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U.S. Geological Survey National Center in Reston, Virginia Earthquake animations from May 16 to May 22, 2010 Earthquakes around the world from April 23 to May 23, 2010. Since 2012, the USGS science focus has been directed at topical "Mission Areas" [8] that have continued to evolve. Further organizational structure includes headquarters ...
U.S. Geological Survey National Center visitor entrance in 2011. The approximately 1,000,000 sq. ft., 1,200 foot long U.S. Geological Survey National Center building sits on a 105-acre site. The building was built in part to embody the Survey's mission. Notably, the main tower’s eight-pointed star shape symbolizes the cardinal points of a ...
The Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system is a system of geologic faults in Houston, Texas. It runs beneath the metropolitan area from the southwest to the northeast. The various faults are characterized as normal faults, meaning that the downthrown side is in the direction of the dip of the fault plane.
The logo of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; as well as the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.
The Core Research Center is a facility run by the United States Geological Survey, located in "F" bay in building 810 on the Denver Federal Center campus. It is maintained by the USGS to preserve valuable rock cores, well cuttings and various other geologic samples for use by scientists and educators from government, industry and academia.
China Geological Survey (GSC) – Chinese geological survey (1962-) Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) – geological research institute; Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University – Saudi Arabia
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members).
From 1983-1989, Neal worked for the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. In 1990, she joined the newly established Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, Alaska, where she monitored eruptions in the Aleutian Arc and investigated the eruptive history and volcanic hazards along the Alaska Peninsula and eastern Aleutians. [6]