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Testing glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea level history in the Bahamas and Bermuda

Part of the spatial variation in the apparent sea-level record of the last interglacial (LIG) period is due to the diverse response of coastlines to glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) processes, particularly where coastlines were close to the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the past two glacial periods. We tested modeled LIG paleo-sea levels on New Providence Island (NPI), Bahamas and Bermuda by inves
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Eugene S. Schweig, Mark P. Rowe
By
Climate Research and Development Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Facing tomorrow’s challenges—U.S. Geological Survey science in the decade 2007–2017

Executive SummaryIn order for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to respond to evolving national and global priorities, it must periodically reflect on, and optimize, its strategic directions. This report is the first comprehensive science strategy since the early 1990s to examine critically major USGS science goals and priorities.The development of this science strategy comes at a time of global t
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Late Quaternary sea-level history of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA: A test of tectonic uplift and glacial isostatic adjustment models

In 1979, S. Uyeda and H. Kanamori proposed a tectonic model with two end members of a subduction-boundary continuum: the “Chilean” type (shallow dip of the subducting plate, great thrust events, compression, and uplift of the overriding plate) and a “Mariana” type (steep dip of the subducting plate, no great thrust events, tension, and no uplift). This concept has been used to explain variable rat
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen R. Simmons
By
Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Late Quaternary uplift along the North America-Caribbean plate boundary: Evidence from the sea level record of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The tectonic setting of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary has been studied intensively, but some aspects are still poorly understood, particularly along the Oriente fault zone. Guantanamo Bay, southern Cuba, is considered to be on a coastline that is under a transpressive tectonic regime along this zone, and is hypothesized to have a low uplift rate. We tested this by studying emergent re
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen Simmons, Robert B. Halley
By
Climate Research and Development Program, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project— A progress report-November 2008

St. Louis has experienced minor earthquake damage at least 12 times in the past 200 years. Because of this history and its proximity to known active earthquake zones, the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP) is producing digital maps that show variability of earthquake hazards, including liquefaction and ground shaking, in the St. Louis area. The maps will be available free
Authors
D. Karadeniz, J.D. Rogers, R. A. Williams, C.H. Cramer, R.A. Bauer, D. Hoffman, J. Chung, G.L. Hempen, P.H. Steckel, O.L. Boyd, C.M. Watkins, N.S. McCallister, E. Schweig

St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project

St. Louis has experienced minor earthquake damage at least 12 times in the past 200 years. Because of this history and its proximity to known active earthquake zones, the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project will produce digital maps that show variability of earthquake hazards in the St. Louis area. The maps will be available free via the internet. They can be customized by the user t
Authors
Robert A. Williams, Phyllis Steckel, Eugene Schweig

USGS goals for the coming decade

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) proposes six strategic directions for managing ecosystems along with modernization of observation networks of land, water, and biological resources.
Authors
M.D. Myers, M. A. Ayers, Jill Baron, P.R. Beauchemin, Martin B. Goldhaber, Deborah R. Hutchinson, James W. LaBaugh, Roger G. Sayre, Steven E. Schwarzbach, Eugene S. Schweig, June M. Thormodsgard, Charles van Riper, W. Wilde
By
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Earthquake hazard in the heart of the homeland

Evidence that earthquakes threaten the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash River valleys of the Central United States abounds. In fact, several of the largest historical earthquakes to strike the continental United States occurred in the winter of 1811-1812 along the New Madrid seismic zone, which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tenn., into southern Illinois. Several times in the past century, mode
Authors
Joan Gomberg, Eugene Schweig
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Urban seismic hazard mapping for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, but scientists can forecast how strongly the ground is likely to shake as a result of an earthquake. Seismic hazard maps provide one way of conveying such forecasts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which produces seismic hazard maps for the Nation, is now engaged in developing more detailed maps for vulnerable urban areas. The first set of these maps is now avai
Authors
Joan Gomberg
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center

First USGS urban seismic hazard maps predict the effects of soils

Probabilistic and scenario urban seismic hazard maps have been produced for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee covering a six-quadrangle area of the city. The nine probabilistic maps are for peak ground acceleration and 0.2 s and 1.0 s spectral acceleration and for 10%, 5%, and 2% probability of being exceeded in 50 years. Six scenario maps for these three ground motions have also been generated fo
Authors
C.H. Cramer, J.S. Gomberg, E. S. Schweig, B.A. Waldron, K. Tucker

Liquefaction induced by historic and prehistoric earthquakes in western Puerto Rico

