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special papers a series of monographs or com recently published ... rampino 2007 pilations presenting state-of-the-art work that is subject to alteration or ... impacts this volume identifies the causes that have influenced and ... accelerated events and processes of biological systems several papers show ... the interaction between major environmental ... and faunal and floral modifications in the marine record providing a very detailed ... documentation of paleobiological changes some chapters ... offer case studies on a large spectrum of ecosystem changes with various causes ... and consequences focusing on the paleocene-eocene transition and on the ... others issues concern effects of the early aptian oceanic anoxic event the ... aftermath of a minor extraterrestrial impact event ...

cosmogenic nuclides and quantification of geological processes edited by lionel l ... nuclides can provide chronologies of environmental change over the past few ... thousand to several millions of years and may be used to quantify a ... wide range of weathering and sediment transport ... processes these nuclides are thus now used across a ... broad spectrum of earth science disciplines including ... geomorphology and active tectonics this book is organized around sections that focus ... on specific aspects of the utilization of cosmogenic nuclides in earth sciences 1 ... development of new methods for application of in situ­ ... burial dating methods extending their utilization to carbonate-rich and mafic ... on applications to constrain slip rates of active faults in asia tibet and ...

special papers geological studies in the klamath mountains province california ... and oregon a volume in honor of william p irwin special paper 410 ... g barnes 2006 this volume in honor of william p irwin u.s geological survey ... 23 chapters focusing on various aspects of the complex tectonic and petrologic ... history of the klamath mountains province northwestern ... oregon an introductory chapter reviews the development of tectonic concepts for ... the province and regional and historical ... context for the subsequent chapters the bulk of the volume focuses on the ... jurassic history of the province but it also includes important ... contributions on the older geologic history of eastern parts ... of the province and a review of the neogene history of the province several ...

the geology and climatology of yucca mountain and vicinity southern ... nevada has been approved by congress as the site for the nation s high-level ... repository after more than 20 years of intensive geological and environmental ... for its geological capacity to isolate the waste for at least 10,000 years thus ... than any other comparable feature on the planet the path to development however ... part because yucca mountain is within the tectonically active basin and range ... province this volume explains the reasoning and the history for the ... selection of yucca mountain it presents important ... results of the site characterization study including ... discussion of the tectonic setting detailed structural ... geology and stratigraphy evaluation of tectonic models that have been proposed ...

hazardous substances at mine sites in the western united states edited by jerome ... and organizations are trying to bring the best science possible to bear on this ... contaminant issues and impacts from the release of hazardous substances from ... for addressing contaminant releases to the environment reg017 180 p isbn-13 978-0 ... case histories prepared by members of the engineering geology division of gsa ... these volumes are 8 1 2 x 11 published ... robert a larson 2005 homo sapiens is the only known species to consciously ... and geologic media and alter soils and the biosphere we dig holes in it remove ... parts of it and bury highly toxic materials in ... it in this volume the authors explore human impact on earth ... and attempt to answer the following questions what have we done ...