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Shore benches on North Pacific Islands

Research Article| June 01, 1941 Shore benches on North Pacific Islands HAROLD T. STEARNS HAROLD T. STEARNS Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1941) 52 (6): 773–780. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-52-773 Article history received: 09 Oct 1940 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation HAROLD T. STEARNS; Shore benches on North Pacific Islands. GSA Bulletin 1941;; 52 (6): 773–780. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-52-773 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Confusion exists in the literature about the three low benches on Pacific Islands, because height alone is not an index of the ocean level which made them. The lowest bench is now being made by erosion and weathering. The other two were made when the sea stood about 5 feet and 25 feet higher. These higher benches where present have usually been reduced by weathering and erosion and that of the 5-foot sea is readily confused with the present sea bench. The lowest bench, where completely developed, has five components: (1) channeled ramp, (2) lithothamnium ridge, (3) platform, (4) notch, and (5) beach deposits. Benches are described on Guam, Midway, and Oahu Islands and their concordance in height suggests a eustatic origin. A detailed survey of the benches at Amantes Point, Guam, is given. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.

Waters of the Salt Creek Field, Wyo.

The analysis of oil field waters in the Salt Creek field as an aid in fielddevelopment and operation was begun by the Midwest Refining Co. in a systematicway during the spring of 1923. Previous to that time some samples had beentaken for analysis but uncertainty as to the sampling methods employed casts acloud on all these early analyses. Sands In the Salt Creek field there are at present five sands which are of specialinterest from the standpoint of the character of the waters which they contain, the Shannon, the First Wall Creek, the Second Wall Creek, the Lakota, and theSundance. There is a Third Wall Creek sand but it is so unevenly distributedthat it hardly seems possible that analyses of water from this source will beof any great benefit. Occasionally water is found in shale crevices above theFirst Wall Creek sand, and has also been found in the Dakota sand within 900ft. structurally of the apex of the dome. The First Wall Creek sand is divided into two distinct layers, or benches, by an impervious layer of shale or limy sand. The lower bench contains muchmore water than the upper bench. No attempt has been made to distinguishbetween the waters of the two benches. By far the greater number of the watersamples that have been analyzed have come from the First sand. In certain sections of the field the Second Wall Creek sand is divided intoseveral benches by layers of shale or bentonite, but these layers are notcontinuous as is the dividing bed in the First sand. Comparatively few watersamples have been obtained from the Second sand, as the number of edge wellsthat have been drilled into water is small. The Lakota sand, like the First Wall Creek sand, is divided into two membersby an impervious layer of shale. Edge water is found in both members, but atslightly different levels. Since comparatively few wells have reached thissand, not many water samples have been obtained.

2. French Retrospect

In its audience of January 26, 1881, the Court of Appeals of Correctional Police annulled the judgment of the lower bench, condemning Emile D—to three months' imprisonment as guilty of public outrage to decency. This man had been arrested the 18th October, 1880, at half-past eight in the evening, by agents of the Service des Móurs, who were on watch near one of the public urinals, Rue Sainte-Cécile. These agents affirmed to have seen many things while noticing that D—had remained over half-an-hour within the urinal. They even pretended that D—had incited one of them with an immoral purpose, without being, however, able to state that other persons had been objects of such solicitation.