Stratigraphy — Federal Grants

Collaborative Research: "GOE-ing DEEP" into the Paleoproterozoic of Gabon to elucidate the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation

Athena Eyster · Tufts University

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Paleogene Naran Bulak and Gashato formations, Mongolia, a new geological framework for key Asian fossil mammals

Maureen O'Leary · SUNY at Stony Brook

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Paleogene Naran Bulak and Gashato formations, Mongolia, a new geological framework for key Asian fossil mammals

Eric Roberts · Colorado School of Mines

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Paleogene Naran Bulak and Gashato formations, Mongolia, a new geological framework for key Asian fossil mammals

Michael Novacek · American Museum Natural History

Collaborative Research: "GOE-ing DEEP" into the Paleoproterozoic of Gabon to elucidate the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation

Ann Bauer · University of Wisconsin-Madison

Collaborative Research: "GOE-ing DEEP" into the Paleoproterozoic of Gabon to elucidate the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation

Roger Bryant · Purdue University

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Paleogene Naran Bulak and Gashato formations, Mongolia, a new geological framework for key Asian fossil mammals

Leif Tapanila · Idaho State University

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Paleogene Naran Bulak and Gashato formations, Mongolia, a new geological framework for key Asian fossil mammals

Sarah Slotznick · Dartmouth College

RUI: Regional Expansion of Early Polities

Sarah Kennedy · Carleton College

A Multiproxy Exploration of the Terminal Ediacaran Stage at the Nevada National Security Site

James Schiffbauer · University of Missouri-Columbia

Postdoctoral Fellowship: EAR-PF: Using numerical modeling and synthetic stratigraphy generation to evaluate the impacts of extreme storms on delta channel mobility

Sarah Giles · Giles, Sarah Marie

Postdoctoral Fellowship: OPP-PRF: Constraining Potential Impacts of Brine Firn Aquifers on Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability Using Airborne Ice-Penetrating Radar

