Seismic refraction, reflection and gravity data obtained
across the Peru continental margin and Nazca Plate
at 9° S. permit a detailed determination of crustal structure.
Complex structures normal to the profile require the
development of a ray trace technique to analyze first and
later arrivals for eleven overlapping refraction lines....
Hawaiian streams are valued for environmental, cultural, and aesthetic
qualities. Windward streams in East Maui, Hawaii are diverted to irrigate crops in
central portions of the island. Diversions typically remove 100% of the base flow and
leave downstream reaches dry most of the year. Ground water seeps and springs
contribute...
This study was conducted to determine if bacterial DNA present streams could be used to predict upstream watershed characteristics. Previous studies have found that bacterial composition in soil is influenced by land use. It was hypothesized that if the bacteria present in a stream is known that it can be...
This study examined how annual bedload export volume and bedload characteristics were related to disturbances including logging, floods, debris slides, and wildfires over 48 to 65-year periods in small, steep catchments in conifer forests of the western Cascade Range, Oregon. Bedload – the material rolling, sliding, or saltating along the...
University deployed two arrays of three sonobuoys over the Blanco
fracture zone and two arrays of four sonobuoys over the Gorda ridge
to detect and locate microearthquakes. Microearthquake activity predicted
by plate tectonic theory for the Blanco fracture zone and Gorda
ridge was observed by these arrays to originate from...
Water bodies act as chemical data loggers that contain tens of thousands of molecules that represent the sum of the biological, chemical, and physical processes occurring within a watershed. We hypothesize that unique chemical signatures present within a water sample can be informative of upstream processes. By extracting non-polar organic...
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Phytophthora lateralis is the causal agent of cedar root rot, a fatal forest pathogen whose principal host is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port-Orford-cedar), a predominantly riparian-restricted endemic tree species of ecological, economical, and cultural importance to coastal Oregon and California. Local scale distribution of P. lateralis is thought to be associated with...