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Geographic Names Information System

Known as: Geographical Names Information System, GNIS, USGS GNIS 
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and… 
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Using UAS Hyperspatial RGB Imagery for Identifying Beach Zones along the South Texas Coast
Shoreline information is fundamental for understanding coastal dynamics and for implementing environmental policy. The analysis… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Weathering the escarpment: chemical and physical rates and processes, south‐eastern Australia
Differences in chemical weathering extent and character are expected to exist across topographic escarpments due to spatial… 
2008
2008
Data inquiry in geographical names information system based on MapInfo
The Geographical Names Information System(GNIS) is an important component of digitalized city,and offers an important platform of… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Late Neogene and Quaternary evolution of the northern Albemarle Embayment (mid-Atlantic continental margin, USA)
2005
2005
Crystalline-rock ejecta and shocked minerals of the chesapeake bay impact structure, USGS-NASA langley core, Hampton, Virginia, with supplemental constraints on the age of impact
The USGS-NASA Langley corehole at Hampton, Va., was drilled in 2000 as the first in a series of new coreholes drilled in the late… 
2000
2000
Voluminous lava-like precursor to a major ash-flow tuff : low-column pyroclastic eruption of the Pagosa Peak Dacite , San Juan volcanic field , Colorado
The Pagosa Peak Dacite is an unusual pyroclastic deposit that immediately predated eruption of the enormous Fish Canyon Tuff… 
1999
1999
Indirect Geospatial Referencing through Place Names in the Digital Library: Alexandria Digital Library Experience with Developing and Implementing Gazetteers.
All types of information can be referenced to a geographic place. Maps, aerial photographs, and remote sensing images are… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Composite and Merged Aeromagnetic Data for Alaska - A Web Site for Distribution of Gridded Data and Plot Files
Data from 85 individual aeromagnetic surveys were merged together to produce a single data grid spanning much of Alaska. 
Review
1993
Review
1993
USGS potential‐field geophysical software for PC and compatible microcomputers
Potential‐field software currently in use by the USGS Branch of Geophysics has recently been modified for use on PC/MS-Dos based… 
1988
1988
The origin of Chubutolithes Ihering, ichnofossils from the Eocene and Oligocene of Chubut Province, Argentina
The distinctive trace fossil Chubutolithes gaimanensis n. ichnosp. occurs in Casamayoran (early Eocene) and Colhuéhaupian (late… 
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