Geochronology — Federal Grants

Collaborative Research: Addressing key gaps in the eruptive history, magmatic storage, and public preparedness at Askja volcano, Iceland

Alison Graettinger · University of Missouri-Kansas City

Multi-user Community Facility for Analyses of Earth Materials

Elizabeth Bell · University of California-Los Angeles

Collaborative Research: Addressing key gaps in the eruptive history, magmatic storage, and public preparedness at Askja volcano, Iceland

Tenley Banik · Board of Trustees of Illinois State University

Collaborative Research: Dating Ancient Shorelines Using Amino Acid Geochronology to Reconstruct Past High Sea Levels

Michael Erb · Appalachian State University

Collaborative Research: Dating Ancient Shorelines Using Amino Acid Geochronology to Reconstruct Past High Sea Levels

Darrell Kaufman · Northern Arizona University

Testing Hydrothermal Activity Changes Over Time Using Metal Records from the Pacific Ocean

David Lund · University of Connecticut

MRI: Track 1: Acquisition of a Thermal-Ionization Mass Spectrometer at Texas A&M University

Lucien Nana Yobo · Texas A&M University

Collaborative Research: Elements - A Transparent-middle-layer computational and data management infrastructure for synoptic applications of cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry

Anna Ruth Halberstadt · University of Texas at Austin

Collaborative Research: Elements - A Transparent-middle-layer computational and data management infrastructure for synoptic applications of cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry

Joseph Tulenko · SUNY at Buffalo

Research: Engineering Preparedness Reimagined: Bridging Stakeholder Perspectives to Shape the Future Workforce

Logan Perry · University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lag-time thermochronology as a possible proxy for changes in erosion rates over the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Tremp-Graus Basin, Spain

Gilby Jepson · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collaborative Research: Elements - A Transparent-middle-layer computational and data management infrastructure for synoptic applications of cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry

Allie Balter-Kennedy · Tufts University

SOLAR DYNAMICS LLC

AERIAL SOLAR THERMAL RADIOMETRIC OBSERVER (''ASTRO'')

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

TIER II AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY WITHIN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER REGION AND AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE GRAPHITE CREEK AREA, SEWARD PENINSULA, AK PROJECT PERIOD 08 19 2022 08 18 2025AK SEWARDPENINSULA AEM MAG D22THIS HIGH RESOLUTION AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY AEM IS PLANNED FOR ACQUISITION IN 2022 IN THE KIGLUAIK, BENDELEBEN, AND DARBY MOUNTAINS ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA THE SURVEY IS FUNDED BY THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE AND IS DESIGNED TO MEET COMPLEMENTARY NEEDS RELATED TO MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS AND REGIONAL GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK AND MAPPING STUDIES TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE USGS AND DGGS THE SURVEY WILL FOCUS ON THE KIGLUAIK, BENDELEBEN, AND DARBY CRETACEOUS GNEISS DOMES COMPOSED OF NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOZOIC METASEDIMENTARY AND PLUTONIC ROCKS THE KIGLUAIK MOUNTAINS GNEISS DOME HOSTS THE WORLD CLASS GRAPHITE CREEK DEPOSIT HOWEVER, THE DETAILED STRUCTURE OF THE DOME AND REGIONAL EXTENT OF GRAPHITIC ROCKS IN THE ADJACENT BENDELEBEN AND DARBY GNEISS DOMES ARE UNCERTAIN THE PLANNED SURVEY INCUDES TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND MAGNETIC DATA TO BE COLLECTED FROM A HELICOPTER TOWED SYSTEM ALONG FLIGHT LINES ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE RANGE FRONT, SPACED AT 1000 M, AND WITH A SYSTEM TERRAIN CLEARANCE OF 30 50 M EXPECTED DEPTH OF PENETRATION IS 300 500 M AND WITH RESOLUTION AS SHALLOW AS 5 10 M DEPTH THE SURVEY WILL TARGET GRAPHITE V MINERAL SYSTEMS, WHILE ALSO DELINEATING NEIGHBORING STRATIGRAPHY, FAULTS, AND REGIONAL STRUCTURAL FABRICS THAT MAY INFLUENCE OTHER SYSTEM TYPES AK KUSKOKWIMFOCUSAREA MAG RAD D22THIS HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC SURVEY IS PLANNED FOR ACQUISITION IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 AND IS ADJACENT TO THE FY2021 EARTH MRI HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE YUKON TANANA UPLANDS YTU THE SURVEY IS FUNDED BY THE USGS EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE AND IS DESIGNED TO MEET COMPLEMENTARY NEEDS RELATED TO MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS AND MAPPING STUDIES TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE USGS AND DGGS CRITICAL AND NON CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE KR REGION S VARIOUS TERRANES AND FLYSCH UNITS, AND ARE SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT AGES AND COMPOSITIONS OF INTRUSIVE SUITES AND FAULT SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF THE WORLD CLASS TINTINA GOLD BELT, WITH NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT GOLD DEPOSITS, THE KR REGION CONTAINS KNOWN TIN, RARE EARTH ELEMENT, TUNGSTEN, AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, AND HAS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL UNDISCOVERED CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSITS

