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  1. A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
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    For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
    I can’t help but wonder its history:
    • What prompted its creation?
    • Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
    • When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
    • Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
    • How was it funded?
    (never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
    #geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
    @USGS

  2. A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
    --
    For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
    I can’t help but wonder its history:
    • What prompted its creation?
    • Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
    • When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
    • Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
    • How was it funded?
    (never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)

    @USGS

  3. A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
    --
    For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
    I can’t help but wonder its history:
    • What prompted its creation?
    • Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
    • When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
    • Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
    • How was it funded?
    (never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
    #geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
    @USGS

  4. A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
    --
    For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
    I can’t help but wonder its history:
    • What prompted its creation?
    • Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
    • When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
    • Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
    • How was it funded?
    (never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
    #geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
    @USGS

  5. A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
    --
    For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
    I can’t help but wonder its history:
    • What prompted its creation?
    • Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
    • When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
    • Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
    • How was it funded?
    (never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
    #geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
    @USGS

  6. Permafrost Formation In A Meandering River Floodplain
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    doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001175 <-- shared paper
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    “... KEY POINTS:
    • River meandering resets permafrost development and vegetation succession by eroding old floodplain areas and depositing new land
    • On the Koyukuk River, permafrost rapidly forms in new deposits, but it takes over 4 Kyr to develop to its full areal extent of 85%
    • The rate of permafrost formation is likely linked to vegetation succession on younger and overbank deposition on older floodplain areas…”
    #water #hydrology #permafrost #development #research #Alaska #river #stream #watercourse #channel #meandering #vegetation #spatialanalysis #erosion #floodplain #overbank #deposition #sedimentation #KoyukukRiver #riverdynamics #climate #climatechange #Arctic #environment #landform #geomorphology #dating #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #network #GIS #spatial #mapping

  7. Permafrost Formation In A Meandering River Floodplain
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    doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001175 <-- shared paper
    --
    “... KEY POINTS:
    • River meandering resets permafrost development and vegetation succession by eroding old floodplain areas and depositing new land
    • On the Koyukuk River, permafrost rapidly forms in new deposits, but it takes over 4 Kyr to develop to its full areal extent of 85%
    • The rate of permafrost formation is likely linked to vegetation succession on younger and overbank deposition on older floodplain areas…”

  8. Need A Tech Colouring Book?
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    a.co/d/5UuAIPU <-- link to Amazon source
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    [note that I am in NO way associated with the publisher or 'author'...]
    "This coloring book was assembled using high resolution topography data from the United States Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program to create detailed contour maps for each US State and the District of Columbia.
    Each State's contour interval (the vertical distance between elevation lines on a map) was selected to preserve the topographic details the State’s inhabitants know and love. Specifically major mountain ranges and river valleys."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #3dep #USGS #elevation #oldschool #coloringbook #colouringbook #contour #contor #relaxation #landform #geology

  9. Need A Tech Colouring Book?
    --
    a.co/d/5UuAIPU <-- link to Amazon source
    --
    [note that I am in NO way associated with the publisher or 'author'...]
    "This coloring book was assembled using high resolution topography data from the United States Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program to create detailed contour maps for each US State and the District of Columbia.
    Each State's contour interval (the vertical distance between elevation lines on a map) was selected to preserve the topographic details the State’s inhabitants know and love. Specifically major mountain ranges and river valleys."

  10. Fluvial System Block Diagrams
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    I was looking to understand a fluvial system the other day, up in the high Arctic, as I looked at 3DEP remote sensed elevation data… I have always been fascinated by the how geology, water, weather shapes a landscape, including erosion (aka geomorphology if you will) – and realized how very much value fluvial block diagrams have as we try to conceptualise what has, is and will happen(ed.)
    #spatial #spatiotemporal #morphology #meander #levee #understanding #oxbow #pointbar #river #water #hydrology #landform #geomorphology #geomorphometry #geology #fluvial #riverine #weather #climate #erosion #sediment #sedimentation #Arctic #3dep #opendata #DEM #BeringSea #northslope #opendata #fedservice

  11. Fluvial System Block Diagrams
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    I was looking to understand a fluvial system the other day, up in the high Arctic, as I looked at 3DEP remote sensed elevation data… I have always been fascinated by the how geology, water, weather shapes a landscape, including erosion (aka geomorphology if you will) – and realized how very much value fluvial block diagrams have as we try to conceptualise what has, is and will happen(ed.)