Great Dismal Swamp field measurements for aboveground and belowground biomass

Plot-level field data were collected in the summer of 2014 to estimate aboveground and belowground biomass in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and Dismal Swamp State Park in North Carolina and Virginia. Data were collected at 85 plots. The location of the center of each plot was recorded with a Trimble ProXH global positioning system (GPS) and differentially corrected. Data files included 1: GDS_plots.csv, 2. GDS_FWD.csv, 3. GDS_LWD.csv, 4. GDS_Shrubs.csv, 5. GDS_Trees.csv, and 6. GDS_plot_summaries.csv. The data contained in GDS_plot_summaries.csv were calculated from the GDS_plots.csv, GDS_FWD.csv, GDS_LWD.csv, GDS_Shrubs.csv, GDS_Trees.csv files using the R statistical software environment (R Core...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Biomass, Botany, Cover, Duff, Ecology, All tags... Forestry, Great Dismal Swamp, Height, Herbaceous, Litter, North Carolina, Peat, Shrub, Soil Sciences, Tree, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Vegetation, Virginia, Fewer tags

Database for the Surficial Geologic Map of the Charleston Region, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina

This database portrays the surface and shallow subsurface geology of the greater Charleston, S.C. region east of 80°30′ west and south of 33°15′ north. The region covers the entirety of Charleston County and portions of Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, and Georgetown Counties. Units locally exposed at the surface range in age from middle Eocene to Holocene, but most of the area is covered by Quaternary interglacial deposits. These are, from oldest to youngest, the Okefenokee, Waccamaw(?), Penholoway, Ladson, Ten Mile Hill, and Wando Formations and the Silver Bluff beds. Two cross sections (not included in the database), one running southeast from Harleyville to the coastline on James Island and the other running...

Tags: Adam Run fault, Ashepoo River, Ashley Formation, Ashley River, Ashley River fault, All tags... Atlantic Ocean, Awendaw, Back River, Berkeley County, Bethera, Bull Harbor, Captain Sams Inlet, Cenozoic, Chandler Bridge Formation, Charleston, Charleston County, Charleston Harbor, Charleston fault, Clark Sound, College Park, Colleton County, Cooper River, Coosaw River, Copahee Sound, Cordesville, Cottageville, Daniel Island beds (informal), Dawho River, Dorchester, Dorchester County, East Branch Cooper River, Economic Geology, Edisto Beach, Edisto Formation, Edisto Island, Edisto River, Eocene, Esterville Minim Creek Canal, Folly Beach, Folly River, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner, Four Hole Swamp, Francis Marion National Forest, Geomorphology, Givhans, Goose Creek Limestone, Goose Creek Reservoir, Hamlin Sound, Harleyville, Harleyville Formation, Hollywood, Holocene, Huger, Huttos Lake, Intracoastal Waterway, Island of Palms, Jacksonboro, Jedburg, Johns Island, Kiawah River, Ladson, Ladson Formation, Lake Francis, Lake Merkel, Lake Moultrie, Lincolnville, Marine Geology, Marks Head Formation, Meggett, Miocene, Moncks Corner, Neogene, North Charleston, North Edisto River, North Santee, North Santee River, Okefenokee Formation, Oligocene, Open-File Report, Paleogene, Parachucla Formation, Parkers Ferry Formation, Penholoway Formation, Phanerozoic, Pinopolis, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Quaternary, Ravenel, Raysor Formation, Ridgeville, Saint Helena Sound, Santee Limestone, Seabrook Island, Sedimentology, Shulerville, Silver Bluff beds, South Edisto River, South Santee River, Stono Inlet, Stono River, Stratigraphy, Summerville, Summerville fault, Tail Race Canal, Ten Mile Hill Formation, Tertiary, Tibwin, Toogoodoo Creek, Tupelo Bay Formation Cross Member, Tupelo Bay Formation Pregnall Member, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waccamaw(?) Formation, Wadmalaw, Wadmalaw River, Wando, Wando Formation, West Branch Cooper River, Whiteville, Woodstock fault, alluvial terrace, alluvium, beach sand, bedrock geologic units, biostratigraphy, carbonate rock, cartography, clay deposits, clay or mud, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, colluvium, earth sciences, earthquakes, economic geology, environment, fault zones, faults, flood plain, geography, geologic contacts, geologic history, geologic maps, geologic processes, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, gravel, gravel deposits, human impacts, lake or marine sediment, limestone, lithostratigraphy, maps and atlases, marine geology, mud flat, natural rock formations, nonmetallic mineral resources, peat, rocks and deposits, sand, sand deposits, sedimentary rocks, sedimentation, sedimentology, silt, stratigraphy, structural geology, structure contours, study areas, surficial geologic units, terrace, time periods, unconformities, unconsolidated deposits, unconsolidated material, Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries of Select Countries in the Indo-Pacific

