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  • Mapping and lithologic interpretation of the Territorial Sea, Oregon

    Creator:
    Agapito, Melinda T.
    Abstract:
    Seafloor lithologic maps have been widely used to identify conservation sites. In this study, a lithologic interpretation of Oregon's territorial seafloor was created as an interim product in response to the need for a comprehensive lithologic map that will be used in the identification, evaluation and design of marine reserves...
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    Masters Thesis
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    investigation and management efforts such as the ocean zoning in the nearshore region of the Oregon coast

  • Investigating the Paleoseismic Potential of Small, Southern Cascadia Lakes

    Creator:
    Ross, Ann Elizabeth Morey
    Abstract:
    Marine and coastal sedimentary archives show that the Cascadia Subduction Zone can generate great earthquakes of ~M9, most recently in 1700 CE, yet we still know little of the impacts of these events inland of the Pacific coast. Inland lakes have recently been exploited for their use as paleoseismic records...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Chris Goldfinger Marine and coastal sedimentary archives show that the Cascadia

  • A Bayesian approach to habitat suitability prediction

    Creator:
    Lockett, Daniel Edwin, IV
    Abstract:
    For the west coast of North America, from northern California to southern Washington, a habitat suitability prediction framework was developed to support wave energy device siting. Concern that wave energy devices may impact the seafloor and benthos has renewed research interest in the distribution of marine benthic invertebrates and factors...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Energy Development and the Benthic Environment The wave climate, coastal infrastructure, and electrical

  • Habitat suitability and uncertainty : a Bayesian approach to mapping benthic invertebrate distributions

    Creator:
    Havron, Andrea M.
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    Mitigating for increased human impact to the seafloor associated with resource extraction activities and renewable energy development can benefit from an understanding of the distribution of sensitive marine benthic species. Habitat suitability predictive modeling is a cost effective statistical tool to infer species distribution patterns from constrained sampling locations. However,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . 5 As a high energy wave environment, coastal waters off Washington and Oregon are being

  • Stratigraphic correlation of seismoturbidites and the integration of sediment cores with 3.5 kHz chirp subbottom data in southern Cascadia

    Creator:
    Black, Bran
    Abstract:
    In order to evaluate the shallow stratigraphy along the southern Cascadia abyssal margin and northern California abyssal plain, CHIRP subbottom profiles capable of imaging individual turbidite beds in the upper tens of meters of the subsurface were collected. Reflectors imaged with the 3.5 kHz CHIRP subbottom data represent turbidite beds...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 1990), and in coastal areas in north- ern Cascadia (Atwater, 1987), leading to further investigation

  • A Bayesian approach to marine spatial planning

    Creator:
    Erhardt, Morgan William
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    The marine ecosystem provides a broad spectrum of services for a wide array of user groups. Such broad use of marine resources often results in use conflicts between ecosystem elements and human interests. To help mitigate these conflicts, the Bayesian Analysis for Spatial Siting (BASS) tool was developed to incorporate...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Parametrix, Inc., in Portland, Oregon. Working with Kevin Halsey and Ann Radil was a pleasure and their

  • Diffuse deformation patterns along the North American plate boundary zone, offshore western United States

    Creator:
    Chaytor, Jason D.
    Abstract:
    Plate boundaries are commonly regions of complex, diffuse deformation with the motion across the boundary accommodated by numerous structural systems, rather than being narrow, discrete zones of deformation. One such boundary occurs where the North American plate makes contact with Juan de Fuca, Gorda, and Pacific plates along the west...
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    Dissertation
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    Marine Fisheries Service Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers, NOAA Ocean Exploration