Projects

The following are projects currently underway at the USGS Terrestrial Analogs for Research and Geological Exploration Training (TARGET).

Terrestrial Analog Sample Collections
Terrestrial Analogs Data Portal
Multipurpose Field Guide Development (SP Crater, Verde Valley, SFVF, and others)
San Francisco Volcanic Field Database Expansion
San Francisco Volcanic Field: Geochemical Data Validation
Aeolian bedform monitoring at Grand Falls Dune Field
Water vapor diffusion in sand and cinders
Seasonal and Perennial Ice Monitoring at Lave River Cave and Sunset Crater Ice Cave
NASA Training for Engineers, Managers, and Astronauts
Linking Thermophysical Properties of Earth to Mars: Analog Investigations of Past and Present Habitable Environments
Sediment Transport in Dilute Pyroclastic Density Currents and Criteria for their Identification on Mars
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES)
An Innovative Numerical Method Toward Modeling Compound Lava Flow Development
What makes an esker? Identifying evidence of wet-based glaciation on Mars
Monitoring lava-water interaction in the 2014-2015 Holuhraun lava flow field