geological survey News

The US President’s proposed USD 1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012 emphasizes cost-containment and program savings while investing in research and development programs to restore and protect the nation’s lands and waters for future generations. To address the President’s priority on fiscal responsibility, the USGS 2012 budget makes vital investments in ...

Feb. 16, 2011

The signing follows a number of successful projects between CSIRO and CGS in the field of hyperspectral imaging. This new collaborative relationship will assist Australian geological technologies entering or planning to enter the Chinese market. It will also help further secure China as Australia’s leading resource partner. CGS is a non-profit government owned organisation research institution ...

Sep. 22, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

To estimate nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone on a global scale between 1900 and 2000, the British Geological Survey (BGS) linked mathematical models of nitrate leaching from the base of the soil zone with estimates of groundwater recharge, unsaturated-zone porosity, and the depth to groundwater. Its modeling showed substantial continuous increase in nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone ...

Nov. 21, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced the award of three multi-year acquisition contracts for high and moderate-resolution satellite imagery to GeoEye of Dulles, VA, DigitalGlobe of Longmont, CO and SPOT Image Corporation of Chantilly, VA. The contracts will to provide the USGS and other Federal agencies access to commercial satellite data from the US and international marketplace ...

May 6, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

As expected rains drive flood waters higher along the Mississippi River Valley, USGS crews are in the field collecting data needed to update the flood maps, prepare forecasts, manage the flood and warn communities. This new system is part of the USGS WaterWatch suite of web-based streamflow products and can be accessed at the Map of flood and high flow conditions Web site. 'The water monitoring ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The following statement was issued today by Linda Reinstein, Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, regarding the 2012 United States Geological Survey report about the dramatic increase in asbestos importation to the United States: "As a Mesothelioma widow and asbestos awareness advocate, I was appalled and shocked to ...

Jan. 25, 2012

By Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

Where in Arizona are groundwater levels falling? Where are they stable or rising? How much has the water table changed since large-scale pumping has occurred? A new online system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is designed to answer these and other questions for the most developed ground-water areas in the State. The system uses water-level measurements from wells, collected over ...

Jan. 31, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

A new landmark study published today documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood. Because much of the mercury that enters the North Pacific comes from the atmosphere, scientists have predicted an ...

May 4, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The following statement was issued today by Linda Reinstein, Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), ...

Aug. 7, 2012

By Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

EPA Region 7 has received an independent report issued today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) about groundwater conditions at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo., and will carefully review the report’s findings as the Agency moves toward selection of a final remedy for the site. The USGS study, which was requested by EPA in April 2013, summarizes an analysis and ...

Dec. 17, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Geologists, archeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, engineers, and natural resource managers routinely use National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) data across field sciences. Researchers at Iowa State University decided to test the reliability of this data as applied in geology, and sought to create the best possible Quaternary geology map of the Des Moines Lobe solely using NCSS data. Their ...

Jan. 15, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

A Department of Energy sponsored project in Hopkins County, Kentucky has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into a mature oil field to assess the region's CO2 storage capacity and feasibility for enhanced oil recovery. The project is part of DOE's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) program and is being conducted by The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC). The ...

Jun. 26, 2009

By US Department of Energy

A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) to evaluate the carbon storage potential and test the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) potential of the Mississippian-aged Clore Formation in Posey County, Ind. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is seen as a key technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to mitigate ...

Nov. 13, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bnxxx8/the_geologic_time) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "The Geologic Time Scale 2012 2-Volume Set" to their offering. The Geologic Time Scale 2012 is the framework for deciphering the ...

Aug. 10, 2012

Government today welcomed delivery of an initial geological report for West Cumbria. The study looked at the Copeland and Allerdale areas, where a local Partnership is talking to Government about the siting process for a deep geological disposal facility for nuclear waste. The screening does not show where a facility would eventually be located, but is simply intended to avoid unnecessary work in ...

Oct. 28, 2010

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By US Department of Energy

The AGI SuperStingR8 with marine streamer and graphite electrodes(US Patent 6,674,286) were deployed along the entire 77-km long Panama Canal at 25m transect spacing to total 773 line-km of data.  This is the largest towed marine resistivity survey of this type to date.  AGI SuperStingR8 Marine resistivity data were successfully used to estimate geotechnical properties of the canal ...

Jun. 12, 2014

By Advanced Geosciences, Inc.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

ZZ carried out a surface resistivity survey in Wilgena, South Australia. The scope of the survey is to map the target areas for drilling process. 15 surface resistivity transacts were surveyed at two sites. Each surface survey transacts are 15m apart. Two 3D resistivity mapping were provided to client for them to make final decision. The existing geological data concurred with the resistivity ...

Jul. 18, 2014

By ZZ Resistivity Imaging Pty. Ltd.

Noise from underwater geological surveys may be affecting the feeding and social interactions of harbour porpoises, new research has found. The study, conducted off the north-east coast of Scotland, found that the buzz clicks used by porpoises to hunt and socialise were reduced by 15% during the surveys. Underwater geological surveys are often conducted using seismic airguns. These repeatedly ...

Jul. 24, 2014

By European Commission, Environment DG