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Submissions from 2013

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Sea-level change during the last 2500 years in New Jersey, USA, Andrew C. Kemp, Benjamin P. Horton, Christopher H. Vane, Christopher E. Bernhardt, D. Reide Corbett, Simon E. Engelhart, Shimon C. Anisfeld, Andrew C. Parnell, and Niamh Cahill

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Sleuthing Through the Rock Cycle: An Online Guided Inquiry Tool for Middle and High School Geoscience Education, Laura Schifman, Dawn Cardace, Karen Kortz, Karen Saul, Amber Gilfert, Anne I. Veeger, and Daniel P. Murray

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Degradation of mangrove tissues by arboreal termites (Nasutitermes acajutlae) and their role in the mangrove C cycle (Puerto Rico): Chemical characterization and organic matter provenance using bulk δ13C, C/N, alkaline CuO oxidation‐GC/MS, and solid‐state 13C NMR, Christopher H. Vane, Alexander W. Kim, Vicky Moss-Hayes, Collin E. Snape, Miguel Castro Diaz, Nicole S. Khan, Simon E. Engelhart, and Benjamin P. Horton

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Fossil slabs attached to unsubducted fragments of the Farallon plate, Yun Wang, Donald W. Forsyth, Christina J. Rau, Nina Carriero, Brandon Schmandt, James B. Gaherty, and Brian K. Savage

Manuscripts from 2012

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A Quantitative Comparison between 1D and 3D Source Inversion Methodologies: Application to the Middle East, Brian M. Covellone and Brian K. Savage

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Seismic constraints on the water flux delivered to the deep Earth by subduction, Brian Savage

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Integrated model of the crustal structure in the Gulf of California extensional province, Brian Savage and Yun Wang

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An Improved method to extract very-broadband empirical Green's functions from ambient seismic noise, Yang Shen, Yong Ren, Haiying Gao, and Brian Savage

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PostPermo-Triassic terrestrial vertebrate recovery: Southwestern United States, David A. Tarailo and David E. Fastovsky

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Pedogenic calcrete in the Late Cretaceous of Michoacan, Mexico, Rosa E. Tovar, David E. Fastovsky, and M. Benammi

Submissions from 2011

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Early to Middle Devonian granitic and volcanic rocks from the central Gulf of Maine, Sandra M. Barr, James K. Mortensen, Margaret D. Thompson, O. Don Hermes, and Chris E. White

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A nest of Protoceratops andrewsi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia), D. E. Fastovsky, D. B. Weishampel, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold, Kh Tsogtbaatar, and P. Narmandakh

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Vertebrate fossil preservation in blue paleosols from the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, with implications for vertebrate biostratigraphy in the Chinle Formation, Katharine M. Loughney, David E. Fastovsky, and William G. Parker

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High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the late triassic chinle formation, Petrififed Forest National Park (Arizona, USA): Temporal constraints on the early evolution of dinosaurs, Jahandar Ramezani, Gregory D. Hoke, David E. Fastovsky, Samuel A. Bowring, François Therrien, Steven I. Dworkin, Stacy C. Atchley, and Lee C. Nordt

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Mapping Shallow Coastal Ecosystems: A Case Study of a Rhode Island Lagoon, Mark Stolt, Michael Bradley, Jim Turenne, Maggie Payne, Eric Scherer, Giancarlo Cicchetti, Emily Shumchenia, Marisa Guarinello, John W. King, Jon Boothroyd, Bryan Oakley, Carol Thornber, and Pete August

Submissions from 2010

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Effects of 3D attenuation on seismic wave amplitude and phase measurements, Brian Savage, Dimitri Komatitsch, and Jeroen Tromp

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High-precision U-Pb zircon dates for ediacaran granitoid rocks in SE New England: Revised magmatic chronology and correlation with other avalonian terranes, M. D. Thompson, J. Ramezani, S. M. Barr, and O. D. Hermes

Submissions from 2009

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Dinosaurs: A concise natural history, David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel

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Barriers to college students learning how rocks form, Karen M. Kortz and Daniel P. Murray

