Tag: U.S. Geological Survey

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT using ShakeCast to develop bridge inspection protocol following earthquakes

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is using the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) ShakeCast program to help inspectors develop a protocol for inspecting bridges following an earthquake. Oklahoma has experienced an increase in both the number and severity of earthquakes over the past seven years, during which time there was “cosmetic damage” found following a […]

August 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

U.S. Geological Survey Report: Glacial Aquifer System, Northern United States

Abstract (from http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5086/) A study of chloride in groundwater and surface water (Groundwater and Surface Water in Areas Underlain by the Glacial Aquifer System, Northern United States, by John R. Mullaney, David L. Lorenz, and Alan D. Arntson, click here.) was conducted for the glacial aquifer system of the northern United States in forested, agricultural, […]

October 1, 2009