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Coastal Erosion in San Francisco
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Mine Blast at Silver Bell Mine, Arizona
Mine Blast at Silver Bell Mine, Arizona....
Location: Pima County, AZ, USA

Headframe in Miami-Globe Mining District
Long-distance shot of headframe in Miami-Globe mining district....
Location: Globe, AZ, USA

Stratigraphic Studies
Stratigraphic studies of Quaternary alluvium provides resource data to the U.S. aggregate industry....
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Low-flying Research Helicopter
This low-level helicopter survey is designed to remotely study geologic units that lie below land surface. It is part of an ongoing USGS program to identify features such as changes in rock types, ultimately providing a better understanding of the geology and hydrology of the area. Operated by e...
Location: USA

Supergene Leached Zone at Silver Bell Mine
Supergene Leached zone at Silver Bell Mine, AZ....
Location: AZ, USA

Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley
Approximate point of maximum subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Land surface subsided ~9 m from 1925 to 1977 due to aquifer-system compaction. Signs on the telephone pole indicate the former elevations of the land surface in 1925 and 1955....
Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA

Geologic Map of North America
The Geologic Map of North America is a product of GSA's Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project. At a scale of 1:5,000,000, this map covers ~15% of Earth's surface and differs from previous maps in several important respects: it is the first such map to depict the geology of the seafloor, th...
Location: North America

Spring Water Sampling
A USGS geologist samples spring water near a gold prospect in the Shotgun Hills, Alaska....
Location: USA

Ocean Dye Study
Example of using dye to study ocean waves and currents....
Location: USA

Location Map North Carolina Outer Banks
Map showing the location of the North Carolina coastal erosion study....
Location: Cape Hatteras, NC, USA

Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC)
Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo vehicle will deploy equipment in or beyond the surf zone....
Location: USA

Instrument in Surf Zone
Instrument on poles in the surf zone for a coastal erosion study....
Location: USA

Radar on Sand Dunes
Radar on sand dunes to measure coastal erosion forces....
Location: USA

Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC)
Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo vehicle will deploy equipment in or beyond the surf zone....
Location: USA

Sunset Tripods on Deck
As part of an investigation of the mechanisms of coastal change in the Carolinas (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/cccp/index.html), instrumented tripods were deployed on Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras, NC. These tripods recorded data quantifying the currents, waves, turbidity, tempera...
Location: Cape Hatteras, NC, USA

Deploying Flowbee Tripod
As part of an investigation of the mechanisms of coastal change in the Carolinas (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/cccp/index.html), instrumented tripods were deployed on Diamond Shoals near Cape Hatteras, NC. These tripods recorded data quantifying the currents, waves, turbidity, temperat...
Location: Cape Hatteras, NC, USA

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