Why Is The Federal Government Spending Millions On Aerial Geological Mapping In Southern Colorado?
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https://www.cpr.org/2025/11/19/geological-survey-earth-mri-colorado-minerals/ <-- shared media article
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https://www.usgs.gov/earth-mapping-resources-initiative-earth-mri <-- shared (USGS) Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) entry page
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https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/emri/#3/40/-96 <-- shared Earth MRI web map(s)
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gggsc <-- shared USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center entry page
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https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/project.php?f=html&pid=1071 <-- shared USGS Colorado Alkaline Igneous Belt Survey report
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/mineral-resources-program/science/what-are-critical-minerals-0 <-- shared final 2025 #DOI / #USGS report on list of critical minerals
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#geophysics #remotesensing #earthobservation #airborne #mapping #spatial #criticalminerals #colorado #geology #structuralgeology #Colorado #USA #EarthMRI #SouthernColorado #geologicdata #geologicmapping #geochemistry #igneous #survey #geophysicalsurvey #economic #economy #mineral #mineralresources
@CPR @USGS @NV5

Earth’s 8th Continent Buried Under The Pacific Finally Mapped By Scientists [Zealandia / Te Riu-a-Māui - “Finally”? ~wink~]
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/earth-8th-continent-finally-mapped/ <-- shared (somewhat) technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007961 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://youtu.be/DDbc4K7bgnA?si=EZFmmPFybPLLyND7 <-- shared animation
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"KEY POINTS
• Basalts and pebbly to cobbly sandstones have been dredged from the Fairway Ridge, Coral Sea
• Dating of the rocks and interpretation of magnetic anomalies allow mapping of major geological units across North Zealandia
• This work completes offshore reconnaissance geological mapping of the entire 5 million square km Zealandia continent…”
#geology #doggerland #Zealandia #TeRiuaMaui #godwana #godwanaland #cretaceous #mapping #geologicmapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #NewZealand #SouthPacific #continent #sampling #sediment #dredging #petrography #geochemistry #isotope #analyses #research #cenozoic #intraplate #platetectonics #tectonics #eocene #remotesensing #geophysics #geomagnetism

Geological Map Of The Canadian Offshore Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone
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https://doi.org/10.4095/prfrc4j5xf <-- shared technical article / map
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[I spent a lot of time living, working and exploring in the PNW – ski bum in Whistler, many dives, offroad motorcycling, engineering geologist, spatial data, cultural + technical + history reading, otherwise exploring, etc – and am fascinated by this area personally and professionally…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #remotesensing #Canada #PNW #WestCoast #EEZ #marine #ocean #geology #geologicmapping #opendata #tectonics #ExclusiveEconomicZone #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest
@NRCAN

NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US - Technology Used To Chart Other Worlds Is Revealing Minerals In The American West That Are Critical To The Country’s Renewable Energy Future.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-flights-map-critical-minerals-from-skies-above-western-us/ <-- shared technical article
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https://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/mmgis-aviris/?mission=GEMx <-- shared GEMx data collection portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #mineralogy #mining #criticalminerals #USWest #renewableenergy #lithium #GEMx #fedscience #cost #economics #USGS #NASA #GeologicalEarthMappingExperiment #lithium #aluminum #rareearthelements #neodymium #cerium #nationalsecurity #cleanenergy #batteries #smartphones #cellphones #naturalresources #steel #steelmill #dependency #localsources #importing #survey #geology #geologicmapping #exploration #spectrometers #hyperspectral #EMIT #mine #extraction #EarthMRI #opendata
@USGS @nasa

Unaweep Canyon - Two Creeks Flow Out Of Either End Of This [Colorado] Canyon In Opposite Directions
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/unaweep-canyon <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01112.1 <-- shared paper
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[seems like a motorcycle road trip is in order - and happy to visit this beautiful part of the world again]
#geology #colorado #paleovalley #UnaweepCanyon #unaweep #precambrian #unique #divide #water #hydrology #underfit #drainage #EastCreek #WestCreek #Dolores #Uncompahgre #UncompahgrePlateau #erosion #Gunninson #canyon #Tabeguache #mapping #geologicmapping #fieldwork #Cenozoic #gravel #sediment #rockcore #coring #lacustrine #geomorphology #geomorphometry #dating #landform #volcanics #tectonics

Intermountain West Seamless Geologic Map Explorer - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
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https://apps.usgs.gov/intermountain_west_seamless_geologic_map_explorer/index.html <-- shared web map / app
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/65cea1c8d34ec3e1801bf74f <-- shared USGS SB details
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225115 <-- shared SIGMa-GeMS
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https://doi.org/10.3133/tm11B10 <-- shared GeMS
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #geologicmapping #USA #USWest #fedscience #usecase #GeMS #SIGMa #opendata #seamless #IntermountainWest #MapExplorer bedrock #surficial #data #NationalCooperativeGeologicMappingProgram #NCGMP #framework #resources #exploration #Strategic #Planning #ProjectDevelopment #ScientificCollaboration #Colorado #NewMexico #interactive #downloadable
@USGS

Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/ <-- shared opinion piece
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https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/ <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment

A Minute-By-Minute Account Of The Pompeii Eruption, Revealed In Agonizing Detail
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https://www.science.org/content/article/minute-minute-account-pompeii-eruption-revealed-agonizing-detail <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-071 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-072 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #timeline #reconstruction #model #modeling #Italy #Naples #Roman #79CE #eruption #volcanic #volcano #geology #engineeringgeology #Campanian #Pompeii #Herculaneum #ancienthistory #eyewitness #history #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturaldisaster #publicsafety #Vesuvius #debris #pyroclastic #gas #nueeardente #deposition #Pliny #PlinyTheYounger #geologicmapping #fieldwork #romanempire #impact #cost #economics #infrastructure #lossoflife #deaths

Large-Scale Submarine Landslides In The Barberton Greenstone Belt, Southern Africa—Evidence For Subduction And Great Earthquakes In The Paleoarchean
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https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/doi/10.1130/G51997.1/635654/Large-scale-submarine-landslides-in-the-Barberton <-- shared paper (PDF only)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #structuralgeology #SouthAfrica #NewZealand #tectonics #subduction #BarbertonGreenstoneBelt #geologicmapping #geology #earthquakes #paleoarchean #stratigraphy #marine #sedimentation #submarinelandslide #hikurangi #megathrust #superposition

Deep Structure of Siletzia in the Puget Lowland - Imaging an Obducted Plateau and Accretionary Thrust Belt With Potential Fields
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007720 <--shared paper
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[I used to live, work as an engineering geologist and scuba dive in Puget Sound & beyond – including on the expressions of the Seattle Fault…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #engineeringgeology #Seattle #pugetsound #washingtonstate #fault #faulting #earthquake #tsunami #structuralgeology #PNW #plateboundary #crustal #tectonics #cascadia #forearc #siletzia #seismic #seismichazard #geologichazard #risk #hazard #glacial #sediments #pugetlowland #model #modeling #remotesensing #magnetic #aeromagnetism #gravity #folding #thrust #geologicmapping #geology #seismology #accretionary #obduction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seattlefault #earthquakehazard #earthquakeengineering