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Flynn Creek crater is a 3.8 km diameter, 360-million-year-old impact structure located in north central Tennessee, and is an invaluable terrestrial analog for the study of impact cratering dynamics. The Flynn Creek Crater Sample Collection consists of over two thousand boxes of drill core from 18 drill holes in the crater’s central uplift, floor, and rim. Impact-induced hydrothermal systems are of considerable scientific interest because they may have played a significant role in the origin and evolution of life on early Earth and produced temporary near-surface habitable environments on Mars. Between 1967 and 1979, USGS scientist Dr. David Roddy conducted a drilling program at Flynn Creek crater. The drilling...
Photogrammetry techniques to quantify fine-scale topography of cinder ripples were applied to a small region of interest in Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona.
A BlazeVideo camera has been set up next to a meteorological station at a small cinder field in Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona. Images are taken every hour. Data presented here span from March 09, 2021 to August 10, 2022.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Sunset Crater National Monument,
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
deserts,
environment,
The purpose of the data collection was to monitor the microclimate in the “Bonito Flow” Ice Cave located in Sunset Crater National Monument. This cave is considered a sacred spot for some southwestern tribes as it was a historical source for ice. The main purpose of the climate monitoring was to determine if the cave is still an active ice cave, i.e., a cave that contains perennial ice. The data acquired consists of temperatures, humidity, and pressures throughout the cave structure and also includes temperatures and humidity measured outside of the cave, near the entrance. Sensors were distributed throughout the cave but focus on a large ice puddle that forms on the cave floor during the winter months. Cave floors...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Climatology,
Ice cave microclimate,
Planetary Sciences,
Remote Sensing,
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument,
Metadata on this main landing page applies to all DTMs listed under Child Items, apart from USGS-made DTMs [HRSC DTM_75 (centered at -28.8N, 78.6E)_USGS and CTM DTM over "Crater L" (centered at -23.1N, 74.3E)_USGS]. Metadata associated with USGS-made DTMs are located with DTM files under their respective Child Item.
Photogrammetry techniques to quantify fine-scale topography of sand ripples with a bi-modal grain size distribution were applied to a small region of interest at Grand Falls dune field, Arizona.
Nine BlazeVideo cameras have been set up surrounding an active ripple field and meteorological station within Grand Falls dune field, Arizona. Images are taken at a set time to record sand movement. Data presented here span from April 22, 2021 to December 7, 2021.
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Arizona,
Grand Falls,
Navajo Indian Reservation,
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
deserts,
Grand Falls dune field (GFDF) is located on the Navajo Nation, ~70 km NE of Flagstaff, AZ. This active dune field displays a range of morphologies, including barchans, smaller dunes, and ripples, and is bimodal in composition. The felsic component is likely derived from the Little Colorado River, and the mafic component (basaltic grains) is locally sourced from nearby cinder cones [1]. GFDF is an excellent analog site for both active dunes on Mars and other planetary bodies that have dune-like features (e.g., Venus and Titan). We have set up a meteorological station within the dune field that records temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, solar radiation, and precipitation...
