible to Yersinia pestis and significant reservoirs of plague for humans in the western United States. A recombinant raccoon poxvirus, expressing the F1 antigen of Y. pestis, was incorporated into a palatable bait and offered to 18 black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) for voluntary...
Water-resources reconnaissance of Ile de la Gonave, Haiti
J.W. Troester, M.D. Turvey
2004, Hydrogeology Journal (12) 224-236
Île de la Gonâve is a 750-km2 island off the coast of Haiti. The depth to the water table ranges from less than 30 m in the Eocene and Upper Miocene limestones to over 60 m in the 300-m-thick Quaternary limestone. Annual precipitation ranges from 800-1,400 mm. Most precipitation is...
Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003
Thierry M. Work, George H. Balazs, Robert Rameyer, R.A. Morris
2004, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (62) 163-176
We necropsied 255 stranded green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis (FP) from the Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific, from August 1993 through May 2003. Of these, 214 (84%) were euthanized due to advanced FP and the remainder were found dead in fresh condition. Turtles were assigned a standardized tumor severity score...
Use of hydrogen peroxide during incubation of landlocked fall Chinook salmon eggs in vertical-flow incubators
M. E. Barnes, M.P. Gaikowski
2004, North American Journal of Aquaculture (66) 29-34
Six different hydrogen peroxide treatment regimes were evaluated in a series of three trials with landlocked fall Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha eggs incubated in vertical-flow incubators. Six daily 15-min hydrogen peroxide treatment regimes (1,000 mg/L; 1,000 mg/L with a decrease to 500 mg/L during estimated blastopore formation; 2,000 mg/L; 2,000...
Avian nest success in midwestern forests fragmented by agriculture
Melinda G. Knutson, Gerald J. Niemi, Wesley E. Newton, M. A. Friberg
2004, Condor (106) 116-130
We studied how forest-bird nest success varied by landscape context from 1996 to 1998 in an agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa. Nest success was 48% for all nests, 82% for cavity-nesting species, and 42% for cup-nesting species. Mayfield-adjusted nest success for five common species ranged...
Aqueous photolysis of niclosamide
P.W. Graebing, J.S. Chib, T.D. Hubert, W.H. Gingerich
2004, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (52) 870-878
The photodegradation of [14C]niclosamide was studied in sterile, pH 5, 7, and 9 buffered aqueous solutions under artificial sunlight at 25.0 ± 1.0 °C. Photolysis in pH 5 buffer is 4.3 times faster than in pH 9 buffer and 1.5 times faster than in pH 7 buffer. In the dark...
National Wildlife Health Center Quarterly Mortality Report
K. A. Converse, R. Sohn, Kimberli J.G. Miller, G. McLaughlin
2004, Supplement to the Journal of Wildlife Diseases (40)
Potential causes for amphibian declines in Puerto Rico
P.A. Burrowes, R.L. Joglar, David E. Green
2004, Herpetologica (60) 141-154
We monitored 11 populations of eight species of Eleutherodactylus in Puerto Rico from 1989 through 2001. We determined relative abundance of active frogs along transects established in the Caribbean National Forest (El Yunque), Carite Forest, San Lorenzo, and in the vicinity of San Juan. Three species (Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti, E. jasperi,...
Zoonotic protozoa in the marine environment: a threat to aquatic mammals and public health
M.E. Olson, A. Appelbee, L. Measures, Rebecca A. Cole, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, N. J. Thomas, M. Miller, P. Conrad, I. Gardner, J. Kreuder, J. Mazet, D. Jessup, Erin Dodd, M. Harris, J. Ames, K. Worcester, D. Paradies, M. Grigg, R. Fayer, E.J. Lewis, J.M. Trout, L. Xiao, D.W. Howard, R. Palmer, K. Ludwig, S.S. Tyler
2004, Book
This collection of abstracts provides an account of four presentations at the 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) (held in New Orleans, LA, USA from 10–14 August 2003) in a symposium session on zoonotic protozoan parasites found in the marine environment and...
Trace elements in moose (Alces alces) found dead in Northwestern Minnesota, USA
T. W. Custer, E. Cox, B. Gray
2004, Science of the Total Environment (330) 81-87
The moose (Alces alces) population in bog and forest areas of Northwestern Minnesota has declined for more than 25 years, and more recently the decline is throughout Northwestern Minnesota. Both deficiencies and elevations in trace elements have been linked to the health of moose worldwide. The objective of this study...
Type C botulism in pelicans and other fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea
Tonie E. Rocke, Pauline Nol, C. Pelizza, K. K. Sturm
2004, Studies in Avian Biology (27) 136-140
In 1996, type C avian botulism killed over 10,000 pelicans and nearly 10,000 other fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea in southern California. Although botulism had been previously documented in waterbirds at the Sea, this die-off was unusual in that it involved primarily fish-eating birds. The American White Pelican (Pelecanus...