Dozens of liquefaction features in western Puerto Rico probably formed during at least three large earthquakes since A.D. 1300. Many of the features formed during the 1918 moment magnitude (M) 7.3 event and the 1670 event, which may have been as large as M 7 and centered in the Añasco River Valley. Liquefaction features along Río Culebrinas, and possibly a few along Río Grande de Añasco, appea
Authors
Martitia P. Tuttle, Kathleen Dyer-Williams, Eugene S. Schweig, Carol S. Prentice, Juan Carlos Moya, Kathleen Tucker

Evidence for New Madrid earthquakes in A.D. 300 and 2350 B.C

Six episodes of earthquake-induced liquefaction are associated with soil horizons containing artifacts of the Late Archaic (3000-500 B.C.) and Early to Middle Woodland (500 B.C.-A.D. 400) cultural periods at the Burkett archaeological site in the northern part of the New Madrid seismic zone, where little information about prehistoric earthquakes has been available. Radiocarbon dating of organic ma
Authors
Martitia P. Tuttle, E. S. Schweig, J. Campbell, P. M. Thomas, J. D. Sims, R. H. Lafferty

Non-USGS Publications**

Cramer, C.H., Karadeniz, D., Rogers, J. D., Williams, R.A., Bauer, R. A., Hoffman, D., Chung, J., Hempen, G. L., Steckel, P. J., Boyd, O. S., Watkins, C. M., McCalliser, N. S., and Schweig, E., 2010, The St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project – SLAEHMP: Proceedings of the Ninth U.S. National and Tenth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering, 10 p.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Coral reef and overlying marine deposits a few meters above sea level, south of Kaena Point, Hawaii

Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

This project studies past high sea levels on coastlines that preserve fossil coral reefs or marine terraces. We ascertain the magnitudes of sea-level high stands by field mapping, stratigraphic measurements, and precise elevation measurements. Geochronology is accomplished by radiocarbon dating of mollusks (for Holocene-to-last-glacial deposits), uranium-series dating of corals (for high-sea...
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Climate Research and Development Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
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Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

This project studies past high sea levels on coastlines that preserve fossil coral reefs or marine terraces. We ascertain the magnitudes of sea-level high stands by field mapping, stratigraphic measurements, and precise elevation measurements. Geochronology is accomplished by radiocarbon dating of mollusks (for Holocene-to-last-glacial deposits), uranium-series dating of corals (for high-sea...
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  • Publications
    Filter Total Items: 33

    Testing glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea level history in the Bahamas and Bermuda

    Part of the spatial variation in the apparent sea-level record of the last interglacial (LIG) period is due to the diverse response of coastlines to glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) processes, particularly where coastlines were close to the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the past two glacial periods. We tested modeled LIG paleo-sea levels on New Providence Island (NPI), Bahamas and Bermuda by inves
    Authors
    Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Eugene S. Schweig, Mark P. Rowe
    By
    Climate Research and Development Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

    Facing tomorrow’s challenges—U.S. Geological Survey science in the decade 2007–2017

    Executive SummaryIn order for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to respond to evolving national and global priorities, it must periodically reflect on, and optimize, its strategic directions. This report is the first comprehensive science strategy since the early 1990s to examine critically major USGS science goals and priorities.The development of this science strategy comes at a time of global t
    Authors
    By
    Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

    Late Quaternary sea-level history of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA: A test of tectonic uplift and glacial isostatic adjustment models

    In 1979, S. Uyeda and H. Kanamori proposed a tectonic model with two end members of a subduction-boundary continuum: the “Chilean” type (shallow dip of the subducting plate, great thrust events, compression, and uplift of the overriding plate) and a “Mariana” type (steep dip of the subducting plate, no great thrust events, tension, and no uplift). This concept has been used to explain variable rat
    Authors
    Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen R. Simmons
    By
    Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

    Late Quaternary uplift along the North America-Caribbean plate boundary: Evidence from the sea level record of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

    The tectonic setting of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary has been studied intensively, but some aspects are still poorly understood, particularly along the Oriente fault zone. Guantanamo Bay, southern Cuba, is considered to be on a coastline that is under a transpressive tectonic regime along this zone, and is hypothesized to have a low uplift rate. We tested this by studying emergent re
    Authors
    Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen Simmons, Robert B. Halley
    By
    Climate Research and Development Program, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

    St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project— A progress report-November 2008

    St. Louis has experienced minor earthquake damage at least 12 times in the past 200 years. Because of this history and its proximity to known active earthquake zones, the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP) is producing digital maps that show variability of earthquake hazards, including liquefaction and ground shaking, in the St. Louis area. The maps will be available free
    Authors
    D. Karadeniz, J.D. Rogers, R. A. Williams, C.H. Cramer, R.A. Bauer, D. Hoffman, J. Chung, G.L. Hempen, P.H. Steckel, O.L. Boyd, C.M. Watkins, N.S. McCallister, E. Schweig