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Convective upwelling in the mantle beneath the Gulf of California, Yun Wang, Donald W. Forsyth, and Brian Savage

Submissions from 2008

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Increasing learning in introductory geoscience courses using lecture tutorials, Karen M. Kortz, Jessica J. Smay, and Daniel P. Murray

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New oviraptorid embryos from Bugin-Tsav, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia, with insights into their habitat and growth, David B. Weishampel, David E. Fastovsky, Mahito Watabe, David Varricchio, Frankie Jackson, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, and Rinchen Barsbold

Submissions from 2006

Trans-Atlantic correlations of Upper Cretaceous marine sediments: The Mid-Atlantic (USA) and Maastricht (Netherlands) regions, Marcus R. Ross and David E. Fastovsky

Submissions from 2005

Yes, and an asteroid did the deed, David E. Fastovsky

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Pre-Late jurassic, fossil-bearing volcanic and sedimentary red beds of Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico, David E. Fastovsky, O. Don Hermes, Nicholas H. Strater, Samuel A. Bowring, James M. Clark, Marisol Montellano, and Rene Hernandez-Rivera

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Shape of Mesozoic dinosaur richness: Reply, David E. Fastovsky, Yifan Huang, Jason Hsu, Jamie Martin-McNaughton, Peter M. Sheehan, and David B. Weishampel

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The extinction of the dinosaurs in North America, David E. Fastovsky and Peter M. Sheehan

Submissions from 2004

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Dinosaur extinction, J. David Archibald and David E. Fastovsky

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Shape of Mesozoic dinosaur richness, David E. Fastovsky, Yifan Huang, Jason Hsu, Jamie Martin-McNaughton, Peter M. Sheehan, and David B. Weishampel

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Dinosaur paleoecology, David E. Fastovsky and Joshua B. Smith

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Erratum to "Genesis of a locality of exceptional fossil preservation: Paleoenvironments of Tepexi de Rodríguez (mid-Cretaceous, Puebla, Mexico)" [Cretac. Res. 24 (2003) 407-431] 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00052-1, 10.1016/j.cretres.2003.11.002, Y. Kashiyama, D. E. Fastovsky, S. Rutherford, J. King, and M. Montellano

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Genesis of a locality of exceptional fossil preservation: Paleoenvironments of Tepexi de Rodríguez (mid-Cretaceous, Puebla, Mexico), Y. Kashiyama, D. E. Fastovsky, S. Rutherford, J. King, and M. Montellano

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Tectonostratigraphic relationships and coalification trends in the Narragansett and Norfolk Basins, New England, Daniel P. Murray, James W. Skehan, and Jon Raben

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Harnessing the power of relational databases for managing subsurface geotechnical and Geologic data, Anne I. Veeger, Daniel P. Murray, O. Don Hermes, Jon C. Boothroyd, and Nasir A. Hamidzada

Submissions from 2003

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A Model for Integrating the Public into Scientific Research, Claudia Barreto, David E. Fastovsky, and Peter M. Sheehan

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From the editors of geology, David Fastovsky and Ben van der Pluijm

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Genesis of a locality of exceptional fossil preservation: paleoenvironments of Tepexi de Rodgríguez (mid-Cretaceous, Puebla, Mexico), Y. Kashiyama, D. E. Fastovsky, S. Rutherford, J. King, and M. Montellano

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Velocity Variations in the Uppermost Mantle Beneath the Southern Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane, Brian K. Savage, Chen Ji, and Don V. Helmberger

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Early rifting in the Narragansett Basin, Massachusetts-Rhode Island: Evidence from Late Devonian bimodal volcanic rocks, Margaret D. Thompson and O. Don Hermes

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Geographic Information System-Based Digital Catalog for Managing Subsurface Geotechnical and Geologic Data, Anne I. Veeger, Daniel P. Murray, O. Don Hermes, Jon C. Boothroyd, and Nasir Hamidzada

Submissions from 2002

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Location and Mechanism of the Little Skull Mountain Earthquake as Constrained by Satellite Radar Interferometry and Seismic Waveform Modeling, Brian K. Savage, Rowena B. Lohman, and Mark Simons

