The March 1940 Superstorm - Geoelectromagnetic Hazards And Impacts On American Communication And Power Systems
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003379 <-- shared paper
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#spaceweather #geomagnetic #history #historic #1940 #USA #measurement #spatialanalysis #geomagnetism #risk #hazard #effects #ICME #CME #coronalmassejection #interference #electricity #electrical #utilities #infrastructure #impacts #communications #telecommunications #geoelectromagnetic #solarwind #magneticstorm #humanimpacts #geoelectric #geology #soil #operations #transmission #power #energy #energysupply #naturalhazard@USGS | @CIRES

Solar Cycle, Geology, And Geoelectric Hazards For Power Grids
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20243036 <-- link to the (new) USGS fact sheet
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/geomagnetism <-- USGS geomagnetism home page
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https://youtu.be/sKr4ZcM03r0?si=Xw_lo5PZGRA-vqWN <-- Chronology of Noteworthy Geomagnetic Storms [video]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #usgs #spaceweather #space #geophysics #geomagnetism #electricity #infrastructure #magneticstorm #powertransmission #geoelectric #geology #spatialanalysis #soil #geomorphology #resistance #CME #solar #sunspots #risk #hazard #damage #blackouts #economics #cost
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" #Strong #electrical currents were #surging through #rocks and #soil . The biggest voltages along the US eastern seaboard and in the Midwest were as much as 10,000 times normal.
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Back in March 1989, voltages only a little stronger than the ones shown above #broughtdown the entire #HydroQuébec #powersystem. ..."

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Geoelectric Evidence For A Wide Spatial Footprint Of Active Extension In Central Colorado
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https://doi.org/10.1130/G51517.1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #geophysics #Colorado #USA #geomagnetism #geology #structuralgeology #model #modeling #magnetotelluric #tectonomagmatism #RioGrandeRift #crust #riftsystem #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #3dmodeling #3d #geoelectric