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for 19 countries of interest in the Indo-Pacific region (area of study): Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Fiji, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, All tags... Economic Geology, Energy Resources, Fiji, Geography, Indo-Pacific, Information Sciences, LNG, Malaysia, Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA), Mineral Resources, Mongolia, NGL, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vietnam, alumina, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, bauxite, bismuth, cadmium, calcium carbonate, cement, chromium, clay, coal, coal area, coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, coalfield, cobalt, coke, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, development, exploration, feldspar, ferroalloys, fluorspar, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gemstone, gold, graphite, gypsum, hydrocarbon resources, hydrogen, indium, iron and steel, iron ore, iron sand, lead, lime, liquefied natural gas, liquid natural gas, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral development, mineral exploration, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, oil, oil and gas, oil production, palladium, peat, perlite, permissive, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate rock, platinum, platinum group elements, porphyry copper, potassium, pyrophyllite, rare earths, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, resources, rhenium, rhodium, salt, sand and gravel, scandium, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, shale gas, shale oil, silica, silica sand, silicon, silver, smelting, stone, sulfur, talc, tantalum, tellurium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tracts, tungsten, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, zeolites, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Sample mounting for organic petrology: no thermal effects from transient exposure to elevated temperatures (2019)

For sample mounting, organic petrology laboratories typically use cold-setting epoxy-resin (e.g., 40°C, used by Oklahoma Geological Survey, OGS) or heat-setting plastic (e.g., 180°C, used by U.S. Geological Survey, USGS). Previous workers have suggested a systematic vitrinite reflectance (VRo) increase was associated with the thermoplastic preparation process, relative to epoxy mounting, which was attributed to moisture loss from the transient high temperatures of plastic mounting. In this study, we evaluated thermal effects to low maturity organic matter from transient exposure to elevated temperatures. A subbituminous coal sample was subjected to long-term (4 to 38 weeks) exposure to temperatures of 85 to 120°C...

Categories: Data; Tags: Energy Resources, Epoxy-resin, Georgia, Lignite, Lousiana, All tags... Mississippi, North Dakota, Okefenokee Swamp, Organic petrology, Peat, Sample Preparation, Shale, Subbituminous coal, Texas, Thermal Maturity, Thermoplastic, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United Kingdom, Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for the People's Republic of China. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains by updating and publishing the georeferenced locations of mineral commodity production and processing facilities, mineral...

Tags: Asia, China, Economic Geology, Energy Resources, Fujian Province, All tags... GIS, Geography, Guangdong Province, Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Hebei Province, Hunan Province, Information Sciences, Jiangsu Province, LNG, Mineral Resources, NGL, PGE, REE, Shandong Province, South China Sea, Tianjin Municipality, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zhejiang Province, aluminum, amethyst, antimony, antimony occurrence, antimony resources, aquamarine, aragonite, arsenic, asbestos, barite, barium, bauxite, beforsite, bentonite, beryl beryllium, bismuth, boron, brine, brown coal, bulk cargo, bulk shipping, cadmium, calcium, celestite, cement, cesium, chromium,, clay, coal, coal (brown), coal (hard), coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, coalfield, cobalt, columbium, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, dam, deposit, diamond, electrical transmission lines, electricity, electricity generation, emerald, energy, energy generation, epidote, evaporite-related potash, exploration, extra high voltage, ferroalloys, floating storage, fluorite, fluorspar, fluxstone, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gas terminal, gemstone, gemstones, geography, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, halite, halite (brine), hard coal, hydrocarbon resources, iron, iron (carbonatite), iron and steel, iron ore, kyanite, lapiz lazuli, lead, limestone, liquefied natural gas (LNG), lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, marble, maritime port, mercury, methanol, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral deposit, mineral exploration, mineral exports, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, morganite, muscovite, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), nickel, niobium, niobium (columbium), non-renewable energy, ochre, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas terminal, oil production, oil terminal, onshore, peat, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate occurrence, phosphate resources, phosphorite, phosphorus, platinum-group elements, porphyry copper, port, port terminal, potash, potash occurrence, potash resources, potassium, power, power generation, power lines, power plant, power station, power transmission, quartz, rare earth elements, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, regasification, regasification unit (FSRU), renewable energy, resources, rhenium, rose quartz, rubidium, ruby, salt, sand, sand (glass), sand and gravel, sandstone, sapphire, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, serpentine, shale gas, shale oil, shipping port, silica, silver, smelting, sodium, sphalerite, spinel, strontium, sulfur, sövite, talc, tantalum, technetium, tellurium, terminal, thorium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tourmaline, transmission lines, tungsten, ultra high voltage, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, vermiculite, water storage, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Model parameters and output of net ecosystem carbon balance for the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina, USA

