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Hi, May be of interest to other librarians: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The public lecture, "The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami 50th ANNIVERSARY" by George Plafker from this past Thursday is now online at: http://tinyurl.com/8ecxjp7 Publications for "1964 Alaska Earthquake" listed online at: USGS Publications Warehouse : http://tinyurl.com/kxz9o3z USGS National Geologic Map Database : http://tinyurl.com/lhl9ann George's publications are listed at: -- USGS National Geologic Map Database: http://tinyurl.com/mzyosbk -- USGS Publications Warehouse: http://tinyurl.com/nbqv6rx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The USGS congressional briefings are listed at: http://www.usgs.gov/solutions/ The slide presentation (and audio, if available), "Exploring Earthquakes: Analyzing the Past to Protect Lives and Property Today" from this past Friday will be posted at: http://www.usgs.gov/solutions/2014_feb28.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minerals information, new publications and public inquiries (1) Estimate of Undiscovered Copper Resources of the World, 2013: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2014/3004/ (2) USGS Minerals Commodity Summaries : http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/ 2013 is online at: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2013/mcs2013.pdf - Please note, usually these are made available each January; however, there has been a delay in the publication of the USGS Minerals Commodity Summary 2014 publication. (3) USGS Minerals Commodity = Niobium , Statistics and Information : http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/niobium/ Interactive maps and lists of Mines, Mine Production, and(or) Mineral Occurrences: USGS Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data : http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ - Mines, Mine Production, and(or) Mineral Occurrences: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/find-mrds.php Example: Niobium: -- from the dropdown menu at: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/find-mrds.php --- select "Commodity" = "Niobium" --- To view the results in Google Earth, select "Chose Format" = "Google Earth" (from dropdown menu) and select "Get Data" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let me know if you seek additional information. Enjoy the day, Emily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emily Wild Librarian (Physical Scientist) U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Box 25046, MS 914 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225-0046 ph: (303) 236-1003 [log in to unmask] USGS Libraries: http://library.usgs.gov Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/lh3tmua Professional Page: http://profile.usgs.gov/ecwild ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~