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Sands in the Alboran Sea: A Model of Input in a Deep Marine Basin

Stanley, Daniel J.; Kelling, Gilbert; Juan-Antonio Vera; Sheng, Harrison (1975)

The Alboran Sea, an almost totally land-enclosed, mountain-bounded (Rif, Betic ranges) basin, lies east of Gilbraltar in the westernmost Mediterranean. A petrologic study of the sand fraction in river, river mouth, and ...
Schreibersite Growth and Its Influence on the Metallography of Coarse-Structured Iron Meteorites

Clarke,Roy S., Jr.; Goldstein, Joseph I. (1978)

The role that schreibersite growth played in the structural development process in coarse-structured iron meteorites has been examined. The availability of many large meteorite surfaces and an extensive collection of ...
Underwater Television Survey of the Atlantic Outer Continental Margin near Wilmington Canyon

Stanley, Daniel J.; Fenner, Peter (1973)

The study summarizes the results of an underwater television survey of the sea floor at the shelfbreak and at the head of Wilmington Canyon off the Middle Atlantic States. Distributions are shown for bottom currents and ...
Volcanic Eruption at Metis Shoal, Tonga, 1967-1968: Description and Petrology

Melson, William G.; Jarosewich, Eugene; Lundquist, Charles A. (1970)

The 1967-1968 eruption of Metis Shoal, Tonga, was evidentially similar to the frequent shallow submarine eruptions of the inner island arc of Tonga. The eruption began about 10 December 1967, and an island eventually ...

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