Ian McDowell · Cornell University

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

THE DYNAMICS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF DISTRIBUTARY CHANNEL NETWORKS

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

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC

PROJECT TITLE: PRESERVING AND INVENTORYING KANSAS GEOLOGIC DATA, DOCUMENTS, SAMPLES, AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND SURVEYING DRILL HOLE CORE HOLDINGS RELATING TO CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES, FY2023PROJECT PERIOD: 8 18 2023 THROUGH 8 17 2026PRIORITY 1 PRESERVE GEOSCIENCE DATA AND MATERIALTHE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (KGS), THE STATE REPOSITORY FOR GEOLOGIC RECORDS, HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING GEOLOGIC RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC FOR LITTLE OR NO COST. THIS YEARS PROJECTS CONSIST OF THREE PRESERVATION PROJECTS THAT CONTINUE WORK PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA PRESERVATION PROGRAM. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE INDEPENDENT GEOLOGISTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, INDUSTRY OPERATORS AND DRILLERS, DATA VENDORS, INVESTORS, LAWYERS, PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, STATE REGIONAL LOCAL TRIBAL AGENCIES, AND ACADEMIA. THE GEOLOGIC DATA IS USED IN PLANNING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, IDENTIFYING METHANE GAS LEAKS, LOCATING CRITICAL MINERALS, AND CORRELATING THE STATES STRATIGRAPHY. REGULATORY AGENCIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIRMS USE OUR DATA IN THEIR RESEARCH. ADDITIONALLY, THE KGS CREATES ENTRIES IN THEIR DATABASE WHERE NO RECORDS EXIST AIDING WITH IDENTIFYING WELL CUTTINGS AND CORE IN THEIR REPOSITORIES WHICH BENEFIT STAKEHOLDERS AND HELPS PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED PRIORITY 1: THE KGS HAS THREE PRESERVATION PROJECTS FOR FY23. IN PROJECT 1, THE KGS STAFF, WITH STUDENT ASSISTANCE, WILL SCAN 10,000 OIL AND GAS WELL COMPLETION AND DRILLERS REPORTS, WIRELINE AND STRIP LOGS, AND OTHER GEOLOGICAL REPORTS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THE STAFF WILL ALSO ORGANIZE AND INVENTORY ADDITIONAL RECORDS. THE KANSAS STATUTE MANDATES THAT THE KANSAS GEOLOGIC SAMPLE REPOSITORY (KGSR) COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND SUPPLIES PUBLIC ACCESS TO OIL AND GAS WELL SAMPLES THEREFORE, FOR PROJECT 2, THE KGSR STAFF PLAN TO PROCESS 9,000 WELL CUTTING SAMPLES. IN THE FINAL PRESERVATION PROJECT, PROJECT 3, STUDENTS WILL SCAN 25,000 IMAGES TO OUR WORK-IN PROGRESS DATABASE OF 45,000 HISTORICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. THESE SCANS WILL BE CONVERTED TO PDFS AND JPGS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD.PRIORITY 2 DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTTHIS INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING REQUEST WILL ALLOW THE KGS COMPUTER SERVICES STAFF TO MODIFY THEIR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE PRESERVATION AND DATA RETRIEVAL FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT OIL AND GAS STAKEHOLDERS, WHO HAVE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THESE ITEMS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED PRIORITY 2: IN THIS PRIORITY, THE KGS STAFF WILL ALTER THEIR PUBLIC OIL AND GAS WELL DATABASE TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION AND IMPORTATION OF NEWLY CALIBRATED LOGS FOR PRESERVATION. PRIORITY 3 CRITICAL MINERALS DATA PRESERVATIONTHE KGSS DRILL CORE REPOSITORY HOUSES APPROXIMATELY 69,000 BOXES OF CORE WITH POTENTIAL TO IDENTIFY AND RESEARCH CRITICAL MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN