Marine geological maps of the Campania region have been constructed both to a 1:25.000 and 1:10.000 scale in frame research projects financed by Italian National Geological Survey, focusing, particular, on Gulf Naples (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea), complex volcanic area where sedimentary processes strongly interacted during Late Quaternary Cilento Promontory offshore. In this paper, examples sheets...

Geologic time is a crucial component of any geoscientist’s training. Essential knowledge of geologic time includes rates of geologic processes and the associated time it takes for geologic features to form, yet measuring conceptual thinking abilities in these domains is challenging. We describe development and initial application of the Landscape Identification and Formation Test (LIFT), a conc...

Geologic interpretation is the process of determining a sequence of geological events that could have caused a particular geologic formation. This paper describes a model for geologic interpretation of sketches, which are collected and represented with our open-domain sketch understanding system, CogSketch. The spatial relations that CogSketch computes are combined with a domain theory for geol...

Elena Nilsen, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Robert Rosenbauer, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Edward Furlong, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Mark Burkhardt, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Stephen Werner, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Lisa Greaser, U.S. Geological Survey,...

Today, 31 countries operate ∼ 450 nuclear power reactors supplying electric power to ∼ 1 billion people,∼ 15% of the world population. Nuclear reactors generate∼ 17% of global electric power needs and a number of industrialized countries depend on nuclear power for at least half of their electricity. In addition, ∼ 30 nuclear power reactors are presently under construction worldwide (Macfarlane...

Medicinal species of mountain’s kelavs, scientifically named (kelussia odoratissmia Mozaffar.) is an endemic species in Iran. Kelussia odoratissima is a perennial species and belongs to the umbelliferae. From the ancient times, the local and nomad societies had believed that the species traditionally have anti-ache, anti-inflation and anti-cough effects. Seed and root of this species are boiled...