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Creator:: Shively, David D.
Abstract:: Landslide processes occurring on a hillslope in McDonald-Dunn Forest on the eastern slope of the Oregon Coastal Range are described in terms of type, magnitude. minimum age and site characteristics. Debris flows and debris avalanches are the dominant types of slope movement occurring in the study area. Landslide events classified...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: LANDSLIDING PROCESSES OCCURRING ON A McDONALD-DUNN FOREST

Creator:: Hall, Robert Newell
Abstract:: Moisture has long been identified as one of the major limiting factors in the distribution of agricultural land use practices. However, the importance of any environmental element can only be determined by considering how it is affected by its relationship with other elements of the environment. Thornthwaite's moisture index attempts...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: UNION 50.680542 YANKT 50.746185 BUFFA 28.476959 CRAWF 25.521072 DUNN 28.001144 EAU C 21.942474 GRANT

Creator:: Johnson, Steven Mana'oakamai
Abstract:: The defining feature of our planet are the oceans, which make up 70% of the Earth’s surface. The importance of the ocean cannot be understated: 50% of oxygen originates from phytoplankton; heat is absorbed and redistributed by ocean currents; and hundreds of millions of people rely on the ocean for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Peck, Denise
Abstract:: In 1976 the Oregon legislature defeated a bill to assume primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) of Oregon drinking water supply systems under the purview of the Safe Drinking Water Act (PL 93- 523), and subsequently reduced state drinking water supervision program funding by 90%. Since that time Oregon drinking water systems...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Creator:: Dick, Dorothy Marie
Abstract:: The rapid decline of marine ecosystems worldwide and the failure of traditional single species management pushed for the development of ecosystem-based conservation measures such as marine protected areas (MPA) to slow the loss of marine biodiversity. One approach to MPA creation advocates targeting marine megafauna (e.g., marine mammals, seabirds, sharks,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Halpern et al. 2008; Jackson 2008; Lester et al. 2009; Foley et al. 2010). The recognition and the

Creator:: Quinn, Robert
Abstract:: The Late Spring Secondary Precipitation Maximum in the Interior Pacific Northwest results from a complex system of climatic controls. The Secondary Maximum is most strongly developed over the high plateau of Oregon immediately in the lee of the Cascade Mountains. Local topographic organization exerts strong control over the magnitude and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Taggart, Michael W.
Abstract:: The prehistory of Central Oregon is explored through the examination of six archaeological sites and two isolated finds from the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Inquiry focuses on the land use, mobility, technological organization, and raw material procurement of the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. Archaeological data presented here are augmented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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