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Bathtub rings on rock in Lake Powell where the water has dropped and left minerals behind

Lake Powell "bathtub rings" on rock where lowered water levels have left mineral deposits behind

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Mineral resources of the Behind the Rocks Wilderness Study Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah

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Update Biscuit Basin

Biscuit Basin Update; 65th Anniversary — M7.3 Hebgen Lake Quake (Yellowstone Monthly Update - Aug 2024)

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Re-Watering the Ground

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Analytical results and sample locality maps of stream-sediment and heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from Behind the Rocks (UT-060-140A), Indian Creek (UT-060-164), Butler Wash (UT-060-169), and Bridger Jack Mesa (UT-060-167) Wilderness Study Areas, Grand

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Human-Built Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams — Lessons from the "20-Year Crew"

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Juniper Tank, Pasture Rehab Clark Richins

Juniper Tank, Pasture Rehab

Science Animations
Cartoon portrays how installing natural infrastructure can impact the water and carbon budgets of dryland streams and watersheds.

Aridland Water Harvesting Study Animation

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The relationship of geophysical measurements to engineering and construction parameters in the Straight Creek Tunnel pilot bore, Colorado

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Lessons learned using stream morphology and simple erosion control structures from the past decade that improve longevity and project performance

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Yellowstone Volcano Update for August 2021

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Yellowstone sinter research article graphic representing sample col...

Yellowstone sinter research article graphic representing sample col...

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The possibility of seiemic measurement of the rotation of the Earth's core

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Mine Drainage

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View of the Madison Slide on August 21, 1959 with rapidly filling Earthquake Lake

View of the Madison Slide on August 21, 1959 with rapidly filling Earthquake Lake

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Prehistoric rock avalanches in the Olympic Mountains, Washington

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Vista of Buda, Eagle Ford, and Austin Formations, Terrell County, Texas (March 10, 2015)

Vista of Buda, Eagle Ford, and Austin Formations, Terrell County

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Barry Arm of Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Kinematic evolution of a large paraglacial landslide in the Barry Arm fjord of Alaska

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Press Conference — M 4.8 near Whitehouse Station, NJ

Featured Films and Shorts
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Virtual Field Excursion to Glenwood Canyon, Colorado: and the post-fire debris flows from the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire

Featured Films and Shorts
A distant view of Mount Rainier volcano over Puyallup Valley, near Orting, Washington.

Mount Rainier Lahars: Hazards for the Puyallup and Nisqually River Drainages

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Southwest view of Soda-Avawatz Fault

Soda-Avawatz Fault, eastern Avawatz Mountains

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Aerial of ocean entries

Kīlauea Volcano — Fissure 8 and Ocean Entries

Podcasts
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Eyes on Earth Episode 112 - Landsat in Popular Media

Featured Films and Shorts
aerial view of Old Faithful erupting with new thermal features at yellowstone overlayed

Yellowstone Volcano Update — July 2023 — NEW THERMAL FEATURES at Yellowstone!

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bare soil on hillslope

Landslides in Wyoming: Work, challenges, and case studies

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Photo of complex equipment on mud tank, including pipes, shaker screens, and other mud-spattered equipment.

Mud tank and shakers during groundwater well drilling

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PubTalk 10/2016 — Rockfalls in California's Sierra Nevada

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Earthquake Activity in Turkey and Syria [Press Briefing]

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PubTalk 04/2015—"Fearfully Grand" Eruptions: Lassen Peak, CA, 1914-17

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