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PROJECT TITLE: SEWARD PENINSULA GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYSPROJECT PERIOD: 03 10 2026 TO 03 09 2029 PURPOSETHIS PROJECT BUILDS UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED STATES POTENTIAL TO HOST YET-TO-BE-DISCOVEREDDEPOSITS OF CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES THROUGH GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING OF SELECTED AREAS WITH KNOWNPOTENTIAL AND LIMITED AVAILABLE DATA. THE PROJECT IS PART OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS ONGOING EARTHMAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI). THE SEWARD PENINSULA GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROJECT COVERSMULTIPLE REGIONS OF WESTERN ALASKA.CRITICAL MINERALS ARE MINERAL COMMODITIES THAT ARE BOTH CRITICAL TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND NATIONALSECURITY AND HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABLE TO DISRUPTION. AS OF 2022, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LISTS 50SUCH COMMODITIES. ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS IDENTIFIED HIGH POTENTIAL FORTIN-TUNGSTEN-TANTALUM-FLUORSPAR, COPPER-COBALT-SILVER-GERMANIUM-GALLIUM, REE-THORIUM-YTTRIUM-NIOBIUMSYSTEMS, AS WELL AS OTHER CRITICAL AND CONVENTIONAL MINERAL RESOURCES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDAIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA WILL BE COLLECTED IN THE SEWARD PENINSULA REGIONS OFALASKA. THE RESULTING HIGH-QUALITY GEOPHYSICAL DATA WILL PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING FUTUREALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL MAPPINGAND MINERAL-RESOURCE EVALUATIONS.GEOPHYSICAL DATA ARE ROUTINELY USED IN GEOSCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS TO MAP THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OFAN AREA S GEOLOGIC FEATURES IN 2D AND 3D SPACE, AND TO GUIDE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, GEOLOGIC MAPPING,MINERAL-RESOURCE EVALUATIONS, AND EXPLORATION EFFORTS. MAGNETIC DATA IS USEFUL FOR DISTINGUISHING VARIOUSMAGNETIC UNITS AND FOR CORRELATING GEOLOGY THROUGH AREAS COVERED BY VEGETATION AND SURFICIAL DEPOSITS.RADIOMETRIC DATA ARE USEFUL FOR DISTINGUISHING IGNEOUS ROCK SUITES WITH VARYING URANIUM, THORIUM, ANDPOTASSIUM CONTENTS, AND DIFFERENTIATING IGNEOUS ROCKS WITH VARYING MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL.DELIVERABLESDELIVERABLES FROM THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE RAW AND PROCESSED MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRICGEOPHYSICAL DATA. THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A VARIETY OF DIGITAL DATAFORMATS SUITABLE TO USERS OF ALL LEVELS, ENHANCING DATA UPTAKE AND USABILITY.BENEFICIARIESTHE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN MINERAL RESOURCESAND THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF ALASKA, INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS, MINERAL EXPLORATIONCOMPANIES, ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT (ANCSA) CORPORATIONS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS, AND THEINTERESTED PUBLIC.ANTICIPATED SUBRECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD WILL BE AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL CONTRACTORS, AVIATION SERVICEPROVIDERS, AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THESE SURVEYS WILL BE BASED OUT OF.