Meteor Crater, located in northern Arizona, is one of the best preserved and easily accessible impact sites on Earth. Scientific investigations of this crater have led to improvements in our understanding of impact mechanics, cratering dynamics, and ejecta distribution [e.g., 1-5]. In addition, this site has a rich history as a terrestrial analog that has been used for training astronauts, scientists, and engineers [e.g., 6-8]. In the 1970s Dr. David Roddy conducted a rotary drilling campaign at Meteor Crater, along the rim, flanks, and surrounding ejecta blanket [9]. This work resulted in 2,500 m of drill cuttings from 161 drill holes. The original samples were placed in sandwich-sized plastic bags with slips of...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Arizona,
Flagstaff,
Meteor Crater,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
field sampling,
The vadose zone (unsaturated zone) in a soil is of particular interest because it is broadly applicable to desert soils, which are seldom saturated and usually dry. In the absence of strong geothermal heating, the near-surface soil temperature profile is expected to exhibit maximum variation (for a given diurnal period) at the surface, with the diurnal variations becoming successively damped with depth. The temperature at a given depth is the result of diffusive heat transport vertically within the soil column. Water vapor also is expected to be transported via diffusion through the soil column [1]. We have selected a small cinder field in Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona (SUCR) and deployed temperature...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Relative humidity,
Sunset Crater National Monument,
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
deserts,
Our goal for this work is to place better constraints on aeolian atmospheric-surface interactions through long-term monitoring of an active, bi-modal dune field located near Grand Falls, Arizona. Grand Falls dune field (GFDF) is located on the Navajo Nation, ~70 km NE of Flagstaff, AZ. This dune field has been monitored since 2013 by the U.S. Geological Survey, and data from each collection year are released as USGS Data Release products. Data described here was collected between December 2022 and April 2023. Our instruments are set up near an active ripple field in the GFDF. The instrument array includes a meteorological weather station that records temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction,...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Arizona,
Climatology,
Grand Falls,
Navajo Indian Reservation,
Planetary Sciences,
Sand covers a significant portion of the Earth’s surface, including the Grand Falls area of Coconino County, AZ. The vadose zone (unsaturated zone) in a soil is of particular interest because it is broadly applicable to desert soils, which are seldom saturated and usually dry. In the absence of strong geothermal heating, the near-surface soil temperature profile is expected to exhibit maximum variation (for a given diurnal period) at the surface, with the diurnal variations becoming successively damped with depth. The temperature at a given depth is the result of diffusive heat transport vertically within the soil column. Water vapor also is expected to be transported via diffusion through the soil column [1]. We...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Grand Falls,
Relative humidity,
Sand sheet,
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
Grand Falls dune field (GFDF) is located on the Navajo Nation, ~70 km NE of Flagstaff, AZ. This active dune field displays a range of morphologies, including barchans, smaller dunes, and ripples, and is bimodal in composition. The felsic component is likely derived from the Little Colorado River, and the mafic component (basaltic grains) is locally sourced from nearby cinder cones [1]. GFDF is an excellent analog site for both active dunes on Mars and other planetary bodies that have dune-like features (e.g., Venus and Titan). We have set up a meteorological station within the dune field that records temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, solar radiation, and precipitation...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Climatology,
Grand Falls,
Navajo Indian Reservation,
Planetary Sciences,
We created this guide to introduce the user to the San Francisco Volcanic Field as a terrestrial analog site for planetary volcanic processes. For decades, the San Francisco Volcanic Field has been used to teach scientists to recognize the products of common types of volcanic eruptions and associated volcanic features. The volcanic processes and products observed in this volcanic field are like those observed on lunar and Martian surfaces. As a result, this region has been a favored location for training National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts and engineers since the Apollo missions.
A meteorological station equipped with a rain gauge, atmospheric pressure sensor, temperature and relative humidity sensor, soil moisture sensor, and an anemometer (measuring wind speed, gust speed, and direction) was deployed at Grand Falls dune field, Arizona. This dataset has been collecting data every 15 minutes with the goal to provide context for ripple and dune migration at an active dune field site.
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Arizona,
Grand Falls,
Navajo Indian Reservation,
Wind,
air temperature,
A BlazeVideo camera has been set up an active ripple field within Grand Falls dune field, and takes an image every 10 minutes to record the ripple field movement. Data presented here span from December 15, 2020 to April 22, 2021.
A meteorological station equipped with a rain gauge, atmospheric pressure sensor, temperature and relative humidity sensor, soil moisture sensor, and an anemometer (measuring wind speed, gust speed, and direction) was deployed at a cinder field in Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona. This dataset has been collecting data every 15 minutes with the goal to provide atmospheric context for a subsurface temperature profiler buried nearby.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Sunset Crater National Monument,
Wind,
air temperature,
climate data,
The USGS Shoemaker collection is composed of impact crater rocks from Meteor Crater (AZ), Flynn Creek Crater (TN), Sierra Madera Crater (TX), Steinheim Crater (Germany), and several craters in Australia. Of special interest to planetary science are nine bags of fallback ejecta from the Meteor Crater interior. Also in the collection are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks from South Africa, Australia, the San Francisco Volcanic Field, the Colorado Plateau, and many other locations throughout the U.S. The USGS Shoemaker Collection is an essential part of the legacy of Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, whose pioneering work in the 1960’s established the new field of astrogeology, including shock metamorphism studies, impact...
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