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Cosmogenic Nuclide, Thermally Transferred Optically Stimulated Luminescence, and Paleomagnetic data from cave sediments from Fitton Cave, northern Arkansas Cosmogenic Nuclide, Thermally Transferred Optically Stimulated Luminescence, and Paleomagnetic data from cave sediments from Fitton Cave, northern Arkansas
This data release contains tabular data (comma-separated-value format) obtained for analyses of cosmogenic nuclides, thermally transferred optically stimulated luminescence, and paleomagnetism that were collected to constrain the age of sediments within Fitton Cave, Buffalo National River, north-central Arkansas.
Generated Burn Severity Offset Correction Values for a Composite Burn Index Field Plot Dataset Generated Burn Severity Offset Correction Values for a Composite Burn Index Field Plot Dataset
Phenological correction of pre- and post-fire imagery is used to improve remotely-sensed burn severity predictions by standardizing vegetation greenness between image pairs. However, the efficacy of existing methods across diverse fire conditions and scenarios remains underexplored. In this study, we evaluated the impact of phenological offset corrections across various methodological...
Geochemical, Geochronologic, and Isotopic Data for Proterozoic rocks from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah Geochemical, Geochronologic, and Isotopic Data for Proterozoic rocks from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release includes whole-rock major, trace, and rare earth element geochemical data, whole-rock Nd-Pb-Sr isotopic data collected by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), and zircon U-Pb isotopic data collected by laser ablation-inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) methods. These data provide constraints on, and characterize, the...
Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic map of the Big Levels Quadrangle, Virginia Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic map of the Big Levels Quadrangle, Virginia
At the Rockbridge Stone Products sand and gravel open pit mine along Loves Run, two Optically Stimulated Luminescence samples from an f2 fan deposit yielded dates from ca. 157 to 139 ka (Carter and others, 2017). These two ages were used to define the Pleistocene map units within the quad.
Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic Map of the Sparta East, Sparta West, and parts of the Glade Valley and Whitehead 7.5-minute quadrangles, North Carolina and Virginia, and the epicentral area of the August 9, 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake in Spart Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic Map of the Sparta East, Sparta West, and parts of the Glade Valley and Whitehead 7.5-minute quadrangles, North Carolina and Virginia, and the epicentral area of the August 9, 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake in Spart
New bedrock and surficial geologic mapping in the Blue Ridge of NW NC and SW VA covers the Sparta East, Sparta West, and parts of the Glade Valley and Whitehead 7.5-minute quadrangles and includes the epicentral area of the 9 August 2020 Mw 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, NC. Mapping documented (1) the co-seismic surface rupture from the 2020 earthquake and brittle structures in the bedrock...
Luminescence, charcoal abundance, and radiocarbon data for: Geochronologic data reveal late Pleistocene to Holocene debris-flow history and wildfire association within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Klamath Mountains, northern California Luminescence, charcoal abundance, and radiocarbon data for: Geochronologic data reveal late Pleistocene to Holocene debris-flow history and wildfire association within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Klamath Mountains, northern California
This report summarizes the dating results from sedimentary deposits sampled by the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey and analyzed at the USGS Luminescence Geochronology Laboratory. Within this report, we detail the luminescence measurement, equivalent dose determination, and dating-related calculations. We recommend that this report be included as the supplementary...
Digital drillhole lithologic data and a radiocarbon age -- data supporting interpretation of Quaternary depositional history in the vicinity of Fort Morgan, Eastern Colorado Digital drillhole lithologic data and a radiocarbon age -- data supporting interpretation of Quaternary depositional history in the vicinity of Fort Morgan, Eastern Colorado
This data release contains digital location and downhole lithologic data for 3,564 drillholes from along a portion of the South Platte River in eastern Colorado. The drillholes are located within the east half of the Greeley and the west half of the Fort Morgan USGS 1:100,000 scale maps. Subsurface lithologic data is intended to extend the results of surficial geologic mapping to the...
Luminescence data for: Reconstructing the Quaternary depositional history using geologic mapping and a 3D model of the subsurface in the vicinity of Fort Morgan, Eastern Colorado Luminescence data for: Reconstructing the Quaternary depositional history using geologic mapping and a 3D model of the subsurface in the vicinity of Fort Morgan, Eastern Colorado
Centered on Fort Morgan, Colorado, this study is intended to build from previous work by adding a three-dimensional (3D) view of the subsurface to better understand the depositional history of Quaternary deposits. A 1:100,000 scale geologic map was made by combining previous geologic maps, regional soil maps, and recent field investigations. In addition to the geologic mapping, drill...
Geologic Radon Potential Map of the United States Geologic Radon Potential Map of the United States
Radon is an odorless and invisible radioactive gas that is naturally released from rocks, soil, and water. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Surgeon General, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Recent epidemiological studies have also identified linkages between radon exposure and cerebrovascular diseases including...
Luminescence data for: Trench Exposures across the Dead Coyote fault scarp in Kittitas Valley, Washington Luminescence data for: Trench Exposures across the Dead Coyote fault scarp in Kittitas Valley, Washington
The Wallula fault zone is an integral feature of the Olympic-Wallowa lineament, an ∼500-km-long topographic lineament oblique to the Cascadia plate boundary, extending from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Walla Walla, Washington. The structure and past earthquake activity of the Wallula fault zone are important because of nearby infrastructure, and also because the fault zone...
Data release for integrating remotely sensed surface water dynamics in hydrologic signature modeling Data release for integrating remotely sensed surface water dynamics in hydrologic signature modeling
Variability in river discharge, particularly very high flow and low flow conditions, has far-reaching environmental and economic consequences. The retention of water in surface storage, concentrated in lakes, ponds, wetlands, floodplains, and temporary water in flood prone areas, can potentially contribute to flow generation and flood regulation. However, the impact of surface water...
Digital data for a 3D geologic model of the Michigan Basin region, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, USA Digital data for a 3D geologic model of the Michigan Basin region, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, USA
This digital GIS dataset and accompanying nonspatial files synthesize model outputs from a regional-scale volumetric 3D geologic model that portrays the generalized subsurface geology of the Michigan Basin region of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The intent of this product is to rapidly and efficiently synthesize large quantities of geologic data from a wide variety of...