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PROJECT TITLE: TIER-II MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA WITHIN THE WESTERN KUSKOKWIM RIVER (WKR) AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA-ACQUISITION REGION FOR THE FFY2023 EARTH MRI PROGRAMPROJECT PERIOD: 07 01 2023 - 06 30 2025PURPOSE: THE RESULTING HIGH-QUALITY GEOPHYSICAL DATA WILL PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING FUTURE DGGS AND USGS GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND MINERAL-RESOURCE EVALUATIONS, AND HENCE, UNDERSTANDING OF THE AREA S CRITICAL-MINERAL POTENTIAL AS WELL. MAGNETIC DATA ARE USEFUL FOR DISTINGUISHING VARIOUS MAGNETIC UNITS AND FOR CORRELATING GEOLOGY THROUGH AREAS COVERED BY VEGETATION AND SURFICIAL DEPOSITS. INVERSIONS AND MODELLING OF AVAILABLE MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA ARE USEFUL FOR BUILDING GEOLOGIC-MAP CROSSSECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THE 2D AND 3D GEOMETRY OF SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC BODIES AND STRUCTURES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE DGGS WILL BE THE LEAD GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR GEOPHYSICAL-SURVEY CONTRACTING, DESIGN, QA QC, AND PUBLICATION. DGGS WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE USGS ON ALL ASPECTS OF GEOPHYSICAL-SURVEY DESIGN AND LOCATION. DGGS WILL CONTRACT DATA ACQUISITION TO PRE-QUALIFIED GEOPHYSICAL DATA-COLLECTION VENDORS THAT ARE ON OUR MASTER AGREEMENT LIST. INDIVIDUAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS WILL BE AWARDED TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE VENDORS USING A COMPETITIVE-BID TASK ORDER SOLICITATION (TOS).DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMES: WITHIN THREE YEARS OF RECEIPT OF FUNDING, ALL DATA FROM THE WKR AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE DGGS WEB SITE IN DIGITAL FORMAT AFTER GOING THROUGH THE DGGS PUBLICATION-REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS. DATA WILL BE PROVIDED IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRY STANDARD FORMATS WITH CLEAR AND CONCISE METADATA AND README FILES.