Submissions from 2001

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Melrose Green rhyolite: Its geologic setting and petrographic and geochemical characteristics, O. Don Hermes, Barbara E. Luedtke, and D. Ritchie

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Volcanic Rocks in the Narragansett Basin, Southeastern New England: Petrology and Significance to Early Basin Formation, Anton Maria and O. Don Hermes

Submissions from 2000

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Solubilization and removal of residual trichloroethene from porous media: Comparison of several solubilization agents, Thomas B. Boving and Mark L. Brusseau

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Dinosaur abundance was not declining in a "3 m gap" at the top of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana and North Dakota, Peter M. Sheehan, David E. Fastovsky, Claudia Barreto, and Raymond G. Hoffmann

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Dinosaur abundance was not declining in a "3 m gap" at the top of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana and North Dakota: Reply, Peter M. Sheehan, David E. Fastovsky, Claudia Barreto, and Raymond G. Hoffmann

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Dinosaur abundance was not declining in a "3 m gap" at the top of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana and North Dakota, P. M. Sheehan, D. E. Fastovsky, C. Barreto, and R. G. Hoffmann

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Paleoenvironments of Early Theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, François Therrien and David E. Fastovsky

Submissions from 1998

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Foot posture in a primitive pterosaur, J. M. Clark, J. A. Hopson, R. Hernandez, D. E. Fastovsky, and M. Montellano

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Hydrogeologic controls on radon-222 in a buried valley-fractured bedrock aquifer system, A. I. Veeger and N. C. Ruderman

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Taphonomy and suggested structure of the dinosaurian assemblage of the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), eastern Montana and western North Dakota, Paul D. White, David E. Fastovsky, and Peter M. Sheehan

Submissions from 1997

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The paleoenvironments of Tugrikin-shireh (Gobi Desert, Mongolia) and aspects of the taphonomy and paleoecology of Protoceratops (Dinosauria: Ornithishichia), David E. Fastovsky, Demchig Badamgarav, Hideki Ishimoto, Mahito Watabe, and David B. Weishampel

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Application of petrographic and geochemical methods to sourcing felsitic archaeological materials in southeastern New England, O. Don Hermes and D. Ritchie

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Nondestructive trace element analysis of archaeological felsite by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, O. Don Hermes and D. Ritchie

Submissions from 1996

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Biotic selectivity during the K/T and Late Ordovician extinction events, Peter M. Sheehan, Patricia J. Coorough, and David E. Fastovsky

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No statistical support for sudden (or gradual) extinction of dinosaurs: Comment, P. M. Sheehan, D. E. Fastovsky, R. G. Hoffmann, and C. B. Barreto

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Tectonostratigraphic implications of Late Proterozoic U-Pb zircon ages in the Avalon Zone of southeastern New England, M. D. Thompson, O. D. Hermes, S. A. Bowring, C. E. Isachsen, J. R. Besancon, and K. L. Kelly

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Using hydrogeochemical methods to evaluate complex quaternary subsurface stratigraphy Block Island, Rhode Island, USA, Anne I. Veeger and Byron D. Stone

Submissions from 1995

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Depositional environments of a middle jurassic terrestrial vertebrate assemblage, huizachal canyon, Mexico, D. E. Fastovsky, J. M. Clark, N. H. Strater, M. Montellano, R. Hernandez, and J. A. Hopson

Submissions from 1993

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Freshwater bivalves (Unionidae), disequilibrium isotopic fractionation, and temperatures, D. E. Fastovsky, M. A. Arthur, N. H. Strater, and A. Foss

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Fractional crystallization in granites of the Sierra Nevada: how important is it?, J. B. Reid, D. P. Murray, O. D. Hermes, and E. J. Steig

Submissions from 1992

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Late Proterozoic and Silurian alkaline plutons within the southeastern New England Avalon zone, O. D. Hermes and R. E. Zartman

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Dinosaur diversity and extinction [4], Peter M. Sheehan, David E. Fastovsky, Ray G. Hoffmann, Claudia B. Berghaus, and Diane L. Gabriel

