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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"The Black Mountain"”.
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Depositional history of the Black Mountain conglomerate, Mohave County, Arizona: Sedimentary response to Miocene extension
This study documents the Miocene depositional and extensional history for the area west of Wilson Ridge in the Black Mountains, northwestern Arizona. The field area, part of the Basin and Range province, lies within an area that experienced northward migration of intense volcanism several million …
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Geologic Mapping in the Black Mountain Area, Northern Eastern California Shear Zone: Testing a Kinematic and Geometric Fault Slip Transfer Model
… geochronology studies in the Black Mountain area, northern eastern California shear zone, are used to test a kinematic fault slip transfer model for the Owens Valley fault-Mina deflection transition. In the Black Mountain area, range bounding ~NNW- to ~NS-striking and …
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Words as Art: A New Perspective on Shaped Poetry
… consists of two parts: (1) a discussion of the genre of shaped poetry; and (2) a small portfolio of my shaped poems. Shaped poetry involves the fusing of poetry with a visual element so that it appeals to the eye as well as the ear. I discuss the priority of fixed forms in Western poetry, …
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Controversial Politics, Conservative Genre: Rex Stout's Archie-Wolfe Duo and Detective Fiction's Conventional Form
… Stout maintained his popular readership despite the often controversial and radical political content expressed in his detective fiction. His political ideals often made him many enemies. Stances such as his ardent opposition to censorship, racism, Nazism, Germany, Fascism, Communism, …
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A geochemical look at obsidian procurement and exchange in the Medio period world : a case study 76 Draw (LA 156980)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Geochemical provenance analysis of obsidian is a productive avenue for studying social interaction and lithic raw material procurement strategies in the U.S. Southwest. Here the results of the analysis of 180 obsidian …
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Poems to the Sea and Painterly Poetics: Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Cole Swensen
Poems to the Sea: Rather than narrating or describing a work of visual art, the poems that form this collection show an accumulation, juxtaposition and realignment of material ranging from art historical detail and critique to a more personal, location specific response to works viewed in galleries …
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Lucia Berlin: A Critical Biography
My thesis is the first work of extended academic scholarship on the American short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936–2004). It is also her first biography. Although she was not well known during her lifetime, Berlin became an unexpected bestseller in 2015, with the publication of *A Manual for …
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Spatial Distribution of Convective Activity in the Las Vegas Valley and its Relation to the Urban Growth Boundary
Urban areas have a large influence on the environment due to the effects urbanization has in regards to land use and land cover change. Since the land and atmosphere are coupled within the hydrologic cycle the conversion of land from its natural state, to an urban surface, can alter the …