THE STATE. THIS PROJECT BENEFITS VARIOUS PEOPLE INCLUDING THOSE WORKING ON EARTH MRI, THE KGS INTERNAL SCIENTISTS, AND OTHERS RESEARCHING CRITICAL MINERALS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED PRIORITY 3: THIS WORK CONTINUES THE NGGDPP FY22 GRANT OF INVENTORYING, DATA CLEANUP, PHOTOGRAPHING, AND SAMPLING SELECTED KGS DRILL CORES IDENTIFIED AS HAVING CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL WITH AN ADDED EMPHASIS ON CORES THAT CONTAIN AN ASH LAYER. SAMPLES WILL BE SENT TO THE USGS FOR GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS WITH RESULTS UPLOADED TO RESCICOLL AND OUR PUBLIC OIL AND GAS WELL DATABASE.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

PROJECT TITLE: FLORIDA PANHANDLE GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND FLORIDA QUARTZ SAND RESOURCES MAPPINGPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 4 1 2024 THROUGH 3 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL UPDATE SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THAT HAVE QUARTZ SAND RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND IDENTIFY SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND-DOMINATED DEPOSITS WITH RESOURCE POTENTIAL STATEWIDE. THIS ADDRESSES QUARTZ SAND CRITICAL MINERAL NEEDS FOR RESILIENCE RANGING FROM BEACH-COMPATIBLE RESOURCES AFTER TROPICAL SYSTEM LANDFALLS IN FLORIDA TO CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL UPDATE GEOLOGIC BOREHOLE LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION DATA AND FORMATION PICKS INFORMATION STATEWIDE. TASKS INCLUDE REVIEW OF BOREHOLE DESCRIPTIONS AND ENSURE DATA MEET OUR CURRENT GEOLOGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATEWIDE SHALLOW STRATIGRAPHY. THESE WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLETING STATEWIDE MAPPING OF SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND DEPOSITS AND UPDATING SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, WHICH IS LIKELY TO HAVE PLENTIFUL QUARTZ SAND DEPOSITS. REVIEW OF THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS SURFICIAL SAMPLE COLLECTION AND FIELD WORK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SURFACE DATA WILL COMPLEMENT THE SHALLOW GEOLOGIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BOREHOLES FROM THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAMPLE COLLECTIONS FACILITY.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: IMPROVED SHALLOW STRATIGRAPHIC DATA WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE WEBSITES AND THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS ONLINE DATABASE, GEODES. THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE AND EXTEND THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS SHALLOW THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA STATEWIDE. IMPROVED DATA ALLOWS FOR UPDATED GEOLOGIC MAPS, REFINEMENT OF SHALLOW THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGIC MODELS, REFINED STRATIGRAPHIC AND HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS, AND WILL PROVIDE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE UNDERSTANDING OF SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND RESOURCES IN FLORIDA. THIS WILL ALLOW FUTURE DETAILED RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY STUDIES, FOR EXAMPLE, BEACH-COMPATIBLE QUARTZ SAND RESOURCES AND AGGREGATE SUPPLIES FOR PRE- AND POST-TROPICAL STORM MITIGATION AND RECOVERY, AND VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, ACADEMIA, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, VARIOUS TYPES OF GEOLOGICAL, CONSTRUCTION, AND ENGINEERING COMPANIES, AND WATER, MINERAL, AND ENERGY COMPANIES.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY

