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Living with a volcano in your backyard: An educator's guide with emphasis on Mount Rainier Living with a volcano in your backyard: An educator's guide with emphasis on Mount Rainier
Today’s residents, as well as residents of centuries past, consider Mount Rainier “the spiritual and cultural icon of the Pacific Northwest.” As a backdrop for many of the State’s residents, Mount Rainier offers beauty, solace, inspiration, and challenge. The mountain sets the daily mood for thousands of people who gaze at and respect it. There is no mistaking this object of admiration...
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Carolyn L. Driedger, Anne Doherty, Cheryl Dixon, Lisa M. Faust
Southern California — Wildfires and debris flows Southern California — Wildfires and debris flows
Wildland fires are inevitable in the western United States. Expansion of man-made developments into fire-prone wildlands has created situations where wildfires can destroy lives and property, as can the flooding and debris flows that are common in the aftermath of the fires. Fast-moving, highly destructive debris flows triggered by intense rainfall are one of the most dangerous post-fire...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Digital data for the geology of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Digital data for the geology of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Frederic H. Wilson, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Cindi C. Preller, Solmaz Mohadjer, Donald H. Richter
Hydrothermal vent fluids, siliceous hydrothermal deposits, and hydrothermally altered sediments in Yellowstone Lake Hydrothermal vent fluids, siliceous hydrothermal deposits, and hydrothermally altered sediments in Yellowstone Lake
Stable isotopic (dD and d18O) data indicate about 13% total evaporative concentration has occurred in Yellowstone Lake, yet lake waters are enriched in dissolved As, B, Cl, Cs, Ge, Li, Mo, Sb, and W by at least an order-of-magnitude relative to the flow-weighted composition of inflowing streams. We conclude that lake water is a mixture of inflowing surface water and hydrothermal source...
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W. C. Pat Shanks, Lisa Morgan, Laurie S. Balistrieri, Jeffrey C. Alt
Utility of Viking Orbiter images and products for Mars mapping Utility of Viking Orbiter images and products for Mars mapping
This paper reports on mapping procedures developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that use Viking Orbiter imagery and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) derived radii to produce topographic data. The use of Mosaiced Digital Image Models (MDIMs), created from Viking Orbiter images, and MOLA data to provide horizontal and vertical control is reviewed. We describe procedures to adapt a...
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Mark R. Rosiek, Randolph L. Kirk, Brent A. Archinal, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Trent M. Hare, Donna M. Galuszka, Bonnie L. Redding
Three in one: Multiscale Hardcopy Depiction of the Mars Surface in True3D Three in one: Multiscale Hardcopy Depiction of the Mars Surface in True3D
The visualisation of both geospatial Earth data and extra-terrestrial objects is gain- ing increasing importance. Until recently, hardcopy displays were confined to mostly static, two-dimensional or pseudo-three-dimensional depictions. The various effects offered by lenticular foil technology allow the generation of flip-image effects, short animations, and true-3D displays in hardcopy...
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Manfred Buchroithner, Thomas Grundemann, Randolph L. Kirk, Klaus Habermann
Initial results of rover localization and topographic mapping for the 2003 mars exploration rover mission Initial results of rover localization and topographic mapping for the 2003 mars exploration rover mission
This paper presents the initial results of lander and rover localization and topographic mapping of the MER 2003 mission (by Sol 225 for Spirit and Sol 206 for Opportunity). The Spirit rover has traversed a distance of 3.2 km (actual distance traveled instead of odometry) and Opportunity at 1.2 km. We localized the landers in the Gusev Crater and on the Meridiani Planum using two-way...
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Rongxing Li, Steven W. Squyres, Raymond E. Arvidson, Brent A. Archinal, James F. Bell, Yang Cheng, Larry S. Crumpler, David J. Des Marais, Kaichang Di, Todd A. Ely, Matthew P. Golombek, Eric Graat, John Grant, Joe Guinn, Andrew C. Johnson, Ronald Greeley, Randolph L. Kirk, Mark Maimone, Laurence A. Soderblom, Shane D. Thompson, Jue Wang, Patrick L. Whelley, Fengliang Xu
Joint analysis of visible and infrared images Joint analysis of visible and infrared images
Analysis of data combining daytime visible reflected, daytime IR emitted, and nighttime IR emitted images allows us to isolate the physical effects of topography, albedo, and thermal inertia. To a good approximation, these physical influences interact linearly so that maps showing topographic shading, albedo, and relative thermal inertia can be produced by simple algebraic manipulation...
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Randolph L. Kirk, Laurence A. Soderblom, Glen E. Cushing, Timothy A. Tituus
HRSC on Mars Express: Photogrammetric and cartographic research HRSC on Mars Express: Photogrammetric and cartographic research
The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the European spacecraft Mars Express is the first camera on a planetary mission especially designed for photogrammetric and cartographic purposes. Since January 2004 the camera has been taking image data from the Martian surface, characterized by high-resolution, stereo capability and color. These data provide an enormous potential for the...
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Jeorg Albertz, Maria Attwenger, Janet M. Barrett, Simon Casley, Peter Dorninger, Egon Dorrer, Heinrich Ebner, Stephan Gehrke, Bernd Giese, Klaus Gwinner, Christian Heipke, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Randolph L. Kirk, Hartmut Lehmann, Helmut Mayer, Jan-Peter Muller, Juergen Oberst, Alexey Ostrovskiy, Joerg Renter, Sergiy Reznik, Ralph George Schmidt, Frank Scholten, Michael Spiegel, Uwe Stilla, Marita Wahlisch, Gerhard Neukum
Southern California landslides-an overview Southern California landslides-an overview
Southern California lies astride a major tectonic plate boundary defined by the San Andreas Fault and numerous related faults that are spread across a broad region. This dynamic tectonic environment has created a spectacular landscape of rugged mountains and steep-walled valleys that compose much of the region’s scenic beauty. Unfortunately, this extraordinary landscape also presents...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, 2001-2002 Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, 2001-2002
Water analyses are reported for one-hundred-twenty-one samples collected from hot springs and their overflow drainages, the Gibbon River, and one ambient-temperature acid stream in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 2001-2002. Twenty-five analyses are reported for samples collected during May 2001, fifty analyses are reported for samples collected during September 2001, eleven...
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R. Blaine McCleskey, James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, JoAnn M. Holloway, Howard E. Taylor