What is a picture worth? A history of remote sensing
Gerald K. Moore
1979, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (24) 477-485
Remote sensing is the use of electromagnetic energy to measure the physical properties of distant objects. It includes photography and geophysical surveying as well as newer techniques that use other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The history of remote sensing begins with photography. The origin of other types of remote...
Craig Patterson's Iowa farm: a view from space
Morris Deutsch, Jim Lucas
1979, Water Well Journal (33) 42-45
No abstract available....
Infrared film for aerial photography
William H. Anderson
1979, Irrigation Age (13) 68-69
Considerable interest has developed recently in the use of aerial photographs for agricultural management. Even the simplest hand-held aerial photographs, especially those taken with color infrared film, often provide information not ordinarily available through routine ground observation. When fields are viewed from above, patterns and variations become more apparent,...
Ancient processes at the site of southern San Francisco Bay, movement of the crust and changes in sea level
B.F. Atwater
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay : the urbanized estuary : investigations into the Natural History of San Francisco Bay and Delta with reference to the influence of man : fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science held at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, June 12-16, 1977
Abstract not available....
Multichannel seismic depth sections and interval velocities over outer continental shelf and upper continental slope between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod: Rifted margins
John A. Grow, Robert E. Mattick, John S. Schlee
1979, Book chapter, Geological and geophysical investigations of continental margins
Six computer-generated seismic depth sections over the outer continental shelf and upper slope reveal that subhorizontal Lower Cretaceous reflectors continue 20 to 30 km seaward of the present shelf edge. Extensive erosion on the continental slope has occurred primarily during the Tertiary, causing major unconformities and retreat of the shelf...
Guide to sedimentation for the Dry Tortugas
Robert B. Halley
1979, Report
Properties and circulation of San Francisco Bay waters
T. J. Conomos
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
Phytoplankton ecology of the San Francisco Bay system -the status of our current understanding
James E. Cloern
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
Processes affecting seasonal distribution of water properties in the San Francisco Bay estuarine system
T. J. Conomos, R. E. Smith, D. H. Peterson, S.W. Hager, L. E. Schemel
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
T. J. Conomos
1979, Book
No abstract available....
Geology of the offshore Southeast Georgia Embayment, U.S. Atlantic continental margin, based on multichannel seismic reflection profiles
Richard T. Buffler, Joel S. Watkins, William P. Dillon
1979, AAPG Memoir 29
A geologic interpretation of the offshore Southeast Georgia Embayment is based on an 1,100-km multichannel seismic reflection survey conducted jointly by the University of Texas Marine Science Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey. The Southeast Georgia Embayment consists of a wedge of Cretaceous and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks that thins from...
Long-term observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement on the mid-Atlantic continental shelf
Bradford Butman, Marlene A. Noble, David W. Folger
1979, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (84) 1187-1205
Long-term in situ observations made at three locations on the mid-Atlantic continental shelf during 1975–1976 clearly show intermittent movement of bottom sediment caused by currents, waves, and other forcing mechanisms. In winter, storm-associated bottom currents greater than 30 cm s−1 resuspended and transported sediments. Net water particle excursions during storms were...
An instrument system for long-term sediment transport studies on the continental shelf
Bradford Butman, David W. Folger
1979, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (84) 1215-1220
A bottom-mounted instrument system has been designed and built to monitor processes of bottom sediment movement on the continental shelf. The system measures bottom current speed and direction, pressure, temperature, and light transmission and photographs the bottom. The system can be deployed for periods of 2–6 months to monitor intermitent...
Structure and development of the Southeast Georgia Embayment and northern Blake Plateau: Preliminary analysis
William P. Dillon, Charles K. Paull, Richard T. Buffler, Jean-Pierre Fail
1979, AAPG Memoir 29
Multichannel seismic reflection profiles from the Southeast Georgia Embayment and northern Blake Plateau show reflectors that have been correlated tentatively with horizons of known age. The top of the Cretaceous extends smoothly seaward beneath the continental shelf and Blake Plateau, unaffected at the present shelf edge. A reflector inferred to...
The productivity of San Cristobal Reef, Puerto Rico
Caroline S. Rogers
1979, Limnology and Oceanography (24) 342-349
San Cristobal Reef, Puerto Rico, was the site of a community metabolism study based on a new upstream-downstream method with experimental channels 4 m deep. Net productivity rates varied from 0.03 to 1.85 g O2m–2 reef area·h–1 (x = 0.39; n = 59). Respiration measurements of one reef section from which...
Fluctuations of copper, zinc, and silver in tellenid clams as related to fresh-water discharge-south San Francisco Bay
Samuel N. Luoma, D.J. Cain
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
History, landforms, and vegetation of the estuary's tidal marshes
B.F. Atwater, S.G. Conrad, J.N. Dowden, C.W. Hedel, R.L. MacDonald, W. Savage
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay : the urbanized estuary : investigations into the Natural History of San Francisco Bay and Delta with reference to the influence of man : fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science held at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, June 12-16, 1977
No abstract available....
A two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of a tidal estuary
Roy A. Walters, Ralph T. Cheng
1979, Advances in Water Resources (2) 177-184
A finite element model is described which is used in the computation of tidal currents in an estuary. This numerical model is patterned after an existing algorithm and has been carefully tested in rectangular and curve-sided channels with constant and variable depth. One of the common uncertainties in this class...
Availability of communication links for transfer of Landsat Data
1979, Report
This document outlines the availability of civil satellite and ground communication links existent within the international community and the USA which have direct applicability in the operational transfer of Landsat data between nations....
Distribution and stable-isotope composition of carbon in San Francisco Bay
E.C. Spiker, L. E. Schemel
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
Natural and anthropogenic influences on benthic community structure in San Francisco Bay
F.H. Nichols
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
The movement and equilibrium of bedforms in central San Francisco Bay
David M. Rubin, David S. McCulloch
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
Sources and sinks of biologically reactive oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and silica in northern San Francisco Bay
D. H. Peterson
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
The use of Radon-222 to estimate benthic exchange and atmospheric exchange rates in San Francisco Bay
Douglas E. Hammond, C. Fuller
T. J. Conomos, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary
No abstract available....
Sequential development of the Appalachian orogen above a master decollement - A hypothesis
L. D. Harris (compiler), K.C. Bayer
1979, Geology (7) 568-572
Surface geology and seismic-reflection data suggest that rather than having a massive rooted central core the southern part of the Appalachian orogen from the Appalachian Plateau to the Atlantic continental shelf is underlain by an eastward-dipping decollement zone. We infer that this decollement zone was a long-lived structural element, intermittently...
