Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat

Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat
Official identifier
Seal
Ringkasan agensi
Ditubuhkan	March 3, 1879
Ibu pejabat	Reston, Virginia
Pekerja	10,000 (2004)
Belanjawan tahunan	$971 million (FY2006)
Eksekutif agensi	Mark Myers, Director
Agensi pusat	Department of the Interior
Tapak web
www.usgs.gov

Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat atau di dalam bahasa Inggeris United States Geological Survey (USGS) merupakan agensi saintifik kerajaan Amerika Syarikat. Saintis-saintis USGS mempelajari landskap Amerika Syarikat, sumber semulajadi , dan bencana alam yang membahayakannya. Organisasi ini mempunyai empat disiplin sains yang besar, melibatkan biologi, geografi, geologi, dan hidrologi. USGS adalah merupakan sebuah organisasi pencari fakta dengan tidak terikat dengan apa-apa undang-undang.

Senarai pengarah USGS

1879–1881 Clarence King 1881–1894 John Wesley Powell 1894–1907 Charles Doolittle Walcott 1907–1930 George Otis Smith 1930–1943 Walter Curran Mendenhall 1943–1956 William Embry Wrather 1956–1965 Thomas Brennan Nolan 1965–1971 William Thomas Pecora 1971–1978 Vincent Ellis McKelvey 1978–1981 Henry William Menard 1981–1993 Dallas Lynn Peck 1994–1997 Gordon P. Eaton 1998–2005 Charles G. Groat 2006-present Mark Myers

Lihat juga

• Geographic Names Information System
• Volcano Disaster Assistance Program
• Timeline of environmental events
• Maps of the United States
• British Geological Survey
• Saudi Geological Survey
• Core research center

References

• Eilperin, Juliet (December 14, 2006). "USGS Scientists Object To Stricter Review Rules". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121301991.html. Capaian 2007-12-27. 
• Erickson, Jim (December 14, 2006). "USGS to review scientists' studies prior to publication". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5213051,00.html. Capaian 2007-12-27. 
• Heilprin, John (December 13, 2006). "USGS scientists worry about being muzzled". Associated Press. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16193443/. Capaian 2007-12-27. 
• Lubick, Naomi (February 7, 2007). "Heavier peer review policy for USGS". Environmental Science & Technology. http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/feb/policy/nl_prpolicy.html. Capaian 2007-12-27. 
• "500.5 - News Release and Media Relations Policy". U.S. Geological Survey. August 19, 2002. http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/500/500-5.html. Capaian 2007-12-27. 
• "502.4 - Fundamental Science Practices: Review, Approval, and Release of Information Products". U.S. Geological Survey. September 20, 2006. http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/500/502-4.html. Capaian 2007-12-27. 

Pautan luar

USGS sites

• USGS official site
• Major USGS Discipline sites: Water, Geology, Geography, Biology
• USGS science programs
• Science Topics (thematic directory)
• Science in Your Backyard (State index)
• USGS Natural Hazards Gateway
• USGS Circular 1050 (History of the USGS)
• USGS Geomagnetism Program
• Earthquake Hazards Program (current and historical earthquake information)
• Subscribe to automated earthquake messages
• Volcano Information
• USGS Realtime Streamflow Information
• USGS Water Data for the Nation

Non-USGS related sites

• The Libre Map Project offers free, high-quality USGS DRG maps in TIFF format along with world files for use with your GIS software
• TerraServer-USA and Acme host USGS topographic maps (and aerial photos on TerraServer-USA); Maptech hosts historical USGS topos in the northeast U.S.