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Technical-information products for a National Volcano Early Warning System
Technical outreach — distinct from general-interest and K-12 educational outreach — for volcanic hazards is aimed at providing usable scientific information about potential or ongoing volcanic activity to public officials, businesses, and individuals in support of their response, preparedness, and mitigation efforts. Within the context of a National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) (Ewert et a
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Marianne C. Guffanti, Steven R. Brantley, Peter F. Cervelli, Christopher J. Nye, George N. Serafino, Lee Siebert, Dina Y. Venezky, Lisa A. Wald
Coastal processes study at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA: Summary of data collection 2004-2006
Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, contains a persistent erosional section in the shadow of the San Francisco ebb tidal delta and south of Sloat Boulevard that threatens valuable public infrastructure as well as the safe recreational use of the beach. Coastal managers have been discussing potential mediation measures for over a decade, with little scientific research available to aid in dec
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Patrick L. Barnard, Jodi Eshleman, Li H. Erikson, Daniel M. Hanes
EAARL first return topography— Fire Island National Seashore
This Web site contains 31 LIDAR-derived first return topography maps and GIS files for Fire Island National Seashore.These lidar-derived topographic maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeron
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John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayagandhi, Judd Patterson
Science and management in the Hanalei watershed: A trans-disciplinary approach: Proceedings from the Hanalei watershed workshop, February 21-22, 2007
The results of recent studies in the Hanalei watershed are impressive, both in content and breadth. Funded, directed, and/or conducted by investigators from many disciplines from local organizations (the Hanalei Watershed Hui), the University of Hawai‘i, the State of Hawai‘i (Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources), and Federal organizations (U.S. Department of Agriculture,
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Michael E. Field, Carl J. Berg, Susan A. Cochran
Modeling 3-D slope stability of coastal bluffs using 3-D ground-water flow, Southwestern Seattle, Washington
Landslides are a common problem on coastal bluffs throughout the world. Along the coastal bluffs of the Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, landslides range from small, shallow failures to large, deep-seated landslides. Landslides of all types can pose hazards to human lives and property, but deep-seated landslides are of significant concern because their large areal extent can cause extensive pro
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Dianne L. Brien, Mark E. Reid
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Tucson, AZ 2007
Introduction
Report of the Annual Mappers Meeting
Planetary Science Institute
Tucson, Arizona
June 28 and 29, 2007
Approximately 22 people attended this year's mappers meeting, and many more submitted abstracts and maps in absentia. The 2007 meeting was convened by Tracy Gregg, Les Bleamaster, Steve Saunders, and Ken Tanaka and was hosted by David Crown and Les Bleamaster of the Planetary
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Tracy K.P. Gregg, Kenneth L. Tanaka, R. Stephen Saunders
The 1994–present eruption of Popocatépetl volcano: Background, current activity, and impacts
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Hugo Delgados Granados, Servando De la Cruz-Reyna, Robert I. Tilling
Chapter 7 Magmatic-hydrothermal fluid interaction and mineralization in alkali-syenite nodules from the Breccia Museo pyroclastic deposit, Naples, Italy
The Breccia Museo, a pyroclastic flow that crops out in the Campi Flegrei volcanic complex (Naples, Italy), contains alkali-syenite (trachyte) nodules with enrichment in Cl and incompatible elements (e.g., U, Zr, Th, and rare-earth elements). Zircon was dated at ≈52 ka, by U-Th isotope systematics using a SHRIMP. Scanning electron microscope and electron microprobe analysis of the constituent phas
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Luca Fedele, Maurizio Tarzia, Harvey E. Belkin, Benedetto De Vivo, Annamaria Lima, Jacob Lowenstern
Lava flow hazard assessment, as of August 2007, for Kīlauea east rift zone eruptions, Hawai‘i Island
The most recent episode in the ongoing Pu'u 'O'o-Kupaianaha eruption of Kilauea Volcano is currently producing lava flows north of the east rift zone. Although they pose no immediate threat to communities, changes in flow behavior could conceivably cause future flows to advance downrift and impact communities thus far unaffected. This report reviews lava flow hazards in the Puna District and discu
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Jim Kauahikaua
Ultrahigh resolution topographic mapping of Mars with HiRISE stereo images: Methods and first results
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at Mars on 10 March 2006 and began its primary science phase in November. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on MRO is the largest, most complex camera ever flown to another planet. Plans call for this scanner to image roughly 1% of Mars by area at a pixel scale of 0.3 m during the next Mars year. Among the thousands of images w
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Randolph L. Kirk, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Mark R. Rosiek, Debbie Cook, Jeffery A. Anderson, Kris J. Becker, Brent A. Archinal, Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, R. King, Alfred S. McEwen
Cartography for lunar exploration: Current status and planned missions
The initial spacecraft exploration of the Moon in the 1960s–70s yielded extensive data, primarily in the form of film and television images, that were used to produce a large number of hardcopy maps by conventional techniques. A second era of exploration, beginning in the early 1990s, has produced digital data including global multispectral imagery and altimetry, from which a new generation of di
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Randolph L. Kirk, Brent A. Archinal, Lisa R. Gaddis, Mark R. Rosiek
Seismic Hazard Maps for Seattle, Washington, Incorporating 3D Sedimentary Basin Effects, Nonlinear Site Response, and Rupture Directivity
This report presents probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Seattle, Washington, based on over 500 3D simulations of ground motions from scenario earthquakes. These maps include 3D sedimentary basin effects and rupture directivity. Nonlinear site response for soft-soil sites of fill and alluvium was also applied in the maps. The report describes the methodology for incorporating source and site dep
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Arthur D. Frankel, William J. Stephenson, David L. Carver, Robert A. Williams, Jack K. Odum, Susan Rhea