In this study, we determined the carbon balance in the Great Dismal Swamp, a large forested peatland in the southeastern USA, which has been drained for over two hundred years and now is being restored through hydrologic management. We modeled future net ecosystem carbon balance over 100 years (2012 to 2112) using in situ field observations paired with simulations of water-table depth. The three scenarios used in the model were baseline conditions, flooded/wet conditions, and drained/dry conditions, which represent a range of potential management actions and climate conditions at the Great Dismal Swamp. This U.S. Geological Survey Data Release provides the modeled output estimating the net ecosystem carbon balance,...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Geography, Great Dismal Swamp, Hydrology, Land Use Change, All tags... Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, carbon cycling, ecosystem management, environment, hydrology, peat, scenarios, Fewer tags

Near Prospect Point, Manhasset Neck. Nassau County, New York. ca. 1903.

Undermined peat on coast near Prospect Point, Manhasset Neck. Nassau County, New York. ca. 1903. Plate 26-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 82. 1914.

Categories: Image; Tags: Fuller, M.L. Collection, Nassau County, New York, Peat, Photographers, Prospect Point, All tags... photo print, Fewer tags

Southwest Everglades coastal soil pore water data Everglades National Park 1997-2012

Soil porewater (30cm and 60cm depth) was sampled for specific conductance, salinity and temperature in the southwest coastal Everglades, Everglades National Park from 1997-2012 at four sampling locations. Principal sampling location (HR) was located adjacent the Harney River and had five sampling sites (~ 60m apart) along a 300m N-S transect in a coastal mangrove fringe forest sampled from 1997-2011. Porewater was sampled from 2002-2012 at three secondary locations: Tarpon Bay (TB), Shark River (SR) and Shark Slough (SS). At each of these sampling locations, there were at least three 30cm and three 60cm porewater sampling pipes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Estuary, Everglades, Hydrology, Mangrove, All tags... National Park, Peat, Porewater, Salinity, Soil, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Wetland, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Lignin phenol data for solid phase peat cores collected from the Alligator River and Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuges

This dataset includes lignin phenol monomer concentrations normalized to 100 mg of organic carbon. These analyses were conducted on select intervals from peat cores collected at the Alligator River (AR) and Great Dismal Swamp (GDS) National Wildlife Refuges in North Carolina and Virginia/North Carolina, USA, respectively. The eight lignin phenol monomers provide unique proxy information on the source, character, and state of decomposition of soil organic matter. Peat cores from the GDS were collected from three main forest communities; pocosin (POC; dominated by pond pine in the canopy and shrubs), Atlantic white cedar (AWC: called CDR to differentiate from the AR cores), and red maple-black gum (MPL). The GDS has...

Categories: Data; Tags: North Carolina, Peat, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, environment

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022 - PEAT Data Release

This data release contains the U.S. salient statistics and world production data extracted from the PEAT data sheet of the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022.

Categories: Data; Tags: United States, nonmetallic mineral resources, peat

Great Dismal Swamp field measurements for aboveground and belowground biomass

Plot-level field data were collected in the summer of 2014 to estimate aboveground and belowground biomass in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and Dismal Swamp State Park in North Carolina and Virginia. Data were collected at 85 plots. The location of the center of each plot was recorded with a Trimble ProXH global positioning system (GPS) and differentially corrected. Data files included 1: GDS_plots.csv, 2. GDS_FWD.csv, 3. GDS_LWD.csv, 4. GDS_Shrubs.csv, 5. GDS_Trees.csv, and 6. GDS_plot_summaries.csv. The data contained in GDS_plot_summaries.csv were calculated from the GDS_plots.csv, GDS_FWD.csv, GDS_LWD.csv, GDS_Shrubs.csv, GDS_Trees.csv files using the R statistical software environment (R Core...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Biomass, Botany, Cover, Duff, Ecology, All tags... Forestry, Great Dismal Swamp, Height, Herbaceous, Litter, North Carolina, Peat, Shrub, Soil Sciences, Tree, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Vegetation, Virginia, Fewer tags

Radioisotopes, percent organic carbon, percent inorganic sediment, and bulk density for peat and sediment cores collected in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California

This data release contains data from cores collected in marshes and in sediments under invasive Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa Planchon) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California during the spring of 2018. Data are provided in two text files in comma separated columns. The first Core_Sites_Details.txt contains core site location, collection dates, and naming information. The second file, Core_Section_Analyses.txt contains % organic carbon, % inorganic sediment, bulk density data for each 2-cm section of six peat cores collected in marshes and six sediment cores collected under patches of Brazilian waterweed. Additionally, the second file contains the radioisotope values (137Cs and 210Pb) for each of the...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Lindsey Slough, Middle River, Mokelumne River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, All tags... Sedimentology, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, bulk density, environment, invasive aquatic vegetation, organic carbon, peat, radioisotope, sediment, Fewer tags