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARYPROJECT TITLE: KUSKOKWIM-SEWARD GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYSPROJECT PERIOD: DECEMBER 15, 2024 TO DECEMBER 14, 2027THIS PROJECT BUILDS UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED STATES POTENTIAL TO HOST YET-TO-BE-DISCOVERED DEPOSITS OF CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES THROUGH GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING OF SELECTED AREAS WITH KNOWN POTENTIAL AND LIMITED AVAILABLE DATA. THE PROJECT IS PART OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS ONGOING EARTH MAPPING RESOURCES INITIATIVE (EARTH MRI). THE KUSKOKWIM-SEWARD GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROJECT COVERS MULTIPLE REGIONS OF WESTERN ALASKA.CRITICAL MINERALS ARE MINERAL COMMODITIES THAT ARE BOTH CRITICAL TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABLE TO DISRUPTION. AS OF 2022, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LISTS 50 SUCH COMMODITIES. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IDENTIFIED THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER REGION OF ALASKA AS PROSPECTIVE FOR RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS (REE), TIN-TUNGSTEN SYSTEMS, PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES IN MULTIPLE PERMISSIBLE MINERAL-SYSTEM TYPES. ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS IDENTIFIED HIGH POTENTIAL FOR TIN-TUNGSTEN-TANTALUM-FLUORSPAR, COPPER-COBALT-SILVER-GERMANIUM-GALLIUM, REE-THORIUM-YTTRIUM-NIOBIUM SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS OTHER CRITICAL AND CONVENTIONAL MINERAL RESOURCES. AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC DATA WILL BE COLLECTED IN THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER AND SEWARD PENINSULA REGIONS OF ALASKA. THE RESULTING HIGH-QUALITY GEOPHYSICAL DATA WILL PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING FUTURE ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND MINERAL-RESOURCE EVALUATIONS. GEOPHYSICAL DATA ARE ROUTINELY USED IN GEOSCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS TO MAP THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AN AREA S GEOLOGIC FEATURES IN 2D AND 3D SPACE, AND TO GUIDE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, GEOLOGIC MAPPING, MINERAL-RESOURCE EVALUATIONS, AND EXPLORATION EFFORTS. MAGNETIC DATA ARE USEFUL FOR DISTINGUISHING VARIOUS MAGNETIC UNITS AND FOR CORRELATING GEOLOGY THROUGH AREAS COVERED BY VEGETATION AND SURFICIAL DEPOSITS. RADIOMETRIC DATA ARE USEFUL FOR DISTINGUISHING IGNEOUS ROCK SUITES WITH VARYING URANIUM, THORIUM, AND POTASSIUM CONTENTS, AND DIFFERENTIATING IGNEOUS ROCKS WITH VARYING MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL.DELIVERABLES FROM THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE RAW AND PROCESSED MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC GEOPHYSICAL DATA. THESE DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A VARIETY OF DIGITAL DATA FORMATS SUITABLE TO USERS OF ALL LEVELS, ENHANCING DATA UPTAKE AND USABILITY.THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE ALL PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF ALASKA, INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS, MINERAL EXPLORATION COMPANIES, ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT (ANCSA) CORPORATIONS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC.ANTICIPATED SUBRECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD WILL BE AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL CONTRACTORS, AVIATION SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THESE SURVEYS WILL BE BASED OUT OF.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

SUPPORT FOR THE POST-LAUNCH RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION AND PRODUCT VALIDATION OF LANDSAT SENSORS