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Major extinctions of land-dwelling vertebrates at the Cretaceous- Tertiary boundary, eastern Montana, P. M. Sheehan and D. E. Fastovsky

Submissions from 1991

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Paleocene paleosols of the petrified forests of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota: a natural experiment in compound pedogenesis, D. E. Fastovsky and K. McSweeney

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Sudden extinction of the dinosaurs: Latest cretaceous, upper great plains, U.S.A., Peter M. Sheehan, David E. Fastovsky, Raymond G. Hoffmann, Claudia B. Bergbaus, and Diane L. Gabriel

Submissions from 1990

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40Ar/39 mineral ages from the Scituate Granite, Rhode Island: implications for Late Palaeozoic tectonothermal activity in New England, R. D. DALLMEYER, O. D. HERMES, and J. I. GIL‐IBARGUCHI

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Rocks, resolution, and the record; A review of depositional constraints on fossil vertebrate assemblages at the terrestrial Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary, eastern Montana and western North Dakota, David E. Fastovsky

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Geochemical distinctions of late proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanism in the Avalon zone of New England, O. Don Hermes and D. P. Murray

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Recognition and Interpretation of Cemented Subsurface Horizons in Sandy Paleosols of Cretaceous-Paleogene Age, Eastern Montana, K. Mcsweeney and D. E. Fastovsky

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The new Bedford area; A preliminary assessment, D. P. Murray, O. D. Hermes, and T. S. Duham

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Ash-flow stratigraphy in the Mattapan volcanic complex, greater Boston, Massachusetts, Margaret D. Thompson and O. Don Hermes

Submissions from 1989

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Pedogenic development at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Garfield County, Montana, D. E. Fastovsky, K. McSweeney, and L. D. Norton

Submissions from 1988

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Middle Devonian to Permian plutonism and volcanism in the N American Appalachians, O. Don Hermes and Daniel P. Murray

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Post-Acadian metamorphism in the Appalachians, Daniel P. Murray

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Zircon crystallization ages, and subsequent isotopic disturbance events, in gneissic rocks of eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island ( USA)., R. E. Zartman, O. D. Hermes, and M. H. Pease

Submissions from 1987

Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Glen Canyon Group in northern Arizona, J. M. Clark and D. E. Fastovsky

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Paleoenvironments of vertebrate-bearing strata during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition, eastern Montana and western North Dakota ( USA)., D. E. Fastovsky

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Paleosols spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition, eastern Montana and western North Dakota ( USA)., D. E. Fastovsky and K. McSweeney

Submissions from 1985

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Late Proterozoic and Devonian plutonic terrane within the Avalon zone of Rhode Island., O. D. Hermes and R. E. Zartman

Submissions from 1984

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A transitional alkalic dolerite dike suite of Mesozoic age in Southeastern New England, O. Don Hermes, J. M. Rao, M. P. Dickenson, and T. A. Pierce

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Melatroctolite-anorthositic gabbro complex, Cumberland, Rhode Island: petrology, origin, and regional setting., M. J. Rutherford and O. D. Hermes

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MELATROCTOLITE-ANORTHOSITIC GABBRO COMPLEX, CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND: PETROLOGY, ORIGIN, AND REGIONAL SETTING., M. J. Rutherford and O. Don Hermes

Submissions from 1981

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Sr isotopic evidence for a multi-source origin of the potassic magmas in the neapolitan area (S. Italy), Massimo Cortini and O. Don Hermes

Submissions from 1978

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Upper Ordovician peralkalic granites from the Gulf of Maine, O. Don Hermes, R. D. Ballard, and P. O. Banks

Submissions from 1975

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Three-dimensional polynomial trend analysis applied to igneous petrogenesis, Geoffrey W. Mathews, J. Allan Cain, and Philip O. Banks

Submissions from 1973

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Paragenetic relationships in an amphibolitic tectonic block in the franciscan terrain, panoche pass, California, O. Don Hermes

Submissions from 1970

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Petrochemistry of coexistent mafic silicates from the Mecklenburg gabbro-metagabbro complex, North Carolina, O. Don Hermes