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EGS at PDAC 2020: Strengthening EU and global cooperation and fostering EU’s effort on a secure raw materials supply

PDAC, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention returned to Toronto on 1-4 March 2020. EGS was present at the EU booth, which hosted several actors from the H2020 project framework, EU member states, SMEs and EU Geological Surveys. At the EU networking breakfast, the EGS Secretary General Dr. Slavko Solar presented “EuroGeoSurveys and Minerals”. ...

Mar. 19, 2020

By Euro Geo Surveys (EGS)

PME Newsletter, Fall 2010

Please visit our newsletter found here, http://www.pme.com/HTML%20Docs/FA10Newsletter.html. The Newsletter contains information about the following. 1. PME provided a LakeESP sensor monitoring buoy to the U.S. Geological Survey for the Great Salt Lake earlier this year. 2. A forum was developed to provide users with answers to some commonly asked questions. Please join! 3. Using SCAMP to link ...

Oct. 21, 2010

By Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME)

US Mines Produced an Estimated $74.6 Billion in Minerals during 2016

The information comes from the 40th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report, the earliest comprehensive source of 2016 mineral production data for the world. It includes statistics on more than 88 mineral commodities that are important to the U.S. economy and national security. The report identifies events, trends and issues in the domestic and international minerals industries. “The ...

Jan. 31, 2017

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Ice shelves disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula

Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change. This could result in glacier retreat and sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communities and low-lying islands worldwide. Research by the U.S. Geological Survey is the first to document that every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating ...

Feb. 22, 2010

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

TechLine: Newly Released Study Highlights Significant Utica Shale Potential

A pioneering study led by West Virginia University, and financially supported by the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and 14 industry members of the Utica Shale Appalachian Basin Exploration Consortium, indicates that the newly explored Utica Shale, which underlies the better-known Marcellus Shale, could hold far more natural gas and oil than previously ...

Oct. 9, 2015

By US Department of Energy

PANalytical celebrates 2000th X`Pert PRO XRD system

On 30 November 2006, PANalytical celebrated a milestone by completing the assembly of system number 2000, which is destined for US Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, USA. Mr. Jamey D. McCord of US Geological Survey states: 'We look forward to taking advantage of the advanced features the high performance PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD diffraction system brings to our Energy Team Geochemical ...

May 4, 2007

By Malvern Panalytical - a Spectris Company

Caribou Appear to Keep up with Warming Arctic

According to a recent study, Alaska caribou do not appear to be facing what is known as a mismatch, created when caribou migrate and give birth to calves at similar timeframes each year, while a warming climate has changed the peak availability of their food to earlier and earlier times of the year. “We observed long-term changes in temperatures, timing, and the length of ...

Mar. 7, 2017

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Arctic has 90bn barrels of oil, 1.6tn cubic feet of natural gas, study finds

The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, and 44 billion barrels of technically recoverable natural gas liquids in 25 geologically defined areas thought to have potential for petroleum. The U.S. Geological Survey assessment released today is the first ...

Jul. 25, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Wastewater Disposal Likely Induced February 2016 Magnitude 5.1 Oklahoma Earthquake

Distant wastewater disposal wells likely induced the third largest earthquake in recent Oklahoma record, the Feb. 13, 2016, magnitude 5.1 event roughly 32 kilometers northwest of Fairview, Oklahoma. These findings from the U.S. Geological Survey are available in the online edition of Geophysical Research Letters. At the time, the Fairview earthquake was the largest event in the central and ...

Oct. 24, 2016

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Expedition to map the Arctic seafloor

American and Canadian scientists are setting sail this summer to map the Arctic seafloor and gather data to help define the outer limits of the continental shelf. Each country may exercise sovereign rights over their extended continental shelf’s natural resources of the seabed and subsoil. These rights and authorities include control over minerals, petroleum and sedentary organisms such as ...

Aug. 7, 2009

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS to help Chile develop volcano early warning system

The US Geological Survey is partnering with the Chilean government to develop a volcano early warning and emergency response system for the country after the historic eruption of Chaitén Volcano on May 2. Following the eruption, the USGS helped Chile to install monitoring networks at Chaitén to transmit data in real time and help warn the public of further eruptions. On June 13, the USGS signed ...

Jun. 26, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

New USGS study documents rapid disappearance of Antarctica`s ice shelves

Possible Forecast for Continued Antarctica Glacier Loss and Sea-Level Rise Due to Climate Change. Antarctica's glaciers are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey. The USGS study documents for the first time that one ice shelf has completely disappeared ...

Apr. 6, 2009

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

US and Indonesia to establish regional volcano observatory in North Sulawesi

The United States and Indonesia will collaborate to improve monitoring and early warning capacity of volcanic activity, in an area that is home to many people who are at risk from probable eruptions. United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Cameron R. Hume and the Head of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' Geological Agency, Bambang Dwiyanto, signed an agreement that will bring together ...

Mar. 17, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

PANalytical celebrates 2000th X’Pert PRO XRD system

Almelo, The Netherlands, 23 March 2007. PANalytical has celebrated a milestone by completing the assembly of system number 2000, which is destined for US Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, USA. Mr. Jamey D. McCord of US Geological Survey states: 'We look forward to taking advantage of the advanced features the high performance PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD diffraction system brings to our ...

Aug. 8, 2007

By Malvern Panalytical - a Spectris Company

Hurricane Ike’s effects linger in the Great Lakes

Although Hurricane Ike is long gone, its impact lingers more than a thousand miles from where it made landfall. Runoff from tributaries dumped massive amounts of sediment into Lake Michigan, contaminating the water, compromising near-shore navigation and raising E coli bacteria to levels unsafe for swimming. According to Richard Whitman, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) expert on beach health, ...

Sep. 30, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS Study on Condor Movement in Southern California Supports Tejon Ranch Conservation Plan

TEJON RANCH, Calif. - Tejon Ranch Co. (NYSE: TRC) announced today that a review of a recently released study on individual condor movement in Southern California, conducted on behalf of the US Fish and Wildlife Service by the US Geological Survey, shows that condors continue to use Tejon Ranch as foraging habitat, reaffirming the decision by Tejon Ranch Co. to enter into a comprehensive, ...

Nov. 26, 2010

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Scientists Deploy Seismographs in Napa Valley

As the second anniversary of the August 24, 2014 South Napa earthquake approaches, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and volunteers, along with faculty and students from California State University, East Bay are planning an experiment to visualize the subsurface in and around the City of Napa and measure how the ground responds to earthquake shaking in different neighborhoods. Hundreds of small ...

Aug. 11, 2016

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Value of U.S. Mineral Production Decreased in 2013

Last year, the estimated value of mineral production in the U.S. was $74.3 billion, a slight decrease from $75.8 billion in 2012. According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s annual Mineral Commodity Summaries 2014 report, the 2013 decrease follows three consecutive years of increases. Net U.S. exports of mineral raw materials and old scrap contributed an additional $15.8 billion to the U.S. ...

Mar. 14, 2014

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Pico envirotec newsletter - jan 2010

Inside this issue: Airborne Gravimeter system delivered to AMSE Wing of the Geological Survey of India PEI introduces the PDOSE-2 Gamma- ray Dose Meter. Airborne Multi-sensor system deliv-ered to the Nuclear Materials Authority of Egypt PEI introduces the P-THEM time do-main electromag-netic systems PEI introduces the IMPAC Integrated Multi-Sensor Airborne Console ...

Feb. 25, 2010

By Pico Envirotec Inc.

CSIRO and China Geological Survey sign agreement

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

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