Particulate Matter Identification in Lung Tissue from Deployers, Positive, and Negative controls Using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (2013-2016)

We developed and tested a new method for in situ characterization and distribution of inorganic particles in biopsied lung tissue from three diverse human subject groups using field emission scanning electron microscopy with an energy dispersive analyzer. Backscattered electron and secondary electron images of particulate matter in lung tissue were acquired. Inorganic particulate matter in the field of view of the image was analyzed using energy dispersive spectroscopy and subsequently identified and cataloged.

Tags: Afghanistan, Biopsy, Colorado, Denver, Edison, All tags... Energy dispersive spectroscopy, Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS), International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine, Iraq, Lung, Lung tissue, Mass spectroscopy, National Jewish Health, New Jersey, Particulate matter, Phase spectra, Scanning electron microscopy, Tissue, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), health, mass spectroscopy, Fewer tags

Triangulation transitman. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Triangulation transitman at F2X. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 12 in the U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M 1970.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis of particles recovered from rat lung digestates

Scanning electron microscope analysis of dust in rat lung tissues.

Categories: Data; Tags: Afghanistan, Asia Minor and Middle East, China Lake, Common geographic areas, GGGSC, All tags... Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Iraq, chemical analysis, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, intelligenceMilitary, mass spectroscopy, particulate matter, scanning electron microscopy, Fewer tags

Point locations of brick kilns in Kabul, Afghanistan, derived from 1965, 2004, 2011, and 2018 satellite imagery

This dataset was created as part of the USGS Afghanistan Project investigating artisanal and small-scale mining activity. Clay mining for brick making purposes represents a small but important segment of the mineral extraction industry in Kabul, Afghanistan. Over the past several decades Kabul has grown from a relatively small city, with a 1970 population of less than 500,000 people, to a sprawling urban center with approximately 4.2 million people in 2020 (CIA 2020). Population growth has expanded the need for housing, commercial, and industrial buildings, and associated infrastructure. This has greatly increased demand for bricks, the primary construction material of the region. In this study, very high-resolution...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Afghanistan, Geography, Loess, Mineral Resources, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, clay deposits, mining and quarrying, Fewer tags

Fathometer chart. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Fathometer chart from sediment range line 12-12 cross section. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 6 in U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Stream-gaging methods by cableway. Kabul River, Afghanistan. circa 1960s.

Album caption and index card: A.O. Westfall, USGS hydrologist, instructing Afghan hydrometrists in stream-gaging methods by cableway at model gaging station on Kabul River near head of Tang-e Gharu. View upstream. Afghanistan. n.d. Published as figure 38 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 911. 1976.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Photographers, Taylor, G.C., Jr. Collection, photo print

Standard navigational sextant. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Standard navigational sextant. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 4 in U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry of Nasal Cells and Supernatants from Nasal Brushings and Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was used to characterize the chemical composition of supernatants from nasal brushings and bronchoalveolar lavage.

Categories: Data; Tags: Afghanistan, Asia Minor and Middle East, China Lake, Common geographic areas, GGGSC, All tags... Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Iraq, chemical analysis, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, intelligenceMilitary, mass spectroscopy, particulate matter, scanning electron microscopy, Fewer tags

Geologic map of South Asia (geo8ag)

This data set is the digital geologic layer for the map of South Asia. The data set includes arcs, polgons, polygon labels, and attributes for geology, faults, inferred faults, and rivers. The data set is compiled from numerous UNESCO geologic maps to assist in the assessment of oil and gas for the World Energy Project.

