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Seismically induced rock slope failures resulting from topographic amplification of strong ground motions: The case of Pacoima Canyon California

Sepúlveda Valenzuela, Sergio; Murphy, William; Jibson, Randall W.; Petley, Davis N. (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2005-08)

The 1994 Northridge earthquake (M-w = 6.7) triggered extensive rock slope failures in Pacoima Canyon, immediately north of Los Angeles, California. Pacoima Canyon is a narrow and steep canyon incised in gneissic and granitic ...

Past ice stream and ice sheet changes on the continental shelf off the Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica

Fernández, R.; Gulick, S.; Domack, E.; Montelli, A.; Leventer, A.; Shevenell, A.; Frederick, B.; Frederick, B. (Elsevier B.V., 2018)

Our understanding of the response of the Antarctic ice sheet to climate and ocean changes requires the improvement of current ice-atmosphere-ocean models and the accurate determination of boundary conditions such as ice ...