PROJECT TITLE: NEW MEXICO STATEMAP ? GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN NM PROJECT PERIOD - OCTOBER 1, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 PURPOSE GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND RESEARCH BY THE NEW MEXICO STATEMAP PROGRAM ADDRESSES SOME OF THE TOP NEEDS OF THE STATE, PRIMARILY ACCESS TO WATER RESOURCES, CHARACTERIZING ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ASSESSING GEOLOGIC HAZARDS. GEOLOGIC MAPS PROVIDE CRUCIAL DATA FOR BUSINESSES, PRIVATE CITIZENS, TRIBAL LEADERS, AND STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. THE 2025-2027 STATEMAP AWARD TO THE NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES CONTINUES MAPPING THREE LONG-TERM FOCUS AREAS?THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED, THE PECOS RIVER WATERSHED, AND THE SAN JUAN BASIN. THESE REGIONS HOST THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE?S INFRASTRUCTURE, ARE SITES OF SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HAVE POTENTIAL CRITICAL MINERAL RESOURCES AND/OR KNOWN ENERGY POTENTIAL, AND ARE PRONE TO GEOLOGIC HAZARDS THAT COULD IMPACT NATIONAL SECURITY. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED WORK LAYS THE GROUNDWORK TO PRODUCE FUTURE 1:100KSCALE 2D MAPS AND 3D SUBSURFACE MODELS THAT SUPPORT THE U.S. GEOFRAMEWORK INITIATIVE (USGI). ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THIS AWARD INCLUDE NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND MULTIPLE PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE USGI. NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF SEVEN 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLES AND TWO 7.5X15- MINUTE QUADRANGLES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A 1:24K SCALE IN THE FOCUS REGIONS OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN AND RIO GRANDE WATERSHED. GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES WILL SUPPORT NEW MAPPING EFFORTS AND SUBSEQUENT 1:100K-SCALE MAP COMPILATIONS. USGI ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO SUBSURFACE MAPS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, (2) A STRATIGRAPHIC UPDATE FOR THE NORTHERN SAN JUAN BASIN, (3) DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUCED SEISMICITY MAP OF SOUTHEASTERN NM, COMPILATION OF GEOCHRONOLOGY DATA FOR THE USGS GEOCHRON DATABASE, (5) PUBLICATION OF A NM STATEMAP FACT SHEET, (6) GEMS LEVEL 3 DATABASE FOR THE NEWLY MAPPED QUADRANGLES, AND (7) CONVERSION OF SEVEN LEGACY MAPS TO GEMS LEVEL 3 DATABASES. DELIVERABLES, OUTCOMES, AND INTENDED BENEFICIARIES THE SAN JUAN BASIN PROJECTS INCLUDE NEW, 1:24K-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAPPING (THREE 7.5-MIN QUADS; ONE 7.5X15-MIN QUAD) AND AN UPDATE FOR THE EARLY CENOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY. THIS WORK WILL SUPPORT REGIONAL ENERGY AND AGGREGATE EXPLORATION AND CHARACTERIZATION FOR INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. THE STRATIGRAPHIC UPDATE WILL SUPPORT A FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH THE COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THAT WILL LIKELY AFFECT GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION. NEW 1:24K-SCALE MAPPING IN THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED (FOUR 7.5-MINUTE QUADS; ONE 7.5X15-MINUTE QUAD) PRIMARILY SUPPORTS WATER RESOURCE STUDIES, CRITICAL MINERAL EXPLORATION, AND HAZARDS RELATED TO SIGNIFICANT RIFT-RELATED FAULTS. THE TULAROSA AND SAN LUIS BASIN SUBSURFACE PROJECTS WILL SUPPORT ONGOING GROUNDWATER CHARACTERIZATION OF THESE REGIONS, WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SMALL COMMUNITIES (E.G., TAOS, ALAMOGORDO) IN THOSE AREAS. IN SOUTHEASTERN NM, AN INDUCED SEISMICITY MAP WITH AN UPDATED EVENT CATALOG WILL PROVIDE ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE EARTHQUAKE LOCATION INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR OIL PRODUCERS AND WATER MANAGERS IN A CRITICAL ECONOMIC REGION OF THE STATE. UPDATING LEGACY MAPS TO MODERN STANDARDS, PROVIDING A GEMS DATABASE OF NEW MAPS, COMPILING GEOCHRONOLOGY DATA, AND PUBLISHING A NM STATEMAP FACT SHEET SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM AND USGS PRIORITIES. MAP PRODUCTS ARE FREQUENTLY USED BY VARIOUS LAND MANAGERS (I.E., PRIVATE, NATIONAL FOREST, BLM, BOR, TRIBAL, STATE, AND MUNICIPALITIES).

