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An Avian Botulism Epizootic Affecting A Nesting Site Population Of Presbyornis : On A Carbonate Mudflat Shoreline Of Eocene Fossil Lake, V. Leroy Leggitt Jun 1996

An Avian Botulism Epizootic Affecting A Nesting Site Population Of Presbyornis : On A Carbonate Mudflat Shoreline Of Eocene Fossil Lake, V. Leroy Leggitt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The shorebird-duck mosaic bird, Presbyornis, is best known from the Eocene Green River Formation where it often occurs in local monospecific bonebeds, suggestive of mass mortality events. The sedimentology, paleontology, taphonomy, XRD mineralogy, and the carbonate stable isotope signature (δ18O) of one of these bonebeds was studied on the southern margin of Eocene Fossil Lake.

A series of 408 standardized radiographs were used to construct the first large scale radiograph aided taphonomic map of a vertebrate fossil quarry (3,874 bones were recorded in 11.5 m2). A small group of 100 bones (including a complete skull …


Geologic History Of Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Roger K. Pabian, J. R. Thomasson Feb 1996

Geologic History Of Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Roger K. Pabian, J. R. Thomasson

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

Contents:

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Cautions
General Stratigraphy
Oligocene Series-White River Group-Brule Formation-Whitney Member
Miocene Series-Ogallala Group-Ash Hollow Formation
Pliocene Series-Broadwater Formation
Quaternary deposits
Older colluvium and loess
Younger colluvium and alluvium
General Paleontology
Evidence of past life: fossils and subfossils
Collecting fossils
Vertebrate fossils
Fossils from the Whitney Member of the Brule Formation
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Fossils from the Ash Hollow Formation
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Fossils from the Broadwater Formation
Plants
Vertebrates
Quaternary fossils
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Additional studies of Nebraska fossils
Geologic History
Prehistory and History
References
Appendices I-IV


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Southeastern Glacial Drift Area, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Southeastern Glacial Drift Area, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality In The Northeast Glacial Drift Area, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality In The Northeast Glacial Drift Area, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Burt County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Frank A. Smith Jan 1996

Burt County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Frank A. Smith

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Annual Departures From Average Annual Precipitation In Nebraska, 1876-1995/ Annual Installation Of Irrigation Wells (1937-1995), Conservation Survey Division Jan 1996

Annual Departures From Average Annual Precipitation In Nebraska, 1876-1995/ Annual Installation Of Irrigation Wells (1937-1995), Conservation Survey Division

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Water-Well Quality In Nebraska -- North Central Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Water-Well Quality In Nebraska -- North Central Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- East Central Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- East Central Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska -- Southwestern Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska -- Southwestern Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Resource Notes-Academic Year 1995-96 Jan 1996

Resource Notes-Academic Year 1995-96

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Resource News-Summer 1996 Jan 1996

Resource News-Summer 1996

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Registered Irrigation Wells In Nebraska-Summer 1995, Mack Ann, Jim Weir, Jennifer Sharpe Jan 1996

Registered Irrigation Wells In Nebraska-Summer 1995, Mack Ann, Jim Weir, Jennifer Sharpe

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Water-Well Quality In Nebraska -- Hat Creek-White River Drainage Basin, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Water-Well Quality In Nebraska -- Hat Creek-White River Drainage Basin, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Missouri River Lowlands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Missouri River Lowlands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Republican River Valley And Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Republican River Valley And Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- North Central Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- North Central Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska -- East Central Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X-H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Hydrogeologic Summaries From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska -- East Central Dissected Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X-H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Geology Of The Liquid Propane Gas Storage Facility Near Greenwood, Nebraska, R. R. Burchett Jan 1996

Geology Of The Liquid Propane Gas Storage Facility Near Greenwood, Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Resource News-Winter 1995-96 Jan 1996

Resource News-Winter 1995-96

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X. H. Chen, S. Summerside, R. Tremblay, K. Bottger Jan 1996

Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X. H. Chen, S. Summerside, R. Tremblay, K. Bottger

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Groundwater-Level Changes In Nebraska, Predevelopment To Spring 1994, Mack Ann, Jim Weir, Jennifer Sharpe Jan 1996

Groundwater-Level Changes In Nebraska, Predevelopment To Spring 1994, Mack Ann, Jim Weir, Jennifer Sharpe

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Data On Mineral Production In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett, D. Mohlman Jan 1996

Data On Mineral Production In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett, D. Mohlman

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Polk County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Frank A. Smith Jan 1996

Polk County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Frank A. Smith

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Resource News-Spring 1996 Jan 1996

Resource News-Spring 1996

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


North Central Tablelands Hydrogeologic Summary From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska, D C. Gosselin Jan 1996

North Central Tablelands Hydrogeologic Summary From Domestic Well-Water Quality In Rural Nebraska, D C. Gosselin

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality In The Sand Hills, D C. Gosselin Jan 1996

Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality In The Sand Hills, D C. Gosselin

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Platte River Valley, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Platte River Valley, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- South Central Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- South Central Plains, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Northern Panhandle Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Northern Panhandle Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Southern Panhandle Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside Jan 1996

Regional Analysis Of Rural Domestic Well-Water Quality -- Southern Panhandle Tablelands, D. C. Gosselin, J. Headrick, X- H. Chen, S. E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.