Sentences with phrase «state geological maps»

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The map in the figure was provided by GIS data from the United States Geological Survey's National Atlas.

In early 2014, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) released its most recent national seismic hazard map, a vital data source for policymakers guiding building codes and other quake - related regulations.

It can be used for such activities as map making, geological surveys and town planning, and for monitoring the state of the environment.

With two research icebreakers, over 100 geologists and geographers from Canada and the United States, three Inuit mammal spotters on the watch for vulnerable wildlife, and two underwater autonomous vehicles that can operate beneath sheet ice, a geological survey team set out last night to crush their way through the last untrammelled regions of the Arctic, mapping the sea floor as they go.

«We're interested in creating an honest - to - goodness map of where we think earthquakes will occur in the future,» says lead author Will Levandowski, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Golden, Colorado.

- https://www.flickr.com/photos/53904184@N04/4985486091/ Google Earth Tour Map Attribution Map Data: Google, Image Landsat / Copernicus Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Image IBCAO Image U.S. Geological Survey US DEPT of State Geographer

Grade Level: 9 - 12 Map - a-Planet, created and maintained by the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology Research Program, offers detailed online maps of the planets and various moons that share our universe.

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You only have to watch the explosive increase in seismic activity in the animated map above, from the United States Geological Survey, to see just how profound the change in earthquake activity has been — from an average of 1.5 earthquakes a year in the state to 2.5 a day.

As reported in the Los Angeles Times in late April 2015, the US Geological Survey (USGS) released a map of earthquakes «thought to be triggered by human activity in the eastern and central United States» — coinciding with the emerging view of officials «that wastewater disposal following oil and gas extraction is causing more earthquakes.»

Combining this data with high - resolution LiDAR and GPS map data allowed the team — that included scientists from UVM, the US Geological Survey, Utah State University, Berkeley Geochronology Center, and Imperial College, London — to create a detailed 3D portrait of both the current and previous post-glacial geological periods in the Chesapeake, stretching back several millGeological Survey, Utah State University, Berkeley Geochronology Center, and Imperial College, London — to create a detailed 3D portrait of both the current and previous post-glacial geological periods in the Chesapeake, stretching back several millgeological periods in the Chesapeake, stretching back several million years.

Carolyn Ruppel, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey, is leading some of the efforts to get better information and especially to map areas off northern Alaska that may contain deposits of methane hydrate.

The United States Geological Survey Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter presents «photographs, songs, videos, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds.»

The California Geological Survey is helping state residents learn how close they live to a fault line, using interactive maps that can be accessed via smartphone.