Categories: Data, pre-SM502.8; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Afghan, Province 8024, Afghanistan, Assam, Province 8034, Baluchistan, Province 8022, Bangladesh, All tags... Bhutan, Bombay, Province 8043, Cauvery, Province 8044, Central Afghanistan, Province 8023, Chindwara, Province 8030, Damodar, Province 8032, Earth Science, Economic geology, Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Province 8047, Geologic map, Geology, Geology, Himalayan Foreland, Province 8028, Himalayan, Province 8002, India, Indian Shield, Province 8003, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Burman, Province 8005, Indus, Province 8042, Irrawaddy, Province 8048, Kohat-Potwar, Province 8026, Konkan, Province 8063, Krishna-Godavari, Province 8045, Lakshadweep, Province 8062, Mahanadi, Province 8046, Makran, Province 8021, Maldives, Province 8061, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Natural gas resources, Nepal, North Burma, Province 8035, Oil, Oil sand resources, Oil shale resources, Pakistan, Petroleum, Pranhita-Godavari, Province 8033, Resource Assessment, Satpura-Brahmani, Province 8031, South Asia, Southeast Afghanistan, Province 8001, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Province 8004, Sulaiman-Kirthar, Province 8025, Tenasserim-Shan, Province 8006, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, oilgas, sasia, wep, worldgeologicmaps, Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of Select Countries in Southwest Asia

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for 10 countries of interest in Southwest Asia (area of study): Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Thailand. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries and related economic and physical infrastructure integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study as well as the movement of mineral products across domestic and global markets. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity supply chains...

Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Cambodia, Economic Geology, Energy Resources, All tags... Geography, India, Indonesia, Information Sciences, Iran, LNG, LNG terminals, Laos, Malaysia–Thailand JDA, Mineral Resources, NGL, Nepal, North Korea, PGE, Pakistan, REE, Thailand, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aluminum, amethyst, antimony, aquamarine, aragonite, arsenic, asbestos, barite, barium, bauxite, beforsite, bentonite, beryl, beryllium, bismuth, boron, brine, brown coal, bulk cargo, bulk shipping, cadmium, calcium, celestite, cement, cesium, chromium, clay, coal, coal (brown), coal (hard), coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, cobalt, columbium, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, critical minerals, deposit, diamond, dry port, electrical transmission lines, electricity, electricity generation, emerald, energy, energy generation, epidote, evaporite-related potash, exploration, ferroalloys, fluorite, fluorspar, fluxstone, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gas terminal, gasification, gemstone, gemstones, gold, graphite, gypsum, hafnium, halite, halite (brine), hard coal, hydrocarbon resources, iron, iron (carbonatite), iron and steel, iron ore, kyanite, lapiz lazuli, lead, limestone, liquefaction, liquefied natural gas, lithium, magnesite, magnesium, manganese, marble, maritime port, mercury, methanol, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral deposit, mineral exploration, mineral exports, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, morganite, muscovite, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, niobium (columbium), non-renewable energy, ochre, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas terminal, oil production, oil terminal, peat, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate occurrence, phosphate resources, phosphorite, platinum-group elements, porphyry copper, port, port terminal, potash, potash occurrence, potash resources, potassium, power, power generation, power lines, power plant, power station, quartz, rare earth elements, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, regasification, renewable energy, resources, rhenium, rose quartz, rubidium, ruby, salt, sand, sand (glass), sand and gravel, sandstone, sapphire, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, serpentine, shale gas, shale oil, shipping port, silica, silver, smelting, sodium, sphalerite, spinel, stratabound copper, strontium, sulfur, sövite, talc, tantalum, technetium, tellurium, thorium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tourmaline, transmission lines, tungsten, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, vermiculite, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Boat with fathometer crew. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Boat with fathometer crew beginning sounder run. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 11 in U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Stream-gaging and weather observation station. Kabul River, Afghanistan. n.d.

Album caption and index card: A.O. Westfall, USGS hydrologist, at a new stream-gaging and weather observation station on Kabul River near head of Tang-e Gharu (Tangi Garu Gorge). View downstream. This is one of 63 new stream-gaging and weather stations constructed in Afghanistan as part of the Surface Water Research Project, 1964-69. Afghanistan. n.d. Published as figure 37 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 911. 1976.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Photographers, Taylor, G.C., Jr, photo print

Scanning electron microscopy and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry of particles recovered from deployer and control lung digestates

Scanning electron microscope analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy data of dust recovered from deployers and controls.

