United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Geological Survey, 1983 - Geology |
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... rocks , trees , and utility poles , made most island roads impassable . The total cumula- tive rainfall from the ... rock slides . Localized floods , most often in urban areas , occurred with each storm . Flood peaks in California ...
... rocks , trees , and utility poles , made most island roads impassable . The total cumula- tive rainfall from the ... rock slides . Localized floods , most often in urban areas , occurred with each storm . Flood peaks in California ...
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... rocks from within the margin . The frontier char- acter of the offshore domain is emphasized when one considers that ... rocks formed on the sea floor ( even whole marine basins ) to be accreted to the continents where erosion may expose ...
... rocks from within the margin . The frontier char- acter of the offshore domain is emphasized when one considers that ... rocks formed on the sea floor ( even whole marine basins ) to be accreted to the continents where erosion may expose ...
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... rock rises to the sea floor . Cold sea water percolates downward along faults or cracks in the sea floor and is heated by and reacts with the hot rock . Then it is convected vigorously to the surface where it discharges in geyser like ...
... rock rises to the sea floor . Cold sea water percolates downward along faults or cracks in the sea floor and is heated by and reacts with the hot rock . Then it is convected vigorously to the surface where it discharges in geyser like ...
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... rocks , and the Precambrian core of the United States , continue to produce numer- ous maps and reports that not only in- crease the body of scientific knowledge of the Nation's geologic framework but have immediate applied uses . These ...
... rocks , and the Precambrian core of the United States , continue to produce numer- ous maps and reports that not only in- crease the body of scientific knowledge of the Nation's geologic framework but have immediate applied uses . These ...
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... rocks , adequate trapping mechanisms , favorable thermal and maturation histories , presence of petroleum seeps or adjacent wells with oil or gas shows or actual pro- duction , and the presence of favorable sedimentary rock sections ...
... rocks , adequate trapping mechanisms , favorable thermal and maturation histories , presence of petroleum seeps or adjacent wells with oil or gas shows or actual pro- duction , and the presence of favorable sedimentary rock sections ...
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