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Digital Data of Structural Contours from Previously Published USGS Mississippi Embayment Studies Digital Data of Structural Contours from Previously Published USGS Mississippi Embayment Studies
This digital dataset is a result from the goal within the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program to convert surficial data that were previously published in non-digital format to digital, vector-based data suitable for use by the public and in USGS studies. The objective of the data conversion is to reproduce the original published mapping with...
Data release for An early Holocene wet period from the southwestern U.S. Data release for An early Holocene wet period from the southwestern U.S.
Multiple generations of spring-fed streams traversed ~800 km2 of the Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada between ~10.9 and 8.5 ka, depositing an extensive tufa network. The scale of this network and diversity of tufa morphologies is novel in North America and offers an opportunity to obtain quantitative paleoclimate data for the region during the early Holocene. We determined isotopic...
Digital data of isopach contours and salt extent boundaries from previously published Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) studies on the Northern Great Plains of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska Digital data of isopach contours and salt extent boundaries from previously published Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) studies on the Northern Great Plains of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska
This GIS dataset presents contours and maps from previously published interpretations of hydrogeologic units of the northern Great Plains by Downey (1986). The original source publication was completed as a component of the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) professional paper series. Isopach contour maps in this study delineate the upper...
Land use and socioeconomic time-series reveal legacy of redlining on present-day gentrification within a growing United States city. Land use and socioeconomic time-series reveal legacy of redlining on present-day gentrification within a growing United States city.
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) maps illustrated patterns of segregation in United States cites in the 1930s. As the causes and drivers of demographic and land use segregation vary over years, these maps provide an important spatial lens in determining how patterns of segregation spatially and temporally developed during the course of the past century. Using a high-resolution land...
USGS Isotope: A Database of Radiogenic and Stable Isotopic Data USGS Isotope: A Database of Radiogenic and Stable Isotopic Data
USGS Isotope is a database of compiled radiogenic and stable isotopic data from rocks and critical mineral deposits. The data set contains published elemental concentrations, isotopic ratios, analytical information, sample metadata including location, and source citations. Analytical techniques represented include Sm-Nd, U-Th-Pb, Rb-Sr, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, O, and S isotopic systems. Data...
Isotopic data and trace element data for siliceous sinter geyserite deposits, El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile Isotopic data and trace element data for siliceous sinter geyserite deposits, El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile
This dataset contains U-Th isotope ratios and trace element abundances for hydrothermal siliceous sinter deposits from several geyser localities in El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile.
Data release of U-Pb TIMS zircon and monazite geochronology for Proterozoic rocks of the Mojave Province, California and Nevada, USA Data release of U-Pb TIMS zircon and monazite geochronology for Proterozoic rocks of the Mojave Province, California and Nevada, USA
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release presents U-Th-Pb concentrations, isotopic ratios, and geochronologic data collected by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) for Proterozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Mojave Province, California and Nevada, USA. Sample and data collection occurred by 1984 and 1990.
Detrital zircon U-Pb data for reconnaissance characterization of strata across the Intermountain West region of the United States Detrital zircon U-Pb data for reconnaissance characterization of strata across the Intermountain West region of the United States
This document describes sedimentary rock samples and their associated detrital zircon U-Pb data that were collected to support geologic mapping and research initiatives within the context of the Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West Project. The data characterize the age and/or provenance of Neoproterozoic to Miocene strata exposed across the Intermountain West region of the...
An enhanced national-scale urban tree canopy cover dataset for the United States Data Release (2025) An enhanced national-scale urban tree canopy cover dataset for the United States Data Release (2025)
Moderate-resolution (30 m) national map products have limited capacity to represent fine-scale, heterogeneous urban forms and processes, yet systematic improvements from incorporating higher resolution predictor data remain rare. In this study, we applied random forest models to high-resolution land cover data for 71 U.S. urban areas, moderate-resolution National Land Cover Database...
Cosmogenic Nuclide Burial Isochron Data for the Central City Gravel, Malta Gravel, and Lava Creek B Ash Locations: Classic Locations of Early to Middle Pleistocene Deposits, South Platte and Arkansas Rivers, Central Colorado, USA Cosmogenic Nuclide Burial Isochron Data for the Central City Gravel, Malta Gravel, and Lava Creek B Ash Locations: Classic Locations of Early to Middle Pleistocene Deposits, South Platte and Arkansas Rivers, Central Colorado, USA
This data release includes Al-26/Be-10 cosmogenic nuclide concentrations and burial isochron ages for three locations in central Colorado, USA, with preferred burial ages ranging from ~2 Ma to 600 ka, that provide constraints on geologic mapping and chronostratigraphic correlations of Pleistocene Colorado Rocky Mountain (CRM)-Great Plains deposits. This new dataset helps to validate...
National-scale dataset of strontium isotope compositions in environmental materials for the United States National-scale dataset of strontium isotope compositions in environmental materials for the United States
This database contains published strontium isotopic ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and associated sample collection data for strontium dissolved in environmental waters for the United States (conterminous, Hawaii, Alaska, and coastal seawater). Samples included in this version were collected and analyzed between 1963 to 2022.
Data Release of Geochemical, Geochronologic, and Isotopic Data for Proterozoic rocks from the Mountain Pass REE deposit and its host rocks, Arizona, California, and Nevada Data Release of Geochemical, Geochronologic, and Isotopic Data for Proterozoic rocks from the Mountain Pass REE deposit and its host rocks, Arizona, California, and Nevada
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release includes whole-rock major, trace, and rare earth element geochemical data, whole-rock and mineral Nd-Pb-Sr isotopic data collected by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), and uranium-lead isotopic data collected by Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe-Reverse Geometry (SHRIMP-RG) methods that characterize the Mountain Pass Rare...