Unified Interior Regions
Arizona
The Southwest Region includes California, Nevada, and Arizona. The Regional Office, headquartered in Sacramento, provides Center oversight and support, facilitates internal and external collaborations, and works to further USGS strategic science directions.
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Meteor Crater Drill Cuttings Sampling Protocol
Meteor Crater Drill Cuttings Sampling Protocol
MER Image Science Foldout
MER Image Science Foldout.
Land-Cover Modeling - Phoenix, Arizona - B1 Scenario
Phoenix, Arizona
2006 to 2050 Land-cover Change
IPCC SRES B1 Scenario
The IPCC SRES B1 scenario focuses on environmentally friendly lifestyles and a global cooperation and communication. Impacts on the natural landscape are minimized as efficiencies in food and energy production are accompanied by more compact urban development.
...Meteor Crater Sample Request Form
Meteor Crater Sample Request Form
Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Water on Meridiani
Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Water on Meridiani Planum.
PDS and GIS Tiff v1 PDF
Document regarding Tiff/ GeoTiff's being approved as a PDS4 format.
THE USGS FLYNN CREEK CRATER DRILL CORE COLLECTION
Abstract for Flynn Creek Crater Drill Core Collection.
Textures of the Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater from Spirit’s MI
Textures of the Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater from Spirit’s Microscopic Imager.
Arizona Upland Plant Community in the Sonoran Desert
In the drier Arizona upland plant communities, pictured here, some species will likely decline with forecasted climate change (such as foothill paloverde, ocotillo and creosote bush) while cacti may well increase in abundance and range.
Report of the IAU Working Group
This report continues the practice where the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements revises recommendations regarding those topics for the planets, satellites, minor planets, and comets approximately every 3 years. The Working Group has now become a “functional working group” of the IAU, and its membership is open to anyone interested in