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PROJECT TITLE: FFY2023 CHENA FIELD-GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECTPROJECT PERIOD: 6 1 2023 THROUGH 5 31 2026THE YUKON-TANANA UPLAND CONTAINS MANY DISTINCT, OVERLAPPING MINERAL SYSTEMS, SUCH AS METAMORPHIC, MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL, AND ORTHOMAGMATIC SYSTEMS, THAT ARE ALL PROSPECTIVE FOR A VARIETY OF BASE, PRECIOUS, AND CRITICAL MINERALS. HOWEVER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE SYSTEMS AND THEIR CRITICAL MINERAL ENRICHMENTS IN THE UPLAND ARE VARIABLE AND REMAIN INCOMPLETELY MAPPED AND POORLY DESCRIBED. THIS PROPOSAL FOCUSES ON KEY AREAS WITH THE GREATEST OVERLAP BETWEEN MULTIPLE MINERAL SYSTEMS WITH ASSOCIATED CRITICAL MINERAL ENRICHMENTS AND OUTLINES KEY FEATURES THAT RELATE TO CRITICAL MINERAL ENRICHMENTS IN DIVERSE GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENTS. IDENTIFYING SALIENT FEATURES IN THESE COMPLEX SYSTEMS THAT INFLUENCE WHERE, HOW, AND WHY CRITICAL MINERALS ARE ENRICHED IN MINERAL SYSTEMS LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR HIGHER-QUALITY, DATA-DRIVEN PROSPECTIVELY AND MINERAL ASSESSMENT WORK AND PROVIDES AN UPDATED, DATA-RICH FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING AND CONDUCTING MRP AND EARTH MRI GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND RESEARCH.THE PROPOSED FFY2023 CHENA FIELD-GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECT WILL BUILD ON ONGOING USGS AND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS (DGGS) COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO UPGRADE GEOLOGIC DATA IN THE YTU. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES ARE TO: COMPLETE MODERN 1:100,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAPPING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GEOCHRONOLOGY IN PARTS OF THE BIG DELTA, CIRCLE, FAIRBANKS, AND CHARLEY RIVER QUADRANGLES. THE DGDS MAPPING CAMPAIGN WILL PARSE AND FURTHER CHARACTERIZE THE CRETACEOUS INTRUSIVE COMPLEXES IN THE REGION. IT WILL ESTABLISH CONTEXT FOR SN, W, AND REE MINERALIZATION AND EVALUATE THE AREA FOR UNDISCOVERED TIN GRANITES AND PERALKALINE INTRUSIONS AMONG THE AREA S NUMEROUS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC BODIES. DGDS WILL USE MAPPING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GEOCHRONOLOGY TO CAPTURE THE REGION S COMPLETE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC MAGMATIC HISTORY, WHICH WILL INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS WITH POTENTIAL TO HOST UNDISCOVERED CRITICAL MINERALS. DGDS WILL BUILD UPON USGS WORK REFINING THE STRUCTURAL SUBDIVISIONS AND ASSEMBLY OF PALEOZOIC METAMORPHIC UNITS (E.G., DUSEL-BACON AND OTHERS, 2006). GEOLOGIC MAPPING (DAY AND OTHERS, 2003 DAY AND OTHERS, 2007 WERDON AND OTHERS, 2004) INDICATES THAT BOTH LOW-ANGLE AND HIGH-ANGLE FAULT SYSTEMS TRAVERSE THE PROPOSED MAP AREA THIS WORK WILL SEEK TO VALIDATE THESE STRUCTURES ON THE GROUND AND TO MAP GEOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT CONSTRAIN THEIR TIMING AND DISPLACEMENT.DELIVERABLES: WITHIN THREE YEARS OF RECEIPT OF FUNDING, DGGS WILL PRODUCE A TWO-DIMENSIONAL, DIGITAL, BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP AT 1:100,000 SCALE USING GEMS SCHEMA. DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE A PDF MAP LAYOUT, BROWSE IMAGE, FGDC METADATA, FILE GEODATABASE, ARCMAP .MXD DOCUMENT, AND ASSOCIATED RESOURCES. THE MAP WILL INCLUDE A CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS, CROSS SECTION, AND UNIT DESCRIPTIONS. STATION LOCATIONS INCLUDING FIELD NOTES, STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS, AND COMPLETED GEOCHRONOLOGY WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE GEMS FILE GEODATABASE. NEW GEOCHEMICAL DATA WILL BE RE-ANALYZED BY THE USGS CONTRACT LABORATORY AND PUBLISHED THROUGH DGGS AND USGS.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

