United States Geological Survey YearbookThe Survey, 1990 - Geology |
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... environmental issue challenging earth scien- tists throughout the world is that of interdisciplinary research on global change . The Earth is a dynamic planet , and change is occurring always around us . As yet science does not have the ...
... environmental issue challenging earth scien- tists throughout the world is that of interdisciplinary research on global change . The Earth is a dynamic planet , and change is occurring always around us . As yet science does not have the ...
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... environmental events in Alaska : the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the eruption of Mount Redoubt volcano . The Exxon Valdez oil spill , a manmade environmental disaster , occurred March 24 , 1989 , in Prince William Sound and is the ...
... environmental events in Alaska : the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the eruption of Mount Redoubt volcano . The Exxon Valdez oil spill , a manmade environmental disaster , occurred March 24 , 1989 , in Prince William Sound and is the ...
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... environmental processes and con- ditions , these approaches do not provide the depth and breadth of information necessary to address important technical and policy questions at a national scale . Research is exhaustively detailed ...
... environmental processes and con- ditions , these approaches do not provide the depth and breadth of information necessary to address important technical and policy questions at a national scale . Research is exhaustively detailed ...
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... environmental health are inextricably linked to our Nation's water quality . As our population grows and our water resources become intensively devel- oped and stressed , water quality becomes a more important component of our political ...
... environmental health are inextricably linked to our Nation's water quality . As our population grows and our water resources become intensively devel- oped and stressed , water quality becomes a more important component of our political ...
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... environmental and dynamic processes that have shaped it . Geologic mapping , geophysi- cal research on the properties of Earth mate- rials , age determinations of rocks , and mod- ernization of mapping techniques are the main components ...
... environmental and dynamic processes that have shaped it . Geologic mapping , geophysi- cal research on the properties of Earth mate- rials , age determinations of rocks , and mod- ernization of mapping techniques are the main components ...
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