Categories: Data; Tags: Afghanistan, Asia Minor and Middle East, China Lake, Common geographic areas, GGGSC, All tags... Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Iraq, chemical analysis, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, intelligenceMilitary, mass spectroscopy, particulate matter, scanning electron microscopy, Fewer tags

Data Release for the 2007 Afghanistan Seismic Hazard Model

Gridded seismic hazard curve data, gridded ground motion data, and mapped gridded ground motion values are available for the 2007 Afghanistan Seismic Hazard Model. Probabilistic seismic hazard data and maps of Afghanistan for peak ground acceleration (PGA) and 0.2 and 1.0 second spectral acceleration at probability levels of 2 percent in 50 years (annual probability of 0.000404), 5 percent in 50 years (annual probability of 0.001026), and 10 percent in 50 years (annual probability of 0.0021), assuming firm rock soil conditions at 760 m/s, are available. Development of the 2007 Afghanistan Seismic Hazard Model is documented in the USGS Open-File Report 2007-1137 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1137/index.html). This...

Tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan, EHP, Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, All tags... Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geophysics, NEHRP site classes, NSHM, NSHMP, National Seismic Hazard Model, National Seismic Hazard Model Project, Seismology, U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps, USAID, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), ground motion, hazard curve, hazard map, spectral period, Fewer tags

Foerst bed-material sampler. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Foerst bed-material sampler in use, Kajakai Reservoir. Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 26 in U.S. Geological Suvey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Sediment deposited along river flood plain. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Sediment deposited along river flood plain near range line 22-22, Kajakai Reservoir. Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 27 in U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print

Geochemical and morphological characterization of bulk dust used in MMP3 and GLIDE experiments

Multiple techniques including, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, laser diffraction particle analysis, and inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, were used to characterize the morphology and composition of dust used for biological studies.

Categories: Data; Tags: Afghanistan, Asia Minor and Middle East, China Lake, Common geographic areas, GGGSC, All tags... Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Iraq, chemical analysis, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, inductively coupled plasma optical spectroscopy, intelligenceMilitary, particulate matter, scanning electron microscopy, Fewer tags

Geochemical Analysis of Bulk Dust and Human Respiratory Cells and Fluids in Research on Deployment-related Lung Injury

Multiple techniques including, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, laser diffraction particle analysis, and inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, were used to characterize the morphology and composition of dust used for biological studies as well as lung tissue from rats, personnel deployed to Southwest Asia, and control samples. The data presented in this release are organized in the following structure: Child item 1: Geochemical and Morphological Characterization of Bulk Dust Used in MMP3 and GLIDE Experiments BulkDustCharacterization Table 1 XRD_final.csv BulkDustCharacterization Table 2 PSA_final.csv BulkDustCharacterization Table 3 ICP-OES-MS_final.csv BulkDustCharacterization Tables 1-2-3...

Tags: Afghanistan, Asia Minor and Middle East, China Lake, Common geographic areas, Environmental Health, All tags... GGGSC, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Iraq, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), chemical analysis, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, inductively coupled plasma optical spectroscopy, intelligenceMilitary, particulate matter, scanning electron microscopy, Fewer tags

Structures prospective for petroleum in northern Afghanistan (structafg.shp)

This shapefile contains polygons that describe structures prospective for petroleum in northern Afghanistan compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources team from different original sources.

Categories: Data, pre-SM502.8; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: AF, Afghan-Tajik basin, Province 1156, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry, Amu Darya basin, Province 1154, All tags... Earth Science, Geology, Joint Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Team, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Northern Afghanistan, Oil, Oil and gas fields, Petroleum, Prospective structures, Resource Assessment, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), afghan, geoscientificInformation, oilgas, wep, worldgeologicmaps, Fewer tags

Survey crew. Kajakai Reservoir, Afghanistan. ca. 1968.

Album caption and index card: Survey crew receiving training in transit operation. Kajakai Reservoir. Afghanistan. ca. 1968. Published as figure 13 in U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 1608-M. 1970.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Afghanistan, Perkins, D.C. Collection, Photographers, photo print