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Continental shelf sediments, Columbia River to Cape Blanco, Oregon

Creator:

Runge, Erwin John

Abstract:

Sediments on the inner portion of the Oregon continental shelf consist of clean, well-sorted, detrital sand. This sand has an average median diameter of 2.53Φ (. 173 mm) and is both positively and negatively skewed. Deposits with median diameters in the coarse sand and gravel classes occur at depths of...

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Dissertation
Geology of the continental terrace off the central coast of Oregon

Creator:

Maloney, Neil Joseph

Abstract:

The continental terrace west of Oregon between 43° 50'N and 44° 40' N latitude is 50 to 55 miles wide. It consists of a continental shelf, 16 to 35 miles wide, and a continental slope, 16 to 37 miles wide. The eastern portion of the shelf is a smooth, sediment...

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Dissertation
Sediment sources and clay mineral distributions off the Oregon coast : evidence for a poleward slope undercurrent

Creator:

Karlin, Robert

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Masters Thesis

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tnontmorillonite-rich clays on the northern Oregon shelf may be caused by a southward extension of the Columbia
Changes in chemical distributions and relationships during an upwelling event off the Oregon coast

Creator:

Atlas, Elliot Leonard

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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southward extension of this pool of water. Other characteristics of this water are relatively lower
Observations of the coastal upwelling region off Oregon during 1972

Creator:

Huyer, Adriana, 1945-

Abstract:

Observations of wind, currents, sea level and hydrography obtained during the 1972 Coastal Upwelling Experiment (CUE-I) are described. Only phenomena with periods longer than a day are considered. One section describes the changes observed during a period of variable winds in early July 1972. Another describes a ribbon of relatively...

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Dissertation