PROJECT TITLE: LANDSAT RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION AND LEVEL 2 VALIDATIONPROJECT PERIOD: 10 1 2024 THROUGH 9 30 2029AWARD PURPOSE: THERE IS A NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SURFACE LEVEL REFLECTANCE PRODUCTS PRODUCED FROM LANDSAT. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS LIMITING THIS WORK IS THE NEED FOR MORE TRUTH UNDER PRESCRIBED SETTINGS WHERE THE LANDSAT SURFACE REFLECTANCE PRODUCT MAY STRUGGLE. THE TEAM WILL IDENTIFY SITES THAT STRESS THIS PRODUCT AND DEPLOY AUTOMATED INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT GROUND REFLECTANCE TRUTH. AN UNDERSTANDING APPLICATION OF ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE. CURRENTLY FOR MSS, THERE IS NO OPERATIONAL WAY TO BRING THAT PRODUCT UP TO LEVEL 2, SDSU MODTRAN ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ANYWHERE ANYTIME (SMACAA) APPEARS TO BE AN ANSWER, TO ALLOW FOR THE ENTIRE ARCHIVE OF LANDSAT TO BE BROUGHT UP TO A CONSISTENT LEVEL 2 PRODUCT. WHILE SMACAA HAS BEEN AROUND AND USED FOR A VARIETY OF SENSORS AND SITES, HAVING A MORE ROBUST UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE IT MAY (OR MAY NOT) FAIL, AND ITS ASSOCIATED UNCERTAINTY IS NEEDED, FOR AN OPERATIONAL PRODUCT.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUATION OF GROUND TRUTHING FOR LANDSAT LEVEL 1 AND 2 WITH TRADITIONAL VICARIOUS BASED APPROACHES. TRADITIONAL GROUND TRUTHING STILL PRESENTS THE GOLDEN WAY OF PROVIDING DIRECT TRACEABILITY. THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VICARIOUS CALIBRATION REFLECTANCE TRUTHING FOR LANDSAT FOR CONTINUED MONITORING OF PERFORMANCE MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING OUR INDEPENDENT METHODS FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE EXTERNALLY FOR TRENDING AND RELATIVE GAIN OF LANDSAT, WITH A KEY FOCUS ON HOW THESE APPROACHES MAY NEED TO EVOLVE TO COVER THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF LANDSAT. TEAM FEELS, MAINTAINING A VICARIOUS BACKUP METHOD TO SENSOR PERFORMANCE IS VITAL IN THE CASE OF SUB SYSTEM FAILURE OR POTENTIALLY IF FUTURE MISSIONS ARE DEVELOPED WITHOUT THESE ONBOARD CAPABILITIES, AND TO GROW THESE CAPABILITIES TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRETY OF THE 350-2500NM SPECTRAL RANGE.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EXPANDING OF GROUND TRUTHING CAPABILITIES TO ADDITIONAL SITES. REPORT AND PROPOSED UPDATES AND UNCERTAINTIES ON THE FAMILY OF LANDSAT SURFACE REFLECTANCE PRODUCTS. CONTINUED REPORTING OF LANDSAT PERFORMANCE DELIVERED EVERY 6 MONTHS AT THE TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE BENEFICIARIES OF THIS WORK, BECAUSE OF THE VERY NATURE, IS ALL APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION. WITH BETTER CALIBRATION FARMS CAN DETECT STRESS IN THEIR CROPS WITH MORE CERTAINTY, INLAND WATER STUDIES CAN IDENTIFY ALGAE BLOOMS QUICKER, AND WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION BEING CONSISTENTLY APPLIED TO THE LANDSAT MSS ARCHIVE, CLIMATE STUDIES CAN ADD TWO DECADES MORE DATA TO THEIR STUDY, AMONG OTHER NUMEROUS LAND COVER LAND USE STUDIES THAT BENEFIT FROM LONGER TIMES SERIES OR FROM DATA WITH REDUCED NOISE THAT MAY HIDE THE TRUE NATURE OF CHANGE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

