Capabilities

Partnering capabilities

Surficial geologic mapping
—multipurpose databases for surface process, climate history, and other applications

Capabilities

Because the desert landscape is a complex mosaic it requires integrated study of its many parts: vegetation, wildlife, soils, and climate. Furthermore, these integrated parts undergo coordinated change with time, such as vegetation responding to increasingly wet climate conditions. The desert landscape project maintains a correspondingly diverse staff and close associations with other studies in order to shed light on the complex, interwoven landscape issues.

Project staff capabilities	Partnering capabilities
Project management Database management GIS science and spatial databases Quantitative and qualitative geomorphology Soil science Tectonic geomorphology Soil moisture modeling Remote sensing science Climate history Geochronology Paleoseismology	Vegetation mapping Biotic crusts mapping Soil compaction modeling Palynology Groundwater recharge modeling Herpetology Botany Fluvial geomorphology

Cooperative studies that further broaden our capabilities are underway with: