This thesis is a study of the dress and accessories of the
Indians on the Pacific Northwest Coast at the time contact with white
man was made, and during the period following contact, until cultural
disintegration was complete.
Information was obtained from historic accounts by early
explorers, and books written...
Two sampling lines were established in the intertidal region at
each of three geographically separate sites on the coast of Oregon.
Each sampling line, which was positioned in the zone dominated by
the brown alga Hedophyllum sessile, was one meter in height and
extended 50 meters horizontally. Information was sought...
A comparative analysis of structures related to
capture and processing of food, in 624 specimens belonging
to 31 species of Sebastes of Oregon was made. The
structures studied were the following: the tooth-bearing
bones (premaxillary, dentary, vomer, palatine); the
maxillary, angular, articular, parasphenoid and glossohyal
bones; the lower limb of...
Heavy minerals can contain potentially economic amounts of
metals as both matrix and trace constituents. Such minerals appear
as unconsolidated black sands on the continental shelf off southwest
Oregon and along the Oregon coast. Two diverse energies are considered in this investigation. Environmental energy of the depositional
regimen, Part I;...
This study examines the relationship between fishing activities
of Pacific Northwest albacore fishermen and the availability of albacore.
Tactical responses of troll-boat fishermen were compared to
changes in daily apparent albacore abundance. Tactical responses
included boat aggregation and total applied effort (number of boats)
within a particular area, and net...
Fifteen sand samples from beaches along the Pacific
North were analyzed for their elemental content by the
method of instrumental neutron activation analysis
(INAA). A separation technique was employed to separate
the zircon (a heavy non-magnetic mineral with a specific
gravity of 4.67) from the rest of the sample. This...
This study examines the seasonal variability in temperature and
salinity of the nearshore waters off Oregon and Northern California.
Specifically, temperature and salinity variations during summer and
winter were ana1yzed from data gathered at shore stations along the
coast and from hydrographic data collected within 25 nautical miles
of shore....
This thesis demonstrates that at low frequencies (periods longer
than 2.5 days) local currents off the coast of Oregon are closely
related to the wind. Wind and current observations made during
August and September 1969 are described and compared to demonstrate
that a relationship exists; the physics of the interaction...
The distribution of surface sediments on the northern Oregon
continental shell is characterized by a nearshore sandy facies and an
outer shelf muddy facies, separated by a mid-shelf zone of mixed
sand and mud. Currents which have been measured at 130 centimeters
above the bottom indicate that the distribution of...
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Regions of similar species composition and groups of demersal fish
species with similar distribution patterns from Cape Flattery,
Washington to Point Hueneme from 50-250 fm (93-460 rn) were defined based
on results of an agglomerative cluster analysis of National Marine
Fisheries Service Rockfish Survey data taken during the summer of...
Mankind is facing the spectre of a planet stripped of the resources necessary to sustain the human populations that currently exist-not to mention those unborn multitudes which seem certain to he added in the coming decades. Time is rapidly running out for scientists and engineers to find new resources to...
Natural thermal springs occur throughout the Pacific Northwest. The use and importance of this natural environmental feature to Native Americans prior to and during the period of initial white contact is examined.
Ethnographic, archaeological, and oral historical information is described in an attempt to reconstruct the role of these naturally-heated...
The eastern margin of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean
was classified into physiographic regions based on a suite
of physical characteristics. Information on cultural and
biological characteristics of this area was meshed with this
classification. The result was a classification of the
Eastern North Pacific into natural-cultural systems whose
boundaries...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...
The trans-Pacific atmospheric transport of particulate matter (PM)-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to remote sites in western North America has been well documented and has triggered research questions regarding to atmospheric transformation of PM-bound PAHs and the potential impacts on human health from their inhalation exposure. In this dissertation, field...