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    New seafloor map of the Puerto Rico trench helps assess earthquake and tsunami hazards
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2004
    In:  Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union Vol. 85, No. 37 ( 2004-09-14), p. 349-354
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    In: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 85, No. 37 ( 2004-09-14), p. 349-354
    Abstract: The Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean, is located where the North American (NOAM) plate is subducting under the Caribbean plate (Figure l). The trench region may pose significant seismic and tsunami hazards to Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands, where 4 million U.S. citizens reside. Widespread damage in Puerto Rico and Hispaniola from an earthquake in 1787 was estimated to be the result of a magnitude 8 earthquake north of the islands [ McCann et al. , 2004]. A tsunami killed 40 people in NW Puerto Rico following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in 1918 [ Mercado and McCann , 1998]. Large landslide escarpments have been mapped on the seafloor north of Puerto Rico [ Mercado et al. , 2002; Schwab et al. , 1991] ,although their ages are unknown.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0096-3941 , 2324-9250
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1029/2004EO370001
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2004
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    The Dead Sea, The Lake and Its Setting
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 1998
    In:  Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union Vol. 79, No. 20 ( 1998-05-19), p. 239-239
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    In: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 79, No. 20 ( 1998-05-19), p. 239-239
    Abstract: I cannot think of a subject more befitting the description of interdisciplinary research with societal relevance than the study of the Dead Sea, a terminal lake of the Jordan River in Israel and Jordan. The scientific study of the Dead Sea is intimately connected with politics, religion, archeology, economic development, tourism, and environmental change. The Dead Sea is a relatively closed geologic and limnologic system with drastic physical changes often occurring on human timescales and with a long human history to observe these changes. Research in this unique area covers diverse aspects such as active subsidence and deformation along strike‐slip faults; vertical stratification and stability of the water column; physical properties of extremely saline and dense (1234 kg/m 3 ) water; spontaneous precipitation of minerals in an oversaturated environment; origin of the unusual chemical composition of the brine; existence of life in extreme environments; use of lake level fluctuations as a paleoclimatic indicator; and effects on the environment of human intervention versus natural climatic variability. Although the Dead Sea covers a small area on a global scale, it is nevertheless one of the largest natural laboratories for these types of research on Earth. These reasons make the Dead Sea a fascinating topic for the curious mind.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0096-3941 , 2324-9250
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1029/98EO00177
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 1998
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