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Our dynamic desert landscape

http://deserts.wr.usgs.gov/

Overview of studies of fragile and active landscape of the American Southwest deserts, including projects on geologic mapping, surface processes, remote sensing research, ecological processes, and earthquake hazard applications.

by [Western] Geology and Geophysics Science Center (Sponsor)
Related topics:
Desert ecosystems, Earth sciences, Ecology, Field methods, Geomorphology, Hazards, Maps and atlases, Remote sensing
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California, Nevada, Utah

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