Publications
USGS Projects in Afghanistan produced a substantial number of publications, maps, and other documents.
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Glaciers of Asia Glaciers of Asia
This chapter is the ninth to be released in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386, Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World, a series of 11 chapters. In each of the geographic area chapters, remotely sensed images, primarily from the Landsat 1, 2, and 3 series of spacecraft, are used to analyze the specific glacierized region of our planet under consideration and to...
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Vladimir M. Kotlyakov, A.M. Dyakova, V.S. Koryakin, V.I. Kravtsova, G.B. Osipova, G.M. Varnakova, V.N. Vinogradov, O.N. Vinogradov, N.M. Zverkova, O.V. Rototaeva, G.A. Nosenko, D.G. Tsvetkov, Julian A. Dowdeswell, E.K. Dowdeswell, Murray Williams, A.F. Glazovskii, Yafeng Shi, Desheng Mi, Tangdong Yao, Q. Zeng, Chaohai Liu, John E. Schroder, Michael P. Bishop, Chander P. Vohra, Syed I. Hasnain, Rajesh Kumar, Safaraz Ahmad, Shresth Tayal, K Higuchi, Okitsugu Watanabe, Hiroji Fushimi, Shuhei Takenaka, Akio Nagoshi, Yutaka Ageta, Shuji Iwata, L. DeWayne Cecil, David L. Naftz, Paul F. Schuster, David D. Susong, Jaromy R. Green
Streamflow characteristics at streamgages in northern Afghanistan and selected locations Streamflow characteristics at streamgages in northern Afghanistan and selected locations
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for 79 historical streamgages in Northern Afghanistan and other selected historical streamgages are presented in this report. The summaries for each streamgage include (1) station description, (2) graph of the annual mean discharge for the period of record, (3) statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges, (4) monthly and annual flow duration...
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Scott A. Olson, Tara Williams-Sether
Streamflow characteristics of streams in southeastern Afghanistan Streamflow characteristics of streams in southeastern Afghanistan
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for all historical streamgaging stations that have available data in the southeastern Afghanistan provinces of Ghazni, Khost, Logar, Paktya, and Wardak, and a portion of Kabul Province are presented in this report. The summaries for each streamgaging station include a station desciption, table of statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges...
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Kevin C. Vining
Streamflow characteristics of streams in the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan Streamflow characteristics of streams in the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan
A majority of the Afghan population lacks adequate and safe supplies of water because of contamination, lack of water-resources management regulation, and lack of basic infrastructure, compounded by periods of drought and seasonal flooding. Characteristics of historical streamflows are needed to assist with efforts to quantify the water resources of the Helmand Basin. The Helmand Basin...
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Tara Williams-Sether
Streamflow Characteristics of Streams in the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan Streamflow Characteristics of Streams in the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for all historical streamflow-gaging stations for the Helmand Basin upstream from the Sistan Wetlands are presented in this report. The summaries for each streamflow-gaging station include (1) manuscript (station description), (2) graph of the annual mean discharge for the period of record, (3) statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges, (4)...
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Tara Williams-Sether
Historical and hypothetical future sedimentation and water storage in Kajakai Reservoir, central Afghanistan Historical and hypothetical future sedimentation and water storage in Kajakai Reservoir, central Afghanistan
Sedimentation has reduced water storage in Kajakai Reservoir. If current sedimentation rates continue, hypothetical future reservoir water volumes at the spillway elevation of 1,033.5 meters could be reduced about 22 percent from 2006 to 2057. Even if the spillway elevation is raised to 1,045 meters, a severe drought could result in large multiyear irrigation-supply deficits in which...
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Kevin C. Vining, Aldo V. Vecchia
Preliminary non-fuel mineral resource assessment of Afghanistan 2007 Preliminary non-fuel mineral resource assessment of Afghanistan 2007
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cooperated with the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) of the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines to assess the undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan between 2006 and 2007. This report presents the results of this work and contains chapters describing and assessing the mineral resources of Afghanistan. An accompanying Geographical Information...
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Stephen G. Peters, Stephen Ludington, Greta J. Orris, David M. Sutphin, James D. Bliss, James J. Rytuba
Water-balance simulations of runoff and reservoir storage for the Upper Helmand watershed and Kajakai Reservoir, central Afghanistan Water-balance simulations of runoff and reservoir storage for the Upper Helmand watershed and Kajakai Reservoir, central Afghanistan
A study was performed to provide information on monthly historical and hypothetical future runoff for the Upper Helmand watershed and reservoir storage in Kajakai Reservoir that could be used by Afghanistan authorities to make economic and demographic decisions concerning reservoir design and operation, reservoir sedimentation, and development along the Helmand River. Estimated reservoir...
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Kevin C. Vining, Aldo V. Vecchia
Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Map of Afghanistan Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Map of Afghanistan
Introduction Earthquakes represent a serious threat to the people and institutions of Afghanistan. As part of a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) effort to assess the resource potential and seismic hazards of Afghanistan, the Seismic Hazard Mapping group of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has prepared a series of probabilistic seismic hazard maps that...
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Oliver S. Boyd, Charles S. Mueller, Kenneth S. Rukstales
Seismotectonic Map of Afghanistan and Adjacent Areas Seismotectonic Map of Afghanistan and Adjacent Areas
Introduction This map is part of an assessment of Afghanistan's geology, natural resources, and natural hazards. One of the natural hazards is from earthquake shaking. One of the tools required to address the shaking hazard is a probabilistic seismic-hazard map, which was made separately. The information on this seismotectonic map has been used in the design and computation of the hazard...
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Russell L. Wheeler, Kenneth S. Rukstales
Radiometric Survey in Western Afghanistan: A Website for Distribution of Data Radiometric Survey in Western Afghanistan: A Website for Distribution of Data
Radiometric (uranium content, thorium content, potassium content, and gamma-ray intensity) and related data were digitized from radiometric and survey route location maps of western Afghanistan published in 1976. The uranium content data were digitized along contour lines from 33 maps in a series entitled 'Map of Uranium (Radium) Contents of Afghanistan (Western Area),' compiled by V. N...
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Ronald E. Sweeney, Robert P. Kucks, Patricia L. Hill, Carol A. Finn
Landsat ETM+ False-Color Image Mosaics of Afghanistan Landsat ETM+ False-Color Image Mosaics of Afghanistan
In 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey to perform assessments of the natural resources within Afghanistan. The assessments concentrate on the resources that are related to the economic development of that country. Therefore, assessments were initiated in oil and gas, coal, mineral...
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Philip A. Davis