    St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project

    St. Louis has experienced minor earthquake damage at least 12 times in the past 200 years. Because of this history and its proximity to known active earthquake zones, the St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project will produce digital maps that show variability of earthquake hazards in the St. Louis area. The maps will be available free via the internet. They can be customized by the user t
    Authors
    Robert A. Williams, Phyllis Steckel, Eugene Schweig

    USGS goals for the coming decade

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) proposes six strategic directions for managing ecosystems along with modernization of observation networks of land, water, and biological resources.
    Authors
    M.D. Myers, M. A. Ayers, Jill Baron, P.R. Beauchemin, Martin B. Goldhaber, Deborah R. Hutchinson, James W. LaBaugh, Roger G. Sayre, Steven E. Schwarzbach, Eugene S. Schweig, June M. Thormodsgard, Charles van Riper, W. Wilde
    By
    Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

    Earthquake hazard in the heart of the homeland

    Evidence that earthquakes threaten the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash River valleys of the Central United States abounds. In fact, several of the largest historical earthquakes to strike the continental United States occurred in the winter of 1811-1812 along the New Madrid seismic zone, which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tenn., into southern Illinois. Several times in the past century, mode
    Authors
    Joan Gomberg, Eugene Schweig
    By
    Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center

    Urban seismic hazard mapping for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

    Earthquakes cannot be predicted, but scientists can forecast how strongly the ground is likely to shake as a result of an earthquake. Seismic hazard maps provide one way of conveying such forecasts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which produces seismic hazard maps for the Nation, is now engaged in developing more detailed maps for vulnerable urban areas. The first set of these maps is now avai
    Authors
    Joan Gomberg
    By
    Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center

    First USGS urban seismic hazard maps predict the effects of soils

    Probabilistic and scenario urban seismic hazard maps have been produced for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee covering a six-quadrangle area of the city. The nine probabilistic maps are for peak ground acceleration and 0.2 s and 1.0 s spectral acceleration and for 10%, 5%, and 2% probability of being exceeded in 50 years. Six scenario maps for these three ground motions have also been generated fo
    Authors
    C.H. Cramer, J.S. Gomberg, E. S. Schweig, B.A. Waldron, K. Tucker

    Liquefaction induced by historic and prehistoric earthquakes in western Puerto Rico

    Dozens of liquefaction features in western Puerto Rico probably formed during at least three large earthquakes since A.D. 1300. Many of the features formed during the 1918 moment magnitude (M) 7.3 event and the 1670 event, which may have been as large as M 7 and centered in the Añasco River Valley. Liquefaction features along Río Culebrinas, and possibly a few along Río Grande de Añasco, appea
    Authors
    Martitia P. Tuttle, Kathleen Dyer-Williams, Eugene S. Schweig, Carol S. Prentice, Juan Carlos Moya, Kathleen Tucker

    Evidence for New Madrid earthquakes in A.D. 300 and 2350 B.C

    Six episodes of earthquake-induced liquefaction are associated with soil horizons containing artifacts of the Late Archaic (3000-500 B.C.) and Early to Middle Woodland (500 B.C.-A.D. 400) cultural periods at the Burkett archaeological site in the northern part of the New Madrid seismic zone, where little information about prehistoric earthquakes has been available. Radiocarbon dating of organic ma
    Authors
    Martitia P. Tuttle, E. S. Schweig, J. Campbell, P. M. Thomas, J. D. Sims, R. H. Lafferty

    Non-USGS Publications**

    Cramer, C.H., Karadeniz, D., Rogers, J. D., Williams, R.A., Bauer, R. A., Hoffman, D., Chung, J., Hempen, G. L., Steckel, P. J., Boyd, O. S., Watkins, C. M., McCalliser, N. S., and Schweig, E., 2010, The St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project – SLAEHMP: Proceedings of the Ninth U.S. National and Tenth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering, 10 p.

    **Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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    Coral reef and overlying marine deposits a few meters above sea level, south of Kaena Point, Hawaii

    Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

    This project studies past high sea levels on coastlines that preserve fossil coral reefs or marine terraces. We ascertain the magnitudes of sea-level high stands by field mapping, stratigraphic measurements, and precise elevation measurements. Geochronology is accomplished by radiocarbon dating of mollusks (for Holocene-to-last-glacial deposits), uranium-series dating of corals (for high-sea...
    By
    Climate Research and Development Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
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    Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

    This project studies past high sea levels on coastlines that preserve fossil coral reefs or marine terraces. We ascertain the magnitudes of sea-level high stands by field mapping, stratigraphic measurements, and precise elevation measurements. Geochronology is accomplished by radiocarbon dating of mollusks (for Holocene-to-last-glacial deposits), uranium-series dating of corals (for high-sea...
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