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Kinematic Implications Of Paleomagnetic Data From Lago Verde And Northern Isla Chiloe, Southern Chile, Brian C. (Brian Christopher) Steele

WWU Graduate School Collection

Paleomagnetic techniques were used to determine crustal rotations at two locations along the Liquine Ofqui fault zone (LOFZ) in southern Chile, South America. East of the fault zone, near the town of Lago Verde, twelve sites drilled in intermediate volcanic rocks and diorite yielded a paleomagnetic pole at 82°S, 210.8°E (A₉₅=8.3°), which, when compared to a Late Cretaceous reference pole (the mean of Butler et al. (1991) and Somoza (1994) poles) implies 17.7° ± 11.1° of in situ, clockwise rotation. At Cocotue Beach, west of the fault zone on Isla Chiloe, seven sites drilled in middle Tertiary …

Sediment Production And Delivery In The Upper South Fork Nooksack River, Northwest Washington, 1940-1991, Jeffrey A. Kirtland

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Identifying sources and timing of sediment production and delivery provides information useful to understanding the geomorphology of a forested mountainous watershed in the western Cascade Range of Washington State. Sediment production and delivery is studied by constructing a partial sediment budget for the upper South Fork of the Nooksack River drainage (South Fork drainage). The period of the partial sediment budget extends from 1940 through 1991 and encompasses the pre- and post-management history of the watershed.

Four major sediment production and delivery sources - landsliding, streambank erosion, sheet and rill erosion and road-related erosion - were identified in the South …

Net Shore-Drift And Artificial Structures Within Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, And Mouth Of The Columbia River, Washington, B. Patrice (Berenthine Patrice) Thomas

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Net shore-drift, the overall result of sediment transport in the littoral zone, was studied along the shore within Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and mouth of the Columbia River, Washington. The length and direction of drift cells, which are discrete sediment compartments, was delineated using geomorphologic and sedimentologic indicators. Eight drift cells were identified in Grays Harbor, seven within Willapa Bay, and three along the section of the Columbia River shore studied. Drift cell lengths range from 200 m to approximately 6 km with an average of 1.5 km. Net shore-drift directions vary considerably with maximum fetch identified as the most …