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Testing glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea level history in the Bahamas and Bermuda 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...
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Eugene S. Schweig, Mark P. Rowe
By
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science 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 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...
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 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...
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen Simmons, Robert B. Halley
By
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab

St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project— A progress report-November 2008 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...
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 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...
Authors
Robert A. Williams, Phyllis Steckel, Eugene Schweig

USGS goals for the coming decade 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

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.

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
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization
Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

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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USGS Snowmastodon Research
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USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS scientists working at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado. 

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Communications and Publishing
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USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS scientists working at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado. 

By
Communications and Publishing

Science and Products

Filter Total Items: 33

Testing glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea level history in the Bahamas and Bermuda 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...
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Eugene S. Schweig, Mark P. Rowe
By
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science 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 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...
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 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...
Authors
Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen Simmons, Robert B. Halley
By
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab

St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project— A progress report-November 2008 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...
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 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...
Authors
Robert A. Williams, Phyllis Steckel, Eugene Schweig

USGS goals for the coming decade 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

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.

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
Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization
Geologic Records of High Sea Levels

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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Image: USGS Snowmastodon Research
USGS Snowmastodon Research
USGS Snowmastodon Research
Image: USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS scientists working at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado. 

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS Snowmastodon Research

USGS scientists working at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado. 

By
Communications and Publishing
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