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PROJECT TITLE: ILLINOIS 2023 STATEMAP PROPOSALPROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 23 - 09 14 24THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL UNDERTAKE HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING OF 4 QUADRANGLES AND REVISE AND UPDATE AREAS PREVIOUSLY MAPPED AT LOWER RESOLUTION INTO MODERN DIGITAL DATA SETS. THE QUADRANGLE MAPPING (1:24,000 SCALE) IS MOST USEFUL FOR LOCAL ANALYSES, WHEREAS THE REGIONAL ( 1:100,000 SCALE) AND STATEWIDE (1:500,000 SCALE) COMPILATIONS ARE SUITED TO REGIONAL- TO NATIONAL SCALE ANALYSES. PROJECT 1 COMPRISES TWO SUBPROJECTS: THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH AND SCALES MOUND WEST QUADRANGLES, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, AND THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER AND ILLINOIS CITY QUADRANGLES, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE MAPPING FOCUSES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ESPECIALLY LEAD-ZINC AND PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITS WHICH ARE SOURCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS FOR WHICH THERE IS HIGH DEMAND IN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING. A 300-FOOT-DEEP DRILL HOLE WILL TARGET THE LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS TO UPDATE THE PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY BETWEEN ILLINOIS AND IOWA. PROJECT 2 PROPOSES THE START OF A 5-YEAR PLAN FOR THE GREATER CHICAGO REGION TO CREATE A 3D MODEL FRAMEWORK OF SUPERFICIAL AND SHALLOW BEDROCK GEOLOGY. YEAR 1 WILL INVOLVE COMPILING AN ENGINEERING GEOLOGY DATABASE AND UPPER BEDROCK SURFACES OF COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES. IN PROJECT 3, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF JACKSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, WILL BE DIGITALLY COMPILED FROM 24 PREVIOUSLY MAPPED QUADRANGLES. THE QUADRANGLES, MAPPED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GEOLOGISTS OVER 3 DECADES, WILL BE HARMONIZED AND EDGE-MATCHED BY REVISITING KEY FIELD OUTCROPS. UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXTINCTION EVENT WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPIAN MENARD FORMATION WHERE THE LAST KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF THE NAUTILOID ENDOLOBUS SPECTABILIS WILL BE TRACED BY CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY. PROJECT 4 COMPRISES TWO SUBPROJECTS: THE PHASE 4 COMPILATION OF THE ILLINOIS STATEWIDE SURFICIAL COUNTY MAPS AND GEMS UPDATES OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED COUNTY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY MAPS OF MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES. THE PROPOSED PHASE 4 WILL EXTEND MAPPING INTO NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL ADDRESS QUATERNARY STATE-BORDER MAPPING INTO AN AREA WITH COMPLEX SURFICIAL GEOLOGY AND UNCERTAIN CORRELATIONS FOR ILLINOIS EPISODE GLACIAL TILL UNITS. THESE QUATERNARY MAP COMPILATIONS IN THE PHASE 4 AREA WERE THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL YEARS OF DETAILED 1:24,000 QUADRANGLE MAPPING. HOWEVER, GEMS STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN APPLIED TO THESE DETAILED COUNTY COMPILATIONS. ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY WILL BE USED TO HELP TO DELINEATE POSSIBLE DISCONTINUOUS ESKERS OR MORAINES IN AREAS OF LIMITED PRIOR MAPPING. QUATERNARY GEOLOGY MAPS OF MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT INCLUDE SEISMIC HAZARDS, SAND AND GRAVEL RESOURCES, COAL-MINE SUBSIDENCE, AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL. PROJECT 5 PROPOSES A GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING SURVEY TO MAP A STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX DEEP AQUIFER SYSTEM IN NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO DETERMINE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF A DEEP AQUIFER SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF SANDWICH FAULT ZONE. THE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY WILL CONSIST OF HIGH RESOLUTION ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SOURCE SEISMIC IMAGING AS WELL AS TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD. SIX OF THE 7 MAPS DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS PDFS AND IN GEMS LEVEL 3-COMPLIANT DATABASES. IN ADDITION, THE PREVIOUSLY 26 PUBLISHED MAPS FROM PROJECTS 1, 3 AND 4 WILL BE DELIVERED AS GEMS LEVEL 3-COMPLIANT DATABASES. THE STATEWIDE SURFICIAL GEOLOGY WILL BE A PROGRESS REPORT FOR PHASE 4 INCLUDING GEMS LEVEL 3 IMPLEMENTATION. PROJECT 4 WILL DELIVER A FINAL REPORT WITH DESCRIBING SEISMIC DATA INTERPRETATION AND RAW AND PROCESSED SEISMIC DATA FILES. THE DELIVERABLES WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEBSITE SOON AFTER DELIVERY, SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE ENSUING YEAR.