TITLE: MONTANA GEOLOGIC MAPS, GEOHAZARDS, AND SUBSURFACE MAPPINGPROJECT PERIOD: 08 18 2025 TO 08 17 2026AWARD PURPOSE. THE STATE MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY (MBMG) HAS ESTABLISHED TWO MAIN GOALS. THE FIRST IS TO COMPLETE THE MAPPING OF THE ENTIRE STATE AT A SCALE OF 1:100,000 TO ADDRESS MONTANAS NEED FOR STATEWIDE, COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE GEOLOGIC MAPS AT A UNIFORM SCALE. THE SECOND IS TO PUBLISH LARGE-SCALE MAPS OF MONTANAS INTERMONTANE VALLEYS, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, AND AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL AND OR STRATIGRAPHIC PROBLEMS, OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC INTERESTS.ACTIVITIES. THE MBMG WILL COMPLETE SEVEN MAPPING PROJECTS: 1) GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN NORTHWEST MONTANA 2) DERIVATIVE MAPPING OF THE SOUTHERN MISSION FAULT 3) GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE GARDINER 7.5 QUADRANGLE 4) UPDATED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADORE 30 X 60 QUADRANGLE 5) SURFICIAL MAP COMPILATION IN EASTERN MONTANA 6) SUBSURFACE MAPPING IN EASTERN MONTANA AND 7) GEOCHRONOLOGY DATA SUBMISSION TO THE USGS. THE NEW MAPPING WILL BE SUPPORTED BY GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES PREPPED AT THE MBMG LABORATORY AND ANALYZED AT UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES. THE FINAL PRODUCTS OF MBMGS FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE: 1) GEOLOGIC MAPS OF BALDY LAKE, BIG FORK, COOK MOUNTAIN, AND ROSE CROSSING 7.5 QUADRANGLES (SCALE 1:24,000), AND PUBLISHED LEVEL 3 GEMS DATABASES FOR THE CHRISTENSEN RANCH, ELK GULCH, HOME PARK RANCH, AND RONAN 7.5 QUADRANGLES (SCALE 1:24,000) 2) DERIVATIVE QUATERNARY FAULT MAP OF THE SAINT MARYS LAKE AND SAINT IGNATIUS 7.5 QUADRANGLES (SCALE 1:24,000), AND A LEVEL 3 GEMS DATABASE FOR A LANDSLIDE MAP OF THE VIRGINIA CITY AREA, SOUTHWEST MONTANA (SCALE 1:24,000) 3) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GARDINER 7.5 QUADRANGLE (SCALE 1:24,000), AND A LEVEL 3 GEMS DATABASE FOR THE MURR PEAK 7.5 QUADRANGLE (SCALE 1:24,000) 4) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTH OF THE LEADORE 30 X 60 QUADRANGLE IN MONTANA (SCALE 1:100,000), AND A LEVEL 3 GEMS DATABASE FOR THE EAST BAY 7.5 QUADRANGLE (SCALE 1:24,000) 5) ONE GEMS-COMPLIANT DATABASE COMPILATION OF THE WINIFRED, ZORTMAN, FORT PECK LAKE WEST, FORT PECK LAKE EAST, RICHEY, AND SIDNEY 30 X 60 QUADRANGLES (SCALE 1:100,000) 6) SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE CONTOURS AND ISOPACH MAPS OF STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZONS (N 5) IN THE JORDAN AND MILES CITY 1 X 2 QUADRANGLES, AND A DATABASE OF ASSOCIATED BOREHOLE DATA AND FORMATION TOPS 7) COMPLETED NCGMP TEMPLATE OF MBMG U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY DATA.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. THE MBMG IS A NON-REGULATORY AGENCY WITH A MANDATE TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT MONTANA S GEOLOGY TO PROMOTE THE ORDERLY AND RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE S ENERGY, GROUNDWATER, AND MINERAL RESOURCES. THESE GEOLOGIC MAPS PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL OTHER MBMG INVESTIGATIONS. COUNTIES, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, AND REGULATORY AGENCIES USE THESE GEOLOGIC MAPS TO PLAN FOR GROWTH-RELATED ISSUES. GEOLOGIC DATA ARE FREQUENTLY SOUGHT BY THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION THE U.S. AND MT DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION THE U.S. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COUNTY WATER-QUALITY DISTRICTS AND PLANNING BOARDS MINING AND PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES EDUCATORS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS.

