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Component 1: Data and monitoring gap analysis Component 1: Data and monitoring gap analysis

The goal of Component 1 is to identify available data and data gaps in the Texas coastal region and to establish a plan for obtaining data critical for successful coastal flood analysis in these regions. This component is supporting the expansion and improvement of data observations for inland, coastal, and ocean systems.
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David Wallace, Glenn R. Harwell, Namjeong Choi
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Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Assessment of a new GeoAI foundation model for floodinundation mapping Assessment of a new GeoAI foundation model for floodinundation mapping

Vision foundation models are a new frontier in GeoAI research because of their potential to enable powerful image analysis by analyzing and extracting important image features from vast amounts of geospatial data. This paper evaluates the performance of the first-of-its-kind geospatial foundation model, IBM-NASA’s Prithvi, to support a crucial geospatial analysis task: flood inundation...
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Wenwen Li, Hyunho Lee, Sizhe Wang, Chia-Yu Hsu, Samantha T. Arundel
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)

A proposed methodology for conducting threats assessments within the Great Lakes Coregonines restoration framework A proposed methodology for conducting threats assessments within the Great Lakes Coregonines restoration framework

This document serves to fulfill the Coregonine Threats Assessment Science Team’s charge of providing a written recommendation for a methodology to conduct threats assessments for Great Lakes coregonines within the Coregonine Restoration Framework (CRF). Through a series of team meetings that included presentations by experts on five candidate threats assessment frameworks followed by...
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Andrew Edgar Honsey, David R. Smith, Charles R. Bronte, Andy Cook, D. Andrew R. Drake, Dimitry Gorsky, Timothy B. Johnson, Nicholas E. Mandrak, James Roberts, Shawn P. Sitar
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center, Eastern Ecological Science Center

An inventory of three-dimensional geologic models—U.S. Geological Survey, 2004–22 An inventory of three-dimensional geologic models—U.S. Geological Survey, 2004–22

A database of spatial footprints and characteristics of three-dimensional geological models that were constructed by the U.S. Geological Survey between 2004 and 2022 was compiled as part of ongoing development of subsurface geologic information by the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. This initial inventory resulted in the compilation of 38 three-dimensional geological...
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Donald S. Sweetkind, Kristine L. Zellman
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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

The lunar cratering chronology The lunar cratering chronology

This chapter provides an introduction to crater-size frequency distribution (CSFD) measurements and presents a review of the work performed on dating lunar geological units using CSFDs since the last New Views of the Moon volume (2006), including various volcanic and tectonic features, as well as individual impact craters. At the end of the chapter, implications for the new CSFD age...
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Harald Hiesinger, Carolyn H. Van der Bogert, G. Michael, N. Schmedemann, W. Iqbal, Stuart J. Robbins, B. Ivanov, Jean-Pierre Williams, M. Zanetti, J. Plescia, Lillian R. Ostrach, James W. Head III
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Astrogeology Science Center

Hidden system identification: Basin modeling as a tool for examining sedimentary geothermal resource potential Hidden system identification: Basin modeling as a tool for examining sedimentary geothermal resource potential

Three-dimensional (3D) geologic and temperature models have been developed for the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast. The results from these models identify areas of moderate- to high-temperature (90°-150°C and >150°C; respectively) geothermal resources at depths
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Rand Gardner, Justin E. Birdwell
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Energy Resources Program, Central Energy Resources Science Center

Unifying the Neoarchean Lac des Iles Complex and implications for the petrogenesis of Pd-enriched noritic breccia pipes in ancient arcs Unifying the Neoarchean Lac des Iles Complex and implications for the petrogenesis of Pd-enriched noritic breccia pipes in ancient arcs

No abstract available.
Authors
William D. Smith, L. Fay, M.L. Djon, Michael Jenkins, Y. Lin, Z. S. Yao, James E. Mungall
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Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

USGS Telemetry Project: Real-Time Telemetry and Multi-State Modeling USGS Telemetry Project: Real-Time Telemetry and Multi-State Modeling

No abstract available.
Authors
Marybeth K. Brey, P. Ryan Jackson, Jessica C. Stanton, Andrea K. Fritts
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Melting at the base of the J-M Reef Package, Stillwater Complex Melting at the base of the J-M Reef Package, Stillwater Complex

No abstract available.
Authors
Michael Jenkins, Stephen J. Barnes
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Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

Pacific coastal and marine science of the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, California Pacific coastal and marine science of the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, California

Introduction The Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center is one of three U.S. Geological Survey science centers that serve the mission of the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, the primary Federal marine geology and physical science research program focused on the Nation’s coastal and marine landscape. Our portfolio of coastal and marine projects in the Pacific Ocean...
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Peter Pearsall
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Mapping the middle and upper Devonian marine-nonmarine transition in the Appalachian Basin from West Virginia to New York. Mapping the middle and upper Devonian marine-nonmarine transition in the Appalachian Basin from West Virginia to New York.

No abstract available.
Authors
Daniel H. Doctor, Alan D. Pitts
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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Lunar mare basaltic volcanism: Volcanic features and emplacement processes Lunar mare basaltic volcanism: Volcanic features and emplacement processes

Volcanism is a fundamental process in the geological evolution of the Moon, providing clues to the composition and structure of the mantle, the location and duration of interior melting, the nature of convection and lunar thermal evolution. Progress in understanding volcanism has been remarkable in the short 60-year span of the Space Age. Before Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lunar farside was...
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James W. Head III, Lionel Wilson, Harald Hiesinger, Carolyn H. Van der Bogert, Yuan Yuan Chen, James L. Dickson, Lisa Gaddis, Junichi Haruyama, Lauren Jozwiak, Erica Jawin, Chunlai Li, Jianzhong Liu, Tomokatsu Morota, Debra H. Needham, Lillian R. Ostrach, Carle M. Pieters, Tabb C. Prissel, Yuqi Qian, Lei Qiao, Malcolm R. Rutherford, David R. Scott, Jennifer L. Whitten, Long Xiao, Feng Zhang, Ouyang Ziyuan
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Astrogeology Science Center
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