CONSERVATION, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

PROJECT TITLE: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATIONPROJECT PERIOD: 07 01 2023 - 06 30 2024PURPOSE: THIS PROPOSED MAPPING WILL BUILD UPON DETAILED WORK BY CGS AS PART OF OUR STATEMAP-FUNDED WORK THATSTARTED IN THE UKIAH 30 X 60 MAP IN 2020. EARLIER, SMALL-SCALE MAPPING OF THE AREA INCLUDES BEDROCKCOMPILATION MAPPING BY DURHAM (1979) AND QUATERNARY MAPPING BY CARDWELL (1965) AND FARRAR (1986).LARSEN AND KELSEY (2005) MAPPED THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AT 1:24,000-SCALE, BUT THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO AVAILABLE HIGH-RESOLUTION LIDAR. ADDITIONALLY, A STUDENT THESIS (WOOLACE, 2005) RESEARCHED THE QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF LITTLE LAKE VALLEY THAT WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE DATA AND INSIGHT FOR THIS STATEMAP PRODUCT.ACTIVITIES:CGS GEOLOGISTS WILL BEGIN WITH THE ACQUISITION AND EVALUATION OF EXISTING PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHEDGEOLOGIC MAPS AND REPORTS, INCLUDING LANDSLIDE MAPPING FROM TIMBER HARVEST REPORTS, RECENTLY COMPLETEDSTATEMAP PROJECTS WITHIN THE UKIAH 30 X 60 QUADRANGLE, AND FRAMEWORK STUDIES OF THE REGION BY THEUSGS. THE WILLITS 7.5 QUADRANGLE IS THE FOURTH STATEMAP PROJECT WITHIN THE UKIAH 1:100,000-SCALE MAPAREA. LIDAR DATA WILL BE PROCESSED FOR SHADED RELIEF, SLOPE, AND ELEVATION CONTOURS FOR ANALYSIS, COMBINEDWITH HIGH-RESOLUTION COLOR IMAGERY, USED AS GIS BASE LAYERS FOR HEADS-UP DIGITAL MAPPING OF LANDSLIDES,QUATERNARY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY, FAULTS, AND STRUCTURAL TRENDS.DELIVERABLES:THIS WORK WILL ADVANCE CGS TOWARD THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF COMPLETING 1:100,000-SCALE SEAMLESS DIGITALGEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE ENTIRE STATE IN SUPPORT OF THE USGI. THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES IS DESCRIBED ONPAGE 22. THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL MONTHS BY POSITION DETAILS ARE EXPLAINED ON THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETPAGE, ATTACHMENT D-5.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC

PURPOSETHE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECTS MANAGED ANDPERFORMED BY THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (KGS) FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS AND FUNDED INPARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THROUGH THE STATEMAP GEOLOGIC MAPPINGPROGRAM. SURFICIAL MAPPING PROJECTS WERE SELECTED AS PRIORITY MAPPING AREAS BY A 12-MEMBERKANSAS GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF STAKEHOLDERS IN A VARIETY OF STATEAND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND IN PRIVATE SECTORS FOR WHICH GEOLOGIC MAPPING IS CRITICAL.ACTIVITIESTHE KGS WILL CONDUCT NEW MAPPING PROJECTS IN FIVE KANSAS COUNTIES MARION, LOGAN, LINN,ELLSWORTH AND KINGMAN. KGS IS ALSO COMPLETING SUBSURFACE MAPS OF THE DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIANCHATTANOOGA SHALE, THE OSAGIAN AND MERAMECIAN STAGES OF MISSISSIPPIAN STRATA IN THESOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, AND CRETACEOUS STRATA IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF KANSAS. THEKGS WILL CONVERT SIX PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAPS TO THE NEW USGS GEOLOGIC MAPPINGSCHEMA (GEMS) STANDARD FOR GEOLOGIC MAP PROJECTS. THE KGS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THEDEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ONLINE DIGITAL LEXICON OF KANSAS STRATIGRAPHY AND IDENTIFY PREVIOUSLYUNRECOGNIZED GEOHERITAGE SITES. FINALLY, THE KGS IS PARTNERING WITH THE IOWA GEOLOGIC SURVEY TOHELP RESOLVE LONG-STANDING STRATIGRAPHIC NAME DIFFERENCES AND PRODUCE A STANDARDIZEDNOMENCLATURE.DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMESSUBMISSIONS TO THE USGS OF PDFS CONTAINING THE BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF 20 FULL ORPARTIAL 7.5-MINUTE USGS DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLES, FULLY GEMS COMPLIANT GEODATABASES OFSUBSURFACE MAPPING PROJECTS AND SIX PREVIOUSLY MAPPED COUNTIES, A NEW STRATIGRAPHIC CHART OFKANSAS WITH NOMENCLATURE REVISIONS, A URL FOR THE NEW ONLINE WIKI-BASED WEBSITE, AND A LIST OFGEOHERITAGE SITES.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES)THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE STATE OF KANSAS ARE THE CITIZENS OF KANSAS.GEOLOGIC MAPS ARE THE STARTING POINT FOR ANY GEOLOGICALLY RELATED INVESTIGATION AND ARE USEFUL INCONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING PROJECTS, CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.LARGE PROJECTS (DAMS, ROADS, BRIDGES, BUILDINGS) REQUIRE DETAILED GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS BECAUSE OFMONETARY, HEALTH, AND SAFETY CONCERNS. IN KANSAS, LIMITATIONS ON WATER RESOURCES AND COMPETINGLAND-USE PRESSURES RESULTING FROM POPULATION GROWTH REMAIN A DRIVING FORCE FOR GEOLOGIC MAPPINGPLANNING. CONCURRENT WITH POPULATION GROWTH IS THE DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES, CRITICALMINERAL RESOURCES, OIL AND GAS, AND IDENTIFICATION OF SUCH NATURAL HAZARDS AS SINKHOLES ANDSEISMICITY. STATEMAP SUPPORTED GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROVIDES INFORMATION VITAL FOR STATEAGENCIES, COMPANIES, AND PRIVATE CITIZENS IN EVALUATING THESE ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLYIMPORTANT ISSUES.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC

PROJECT TITLE: GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN KANSAS FOR FY24PROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 2024 THROUGH 09 14 2025PURPOSETHE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECTS MANAGED ANDPERFORMED BY THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (KGS) FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS AND FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITHTHE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THROUGH THE STATEMAP GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM. FOR THE FY24 PROJECTYEAR, THE KGS WILL CONDUCT OR COMPLETE MAJOR MAPPING PROJECTS IN FIVE KANSAS COUNTIES COWLEY, LOGAN,LINN, MARION, AND ELLSWORTH. THESE COUNTIES WERE IDENTIFIED AND SELECTED AS PRIORITY MAPPING AREAS BY A12-MEMBER KANSAS GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF STAKEHOLDERS IN A VARIETY OFSTATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND IN PRIVATE SECTORS FOR WHICH GEOLOGIC MAPPING IS CRITICAL. THE KGS WILL ALSOUPDATE AND COMPILE A NEW GEMS COMPLIANT SUBSURFACE MAP DATABASE OF THE OSAGIAN AND MERAMECIANSTAGES OF MISSISSIPPIAN STRATA IN THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THAT AREECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS IN KANSAS. THE KGS IS ALSO INITIATING A PROJECT INCONJUNCTION WITH NEW SURFACE MAPPING IN ELLSWORTH COUNTY TO COMPILE A NEW GEMS COMPLIANTSUBSURFACE MAP DATABASE OF CRETACEOUS STRATA IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF KANSAS. FUNDING WILL ALSO BE USEDTO CONVERT SIX PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAPS TO THE NEW USGS GEOLOGIC MAPPING SCHEMA (GEMS)STANDARD FOR GEOLOGIC MAP PROJECTS. THE KGS HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENTAND BUILDING OF A NEW ONLINE DIGITAL LEXICON OF KANSAS STRATIGRAPHY THAT WILL ALLOW REAL-TIME UPDATES ANDIMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE. FINALLY, FUNDING WAS ALSO AWARDED TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE NATIONALGEOLOGIC MAPPING DATABASE WITH BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRIES SPECIFIC TO THE GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC MAPPING INKANSAS.ACTIVITIESNEW SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECTS IN THE IDENTIFIED COUNTIES INVOLVE THE COLLATION OF RELEVANTEXISTING GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, LONG AND INTENSIVE PERIODS OF TRAVEL AND FIELDWORK, AND THE PREPARATION OFDIGITAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING DATABASES FOR SUBMISSION TO THE USGS. THE MISSISSIPPIAN AND CRETACEOUSSUBSURFACE MAPPING PROJECTS WILL INCORPORATE EXISTING PARTIAL MAPS AND WELL TOPS DATA, IN ADDITION TORELEVANT PREVIOUS WORK PERTINENT TO CORE LOGGING, PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSES, DIAGENETIC, MAGNETIC, ANDSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES. TO CONVERT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED COUNTY MAPS, THE KGS WILL COMPILE AND UPDATE ALLPREVIOUS GIS DATA INTO GEODATABASES THAT COMPLY WITH THE LEVEL 3 GEMS STANDARD. THE NEW ONLINEDIGITAL STRATIGRAPHIC LEXICON WILL USE WIKI-PAGE STYLE TO REPLACE THE CURRENT WEBPAGE-BASED LEXICON. THEUSER-INTERFACE WILL BE USER-INTUITIVE AND MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE WHILE ALLOWING KGS STRATIGRAPHERS TOMAKE UPDATES IN REAL-TIME AS STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. UPDATING THE NGMDB IS ANONGOING TASK INVOLVING DATA FORMATTING AND SUBMISSION OF BATCHES OF ENTRIES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT YEAR.DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMESDELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE THE SUBMISSION TO THE USGS OF PDFS CONTAINING THE BEDROCK AND SURFICIALGEOLOGY OF FOURTEEN FULL OR PARTIAL 7.5-MINUTE USGS DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLES ALONG WITH GEMSCOMPLIANT GEOLOGIC DATABASES EQUIVALENT TO THE AREA OF THE NEWLY MAPPED QUADRANGLES. THE KGS WILL ALSODELIVER FULLY GEMS COMPLIANT GEODATABASES OF BUTLER, DICKINSON, ELLIS, FINNEY, KEARNY, AND MORRISCOUNTIES, KANSAS, AND A COMPILATION MAP OF SUBSURFACE MISSISSIPPIAN STRATA IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ANDSOUTHCENTRAL PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND CRETACEOUS STRATA IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE KGS WILL SUBMIT A PDF OF ANEW STRATIGRAPHIC CHART OF KANSAS WITH THE MOST RECENT NOMENCLATURE REVISIONS AND A URL FOR THE NEWONLINE WIKI-BASED WEBSITE. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE KGS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBMIT BIBLIOGRAPHICENTRIES TO THE NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING DATABASE.INTENDED BENEFICIARIESTHE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE STATE OF KANSAS ARE THE CITIZENS OF KANSAS.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

