Supporting Materials from the USGS
The USGS supports an active natural hazards program, including the study of floods,
earthquakes, volcanoes, drought, and landslides. Numerous publications are useful to educators.
A sample of these publications are listed below. All are available from the USGS at
1-800-HELP-MAP, except those listed as (NEIC). The NEIC items are available from the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in
Golden, Colorado. Free items listed as (F). For a complete listing of publications and programs,
visit the USGS WWW site. To order, call
1-800-HELP-MAP or
send an e-mail to USGS Information Services
.
Earthquakes and Natural Hazards:
Maps
Bay Area Earthquakes - Infrared satellite image map with 1972-1989 epicenters in yellow.
Earthquakes of California and Nevada - shaded relief with earthquake epicenters (NEIC).
Central United States Earthquakes - satellite image map that shows epicenters in the New
Madrid area, Missouri.
This Dynamic Planet. World map showing volcanoes and earthquake epicenters.
Booklets
Earthquakes (F)
Volcanic and Seismic Hazards on the Islands of Hawaii (F)
Volcanoes (F)
Volcanoes of the United States (F)
Books
Eruptions of Mt St Helens - photographs, maps, and text illustrating the hazards present at
Mt St Helens, approximately 30 pages..
This Dynamic Earth - on plate tectonics, approximately 60 pages.
Geographic Information Systems
Booklets
Aerial Photographs and Satellite Imagery - overview of the types of remotely-sensed data
that can be used in a GIS.
Geographic Information Systems - folds out into a poster illustrating definition, data types,
and applications of GIS technology.
Map Projections - folds out into a poster illustrating the common map projections for paper
maps and for GIS databases.
Digital Data
The USGS produces a large amount of digital data for GIS. These include
computerized aerial photographs called digital orthophotoquadrangles,
scanned versions of the topographic maps called digital raster graphics,
vector files of roads, boundaries, contour lines, hydrography, and other features called
digital line graphs, and
digital elevation models.
Visit the USGS National Mapping Program WWW
site for more information about these products.
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