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RECHARGE AND MOBILIZATION OF CRYSTAL MUSH TO PRODUCE AND ERUPT A ZONED MAGMA CHAMBER – THE TSHIREGE MEMBER OF THE BANDELIER TUFF, VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO, USA
(2019)The 1.26 Ma Tshirege Member of the Bandelier Tuff is the second of two major (~400 km3, dense rock equivalent) compositionally zoned rhyolitic eruptions from the Valles caldera. This eruption was triggered by a dacitic ... -
Regional Sustainability Assessment: Improving Collaboration And Coordination Across Watershed Plans In The Spokane River Basin
(2013)Local watershed and aquifer planning has come about as a result of the recognition that solutions to local problems needed to be discovered and implemented by those who are most affected. In large basins with multiple ... -
Review report for bio-regenerative solar cells: A sustainable source of energy
(2012-12)Building bio-regenerative solar panels for harnessing energy for deep space research instrumentation is one of the goals being pursued by space research agencies worldwide. Photosynthesis is being employed as the major ... -
REWILDING THE ORGANIZATION: AN EXPLORATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH APPLIED TO HUMAN INSTITUTIONS
(2018)From the dawn of humanity, humans have been watching and learning from nature. We are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration, especially in the sciences and engineering where we regularly practice biomimicry and ... -
Social dimensions of urban resilience to climate change
(11/28/2011)<p>Climate change is one of the most crucial challenges worldwide, and especially for local governments, since its potential impacts are felt and have to be dealt with at the local level. Climate change involves uncertainty ... -
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF USING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO MANAGE AN ORNAMENTAL FISHERY IN HAWAII
(2013)Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been implemented across the globe to protect biodiversity and important habitats, enhance fisheries, and manage marine resource users. Several hundred thousand wild caught reef fish are ... -
Spatial and food web dynamics of non-native northern crayfish Orconectes virilis in Buffalo Lake, WA
(2018)Our understanding of the ecological niche freshwater crayfish occupy in aquatic food webs has expanded in recent decades. Numerous studies demonstrate the functional trophic role of crayfish can vary among endemic and ... -
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS METHODS DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD WEB DYNAMICS AFTER HYPOLIMNETIC OXYGENATION IN TWIN LAKES, WA
(2017)Line-diffuser hypolimnetic oxygenation was initiated in North Twin Lake, Washington, in 2009 to mitigate reduction in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fishery habitat due to ... -
Structure of the arc-continent transition in the Riggins region of west-central Idaho
(2012)New U-Pb zircon geochronology from the Riggins region of west-central Idaho refines the timing of synmetamorphic deformation across the Salmon River suture zone, a broad NNE-striking belt (>25 km-wide) of high strain ... -
SURVEY OF WATER QUALITY IN NORTHERN MALAWI, AFRICA, AND COMMUNICATION OF HUMAN HEALTH RISK
(2012)Throughout Malawi, governmental, non-governmental, religious and civic organizations are targeting the human need for water. Diarrheal diseases, often associated with unsafe drinking water, are a leading cause of mortality ... -
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO ETHICALLY MOTIVATED CONSUMERISM
(2013)The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) identified consumption, mainly in industrialized countries, as a primary driver of environmental degradation. Subsequently, Agenda 21 urges countries to promote ... -
System Dynamics Simulation for Park Management: A Case Study of Glacier National Park, Montana
(2012)National park management encounters the challenge of conserving the park unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Many national parks in the world are faced with resource degradation due to overcrowding on roads ... -
THE BALANCING ACT OF FORAGING: MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES TRADE-OFF MULTIPLE RISKS WHEN SELECTING FOOD PATCHES
(2017)Animals face multiple risks while foraging such as the risk of acquiring inadequate energy from food, the risk of predation, and the risk of thermal stress. My first objective was to predict the overall perceived risk in ... -
The Crown Jewel gold skarn deposit
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The Effects of Select Herbicides on Biological Soil Crust in Shrub Steppe Areas of the Columbia Basin, Washington
(2015)The effects of herbicides used on arid lands in the Columbia Basin, Washington State on components of biological soil crusts (BSCs) were investigated. Active ingredients in the herbicides investigated were two synthetic ...