Upper Eocene Impactites of the U.S. East Coast: Depositional Origins, Biostratigraphic Framework, and Correlation

Palaios ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wylie Poag ◽  
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Social Samaritan Justice: When and Why Needy Fellow Citizens Have a Right to Assistance

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURA VALENTINI
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Resource Transfers ◽  
Political Communities ◽  
The Needy ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Do So

In late 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the U.S., causing much suffering and devastation. Those who could have easily helped Sandy's victims had a duty to do so. But was this a rightfully enforceable duty of justice, or a nonenforceable duty of beneficence? The answer to this question is often thought to depend on the kind of help offered: the provision of immediate bodily services is not enforceable; the transfer of material resources is. I argue that this double standard is unjustified, and defend a version of what I call “social samaritanism.” On this view, within political communities, the duty to help the needy—whether via bodily services or resource transfers—is always an enforceable demand of justice, except when the needy are reckless; across independent political communities, it is always a matter of beneficence. I defend this alternative double standard, and consider its implications for the case of Sandy.

scholarly journals Predicting Temperature Shifts off the U.S. East Coast

Eos ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Stanley
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Ocean Temperature ◽  
Middle Atlantic Bight ◽  
Atmospheric Processes ◽  
Middle Atlantic ◽  
New Research ◽  
The U.S

New research reveals the relative importance of oceanic and atmospheric processes in year-to-year changes in ocean temperature along the Middle Atlantic Bight.

Towards an operational nowcast/forecast system for the U.S. east coast

1996 ◽  
pp. 347-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Aikman ◽  
G.L. Mellor ◽  
T. Ezer ◽  
D. Sheinin ◽  
P. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Forecast System ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF STORM SURGE DISASTER ON THE U.S. EAST COAST BY HURRICANE SANDY

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. I_976-I_981
Author(s):  
Yoshitaka MATSUZAKI ◽  
Shigeo TAKAHASHI ◽  
Masayuki BANNO ◽  
Tomotsuka TAKAYAMA ◽  
Kazuhiro GODA
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surge ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Storm Surge Disaster ◽  
The U.S

GEOLOGY AND PETROLEUM PROSPECTS OF RUATORIA AREA, EAST COAST, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

1972 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
A.C.M. Laing
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
Upper Oligocene ◽  
Potential Reservoir ◽  
Surface Geology ◽  
Shallow Structure

As measured in outcrop sections, more than 30,000 ft. (9,000 m.) of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary marine sediments overlie basement of Lower Cretaceous age in the area. Mudstones, siltstones, and turbidites make up the majority of this sedimentary section but there are also 3,000 ft. (900 m.) of interbedded greywacke sandstones and siltstones of Maestrichtian age, and 400 ft. (120 m.) of interbedded limestone and greensands of Oligocene age. Both of these latter units are potential reservoir beds.The majority of the exploration work has been by surface geological mapping. A number of time-rock units have been used which were initially distinguished by fossils, but which could later be distinguished by lithological differences.Four regional unconformities, base of Upper Cretaceous, near top of Upper Cretaceous, Upper Oligocene, and Upper Miocene have been recognised in the stratigraphic section.A slump breccia of Upper Eocene age has also been mapped extending over an area 25 mi. (40Km) by 5 mi. (8Km) with a maximum thickness of 7500 ft. (2.25Km.) and contains large lumps of older rocks. The sediments of the Ruatoria area are folded into broad synclines and tight anticlines with average dips ranging from 50 degrees in the Upper Cretaceous to 15 degrees in the Upper Miocene. The trend of the folds is northeast in the southern part of the area and northwest in the northern part, the dividing line being the major northwest trending Hikurangi Fault.The area abounds in gas seepages some of which have been capped and exploited. There are records of oil seepages also. Within the 453 sq.mi. (1,178 sq. Km) only nine shallow holes have been drilled all of which recorded some oil or gas shows.Alliance Petroleum has located two wells on the flanks of closed structures outlined by surface geology and shallow structure drilling.

Texas Tower 4: Lessons for Design of Offshore Structures

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Bea ◽  
Zhaohui Jin
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Ocean Engineering ◽  
Satisfactory Explanation ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
The U.S

The Texas Towers were a series of platforms installed off the U.S. East coast in the 1950’s to support early warning radar facilities. Texas Tower 4 (TT4) was installed in a record setting water depth of 185 feet in 1957. At this time, TT4 was heralded as an ‘engineering marvel’; a major innovative ocean engineering accomplishment. In December 1960, the decision was made to decommission TT4, but before this could be done the platform failed during a storm in January 1961 with the loss of the lives of all personnel that were onboard. A satisfactory explanation was never developed that detailed exactly how the structure failed. In 1999, a study was commissioned by the American Bureau of Shipping to study the failure of TT4. The objective of this study was to see if with modern ocean engineering technology (storm forces, structure capacities), the details of failure of the structure could be re-created. This paper summarizes the results from this study.

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