Landslides in Penang Island, Malaysia: Insights on emerging issues and the role of geoscience

Nurul Syazwani Yahaya, Zamri Ramli, Alan Thompson, Joy Jacqueline Pereira

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... units of 3-storey semi-detached houses. The slope is located in close proximity to the Sg. Siru Fault and is covered by soil from weathered granite...

Facies Relationships, Alluvial Architecture, and Paleohydrology of a Paleogene, Humid-tropical Alluvial-fan System: Chumstick Formation, Washington State, U.S.A.

James E. Evans

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... cohesion and stability imparted by vegetation. Lateral continuity of soil horizons through a variety of deposits suggests there were periods of inactivity...

Modern internal waves and internal tides along oceanic pycnoclines: Challenges and implications for ancient deep-marine baroclinic sands: Reply

G. Shanmugam

AAPG Bulletin

..., J. M., and S. G. Wright, 2005, Soil strength and slope stability: Hoboken, New Jersey, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 297 p.Dunham, J. B., and A. Saller...

Empirical Determination of Physical Controls on Megafaunal Footprint Formation Through Neoichnological Experiments with Elephants

Brian F. Platt, Stephen T. Hasiotis, Daniel R. Hirmas

PALAIOS

... interpretations of sediments and paleosols. Furthermore, paleoclimate studies can benefit greatly from original soil moisture values calculated from...

Holocene and Pleistocene Calcareous Crust (Caliche) Profiles: Criteria for Subaerial Exposure

Noel P. James

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., N.Y., 571 p. BURGESS, A. AND RAW, F., 1967, Soil Biology: Academic Press, London, 530 p. CAILLEUX, A., 1965, Quaternary secondary chemical deposition...

Anionic Surfactant Mobility in Unsaturated Soil: The Impact of Molecular Structure

Barry J. Allred, Glenn O. Brown

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

...Anionic Surfactant Mobility in Unsaturated Soil: The Impact of Molecular Structure Barry J. Allred, Glenn O. Brown 2001 95 109 8 2 The feasibility...

Paleohydrologic and Stratigraphic Significance of Crayfish Burrows in Continental Deposits: Examples from Several Paleocene Laramide Basins in the Rocky Mountains

Stephen T. Hasiotis , James G. Honey

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of varying environmental stability on which there are different frequency and magnitude of sedimentation events. Immature cumulative paleosols...

Splay Formation Along the Lower Reaches of Ephemeral Rivers on the Northern Plains of Arid Central Australia

S. Tooth

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by determining Munsell soil colors on air-dried samples and by using particle size analysis cards. The structural stability of floodplain sediments...

The Integration of Remote Sensing, Terrain Evaluation and Engineering Geology in Southeast Asia

T. E. Beaumont, T. Hunt

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... , a land classification becomes a tenain evaluation and when the values obtained are concerned with soil strength, rock stability, plasticity or any...

Fine-Grained Splay Deposition in the Avulsion Belt of the Lower Saskatchewan River, Canada

Norman D. Smith , Marta Perez-Arlucea

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... channels merged during progradation. Vibracore and soil-probe profiles show the splay to be dominated by upward-coarsening lacustrine-prodeltaic mouth...

Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir attributes within a fluvial outcrop analog: Upper Triassic Sonsela member of the Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Aislyn M. Trendell, Stacy C. Atchley, Lee C. Nordt

AAPG Bulletin

... are attributed to channel avulsion and ensuing periods of channel stability and soil development. The FAC-Sets are interpreted to likely record autocyclic...

Don’t Mess with a Geophysicist’s House: A Case Study of Ground Penetrating Radar (3D) for Concrete Moisture Mapping and Void Detection in the Saturated Soil beneath the Concrete Foundation

Mustafa Saribudak

GCAGS Transactions

... in the Saturated Soil beneath the Concrete Foundation Mustafa Saribudak 2012 365 374 Texas has large areas, including Houston, with clayey soils that shrink...

