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Pre-LGM Northern Hemisphere ice sheet topography

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Caballero, Rodrigo, Ebert, Karin, Fastook, James L., Kleman, Johan, Nilsson, Johan Abstract: We here reconstruct the paleotopography of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets during the glacial maxima of marine isotope stages (MIS) 5b and 4.We employ a com- bined approach, blending geologically based reconstruction and numerical modeling, to arrive at probable ice sheet ex- tents and topographies […]

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Middle to Late Amazonian tropical mountain glaciers on Mars: The ages of the Tharsis Montes fan-shaped deposits

S. J. Kadish, J. W. Head, J. L. Fastook, and D. R. Marchant. Middle to Late Amazonian tropical mountain glaciers on Mars: The ages of the Tharsis Montes fan-shaped deposits. Planetary and Space Science, 91:52–59, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.12.005, 2013. Abstract: Fan-shaped deposits (FSDs) extending to the northwest of the Tharsis Montes on Mars are the remnants of Amazonian-aged, cold-based, tropical […]

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Kinds of full physical containment

T. Hahmann, B. Brodaric: Kinds of full physical containment, Spatial Information Theory (COSIT-2013), Sept. 2013, 20 pages, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8116, Scarborough, UK, Sept. 2013 Abstract: Full physical containment is the relation in which one physical entity is completely inside another. It is central to the description of natural resources held in reservoirs above […]

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New perspectives on paleoglaciology

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Fastook, James L., Hughes, Terry J. Abstract: Paleoglaciology deals with glaciation cycles of the Quaternary Ice Age. It combines the dynamics of present-day ice sheets deduced from glaciology with the history of former ice sheets deduced from glacial geology. Cosmogenic dating now makes a detailed chronology of a cycle possible. Radiocarbon dating has […]

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Formation of Lobate Debris Aprons on Mars: Assessment of regional ice sheet collapse and debris-cover armoring

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Fastook, James L., Head, James W., Marchant, David R. Abstract: Lobate debris aprons (LDA) are lobate-shaped aprons surrounding scarps and isolated massifs that are concentrated in the vicinity of the northern Dichotomy Boundary on Mars. LDAs have been interpreted as (1) ice-cemented talus aprons undergoing viscous flow, (2) local debris-covered alpine-like glaciers, or (3) […]

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Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Security and Management

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Arabnia, Hamid R., Daimi, Kevin, Grimaila, Michael R., Liszka, Kathy, Markowsky, George,Solo, Ashu M.G. Abstract: The International Conference on Security and Management, or SAM, is an “annual comprehensive security conference dealing with all aspects of security. It is a leading international opportunity for computer and network security professionals and users to investigate innovative ideas and outcomes, […]

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Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Aschwanden, Andy, Bindschadler, Robert A., Fastook, James L.,Granzow, Glen, Greve, Ralf, Gutowski, Gail, Herzfeld, Ute, Jackson, Charles, Johnson, Jesse, Khroulev, Constantine, Levermann, Anders, Lipscomb, William H., Martin, Maria A., Morlighem, Mathieu,Nowicki, Sophie, Parizek, Byron R., Pollard, David, Price, Stephen F., Ren, Diandong, Saito, Fuyuki,Sato, Tatsuru, Seddik, Hakime, Seroussi, Helene, Takahashi, Kunio, Walker, Ryan, Wang, Wei Li Abstract: Ten ice-sheet models are used to study sensitivity of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to […]

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Deploying a Multi-Interface RESTful Application in the Cloud

Erik Albert and Sudarshan Chawathe. Deploying a Multi-Interface RESTful Application in the Cloud. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Management in Cloud, Grid and P2P Systems (Globe-2013). Prague, Czech Republic. August 26–29, 2013. Abstract: This paper describes the design, implementation, and deployment of an application server whose primary infrastructure is an elastic cloud of servers. […]

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CIS welcomes cooperating faculty

CIS is delighted to welcome five new cooperating professors. David Hiebeler and Andre Khalil join us from from Department of Mathematics, and Bruce Segee and Yifeng Zhu from Electrical and Computing Engineering. This provides yet more proof that CIS is the hub of things computational at Orono.

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