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Disclaimers

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  • U.S. Department of the Interior Website Disclaimer

Accessibility

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Privacy

• Visits to this site are logged by domain - personally identifying information, such as e-mail addresses, are not logged. Information, web traffic logs, e-mails, and other correspondence related to this web server and its content are archived. This information is used only by the USGS Astrogeology Web team members and others in the USGS hierarchy, and will not be released to any other program, organization, business, or individual. See the following documents for information concerning U.S. Department of the Interior websites (such as this one), the U.S. Government and privacy:
  • U.S. Department of the Interior Privacy Statement
  • U.S. Department of the Interior - Correspondence and Privacy
  • Everything you wanted to know about the Privacy and Freedom of Information Acts (brought to you by U.S. Department of Justice)