Vacuum desorption of light hydrocarbons adsorbed on soil particles: A new method in geochemical exploration for petroleum

Liuping Zhang

AAPG Bulletin

...Vacuum desorption of light hydrocarbons adsorbed on soil particles: A new method in geochemical exploration for petroleum Liuping Zhang 2003 89 97 87...

2-D Geoelectrical Resistivity Survey at a Proposed New Condominium Site of Port Dickson Beach Resort, Negeri Sembilan

Abdul Rahim Samsudin, Umar Hamzah

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... Beach Resort, Negeri Sembilan. The purpose of the survey was to determine the resistivity distribution of the soil underneath the proposed site...

Geochemical Prospecting of Hydrocarbons in Frontier Basins of India, by B. Kumar, D.J. Patil, G. Kalpana, and C. Vishnu Vardhan, #10073 (2004).

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...The Unexpected Nature and Extent of Arsenic in Soil, Based on the RCRA Facility Investigation at the Elk Hills Oilfield, Former Naval Petroleum...

Quaternary Faults and Seismic Hazards Western Utah

Gary E. Christenson, Kimm M. Harty, Suzanne Hecker

Utah Geological Association

... stability map for the urban corridor of Utah, Weber, eastern Box Elder, and Cache Counties, Utah, in Jacobson, M.L. and Rodriguez, T.R., comps., National...

"Deweyville" Terraces and Depostits of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

Michael D. Blum , Robert A. Morton , James M. Durbin

GCAGS Transactions

... "Deweyville" unit should be defined by a soil profile; (d) "Deweyville" units project seaward to shorelines lower in elevation and farther seaward than...

Distributary-Mouth Bar Development and Role of Submarine Landslides in Delta Growth, South Pass, Mississippi Delta

John F. Lindsay , David B. Prior , James M. Coleman

AAPG Bulletin

.... Arnold, and E. H. Doyle, 1975, Soil movements and forces developed by wave-induced slides in the Mississippi delta: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v...

Normally Pressured vs. Abnormally Pressured Compartments in Sandstones in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: A Comparative Study of the Muddy Sandstone and the Minnelusa Formation

Donald B. MacGowan, Zun S. Jiao, Ronald C. Surdam, Francis P. Miknis

Wyoming Geological Association

... on the stability of framework mineral grains in petroleum reservoirs, Soc. Pet. Eng. Formation Evaluation, June, 1990, pp. 161-166. MacGowan, D. B., Z...

Reflections on the Interpretation of Heavy Mineral Analyses

Tj. H. Van Andel

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Thomas Murby, London. BRAMLETTE, M. M., 1941, The stability of minerals in sandstone: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 11, p. 32-36. BRAMMALL...

Hydrocarbon Contaminants in the Subsurface

Eric Eslinger, Uriel Oko, Jacqueline A. Smith, G. H. Holliday

Special Publications of SEPM

... of a solute onto soil or rock matrix (mineral) can be measured in the laboratory. Such measurements are commonly done at a constant temperature; the resulting...

Natural Sorption Capability of Heavy Metals: Granitic Residual Soil from Broga and Marine Clay from Sg. Besar Selangor

Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob, Abdul Rahim Samsudin, Mohd Ramziemran, Chan Yik Loon

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

...Natural Sorption Capability of Heavy Metals: Granitic Residual Soil from Broga and Marine Clay from Sg. Besar Selangor Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob, Abdul...

Clean-Up of Oil Base Drilling Mud Mixing Plant in the Vico Field, East Kalimantan, Using Incineration and Bioremediation Technology

M. Sauman, Rochana Hasan, Hari Subagjo, Steven Broadmeadow

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... This plant had been operating for more than fifteen years. Over the years due to the normal process of mud mixing the soil around the mud plant had become...

Reynosa Problem of South Texas, and Origin of Caliche

W. Armstrong Price

AAPG Bulletin

...Reynosa Problem of South Texas, and Origin of Caliche W. Armstrong Price 1933 488 522 17 5. (May) Caliche is used as a genus of soil-mineral...