PROPOSAL TITLE: FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FY25 STATEMAP PROPOSAL ACTIVITIESPERFORMED IN SUPPORT OF GUIDANCE CRITERION 3PROJECT PERIOD: 09 01 2025 - 08 31 2027 (TWO-YEAR PROJECT)PURPOSE: THE FY25 STATEMAP AWARD TO THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL BE USED FOR NEWGEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE USGS 30 X 60 MIAMI AND EVERGLADES CITY QUADRANGLES. GEOLOGICMAPPING WILL PROVIDE BETTER RESOLUTION GEOLOGIC MAPS THAN ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE AREA, ASWELL AS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOUTH FLORIDA STRATIGRAPHY.ACTIVITIES: THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE FIELD MAPPING, CORE DRILLING, CORE AND CUTTINGS ANALYSES, ANDPUBLICATION PREPARATION.DELIVERABLES: TO BE RELEASED AS OPEN-FILE MAP SERIES (OFMS), OPEN-FILE REPORTS (OFR)CATEGORY 2 NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING GUIDANCE CRITERION 3 : MAPPING OF THE USGS 30 X 60 MIAMI AND EVERGLADES CITY QUADRANGLES PROGRESS REPORT AT THE END OF YEAR ONE (TO BE SUBMITTED 8 31 2026) GEOLOGIC MAPS, GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS, AND EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR USGS 30 X 60MIAMI EVERGLADES CITY QUADRANGLES (TO BE SUBMITTED 8 31 2027)INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST COASTS OF FLORIDA,INCLUDING MIAMI, EVERGLADES CITY, MARCO ISLAND, THE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PROGRAM, BIGCYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE AND EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK MANAGERS, AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATERMANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS INFORMATION. THIS AWARD HAS NO SUBRECIPIENTS.