CONSERVATION, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

PROJECT TITLE: NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND DIGITAL COMPILATION IN CALIFORNIA PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 12/01/2025 THROUGH 11/30/2027 AWARD PURPOSE: THE CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS) IS REQUESTING FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM (STATEMAP ELEMENT) TO PRODUCE THREE NEW 7.5? QUADRANGLE GEOLOGIC MAPS, TWO DERIVATIVE LANDSLIDE INVENTORY GEOLOGIC HAZARD MAP GEODATABASES, THREE GEMS LEVEL 3 CONVERSIONS FOR RECENTLY PUBLISHED MAPS, AND PREPARE AN UPDATED STATEMAP FACT SHEET. CGS ALSO REQUESTED LIMITED FUNDING TO ATTEND THE DIGITAL MAPPING TECHNIQUES CONFERENCE. CGS WILL FULLY MATCH THE REQUESTED $716,321.71 FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING. THE GEOLOGIC MAPPING PRODUCTS, LANDSLIDE INVENTORY CONVERSIONS, GEMS CONVERSIONS, AND ACCOMPANYING DIGITAL DATA PRODUCTS SUPPORT THE US GEOFRAMEWORK INITIATIVE. NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING SPANS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE NORTHERN COAST RANGES, THE SIERRA NEVADA, AND THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS, WHILE MAPPING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES UNDER THE TWO-YEAR POP FY2024 STATEMAP GRANT. THESE PROJECTS ALIGN WITH CGS? LONG-TERM GOALS OF 1) COMPLETING 1:24,000 SCALE MAPPING IN URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE TO SUPPORT GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC HAZARDS AND RESOURCE EVALUATIONS WHERE EXISTING MAPPING IS INSUFFICIENT, AND 2) DIGITALLY COMPILING SEAMLESS GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF ALL 110 OF THE 30? X 60? QUADRANGLES IN CALIFORNIA AT A SCALE OF 1:100,000. ACTIVITIES: CGS GEOLOGISTS WILL REVIEW EXISTING GEOLOGIC MAPS, SATELLITE IMAGERY, LIDAR, AND TOPOGRAPHY, CONDUCT DETAILED FIELD MAPPING OF GEOLOGIC UNITS AND STRUCTURES, AND COLLECT SAMPLES FOR ROCK CLASSIFICATION, THIN SECTIONS, U-PB AND AR-AR GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES TO CLASSIFY AND DATE GEOLOGIC UNITS. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, PROJECT GEOLOGISTS, AND RESEARCH DATA ANALYSTS WILL CONDUCT INTERNAL REVIEWS AND ENSURE THE GEMS DATABASES AND ALL DIGITAL GEOLOGIC MAP PRODUCTS, PAMPHLETS, AND METADATA CONFORM TO NCGMP STANDARDS. COMPLETED PRODUCTS WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE MAPPING PROGRAM WEBSITE BY THE END OF THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP); FINAL GEODATABASES, PUBLISHED MAPS AND CITABLE RECORDS WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE END OF THE POP. DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMES: DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF OR GEOPDF) GEOLOGIC MAP FILES; LEVEL 3 GEMS COMPLIANT GEODATABASES FOR EACH NEW MAP PRODUCT AND CONVERSION; CGS-FORMAT LANDSLIDE INVENTORY GEODATABASES; A FACT SHEET PDF; AND ASSOCIATED METADATA. PROGRESS REPORTS AND A FINAL TECHNICAL SUMMARY REPORT WILL ALSO BE PREPARED. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE CGS WILL BE THE DIRECT BENEFICIARY OF THE GRANT AWARD; HOWEVER, THE COMPLETED PRODUCTS WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND POSTED TO THE CGS WEBSITE TO PROVIDE FREE ACCESS THAT WILL SERVE MULTIPLE BENEFICIARIES. THE MAPPING WILL PROVIDE DATA ON GEOMATERIALS, LANDSLIDES, ALLUVIAL AGES, FAULTING, AND STRUCTURAL DATA THAT ARE THE BASIS FOR CGS SEISMIC HAZARD MAP PRODUCTS ADDRESSING SEISMIC SLOPE INSTABILITY, LIQUEFACTION, AND FAULT RUPTURE HAZARD ZONATION; IDENTIFICATION OF FANS AND FAN AGES WILL AID IN POST-FIRE HAZARD ANALYSES. MAP RESULTS MAY ALSO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF WATER AND MINERAL RESOURCES. THE MAPPING WILL BENEFIT CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS, LOCAL CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES, STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCE MANAGERS, PRACTICING CONSULTANTS, AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS. THE CGS IS NOT ENGAGING ANY SUB-AWARD OR SUB-RECIPIENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS GRANT.