#usgscolorband { 
        background: #000000 /*#416ab1*/ url() ; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 75% 0; left: 1em; }
		
#usgstitle { 
     background-color: #767676;
     color: #ffffff; 
} 

.padding { margin: 15px; }

BLOCKQUOTE{
   margin-right : .5 ;  
   margin-left : .5 ;  
}
.larger{
   font-size : 14px ;  
   }
.medium{
   font-size : 12px ;  
}
.small{
   font-size :  11px;   
  }
.smaller{
   font-size : 11px; 
}
.smallest { font-size : 11px; }

.sup{ font-size : 11px; }
 .underline {text-decoration:underline}
.noline {text-decoration:none}

.smallheading {
font-size : 12px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; 
}

/* sets the font size to a smaller size for figure captions */
.caption { font-size : 10px; }

/* sets formatting of conversion table */
.convert {
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: none;
	border-top-color: #000000;
	border-bottom-color: #000000;
}
.convert div {
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: none;
	border-top-color: #000000;
	border-bottom-color: #000000;
}

/* formatting for figure thumbnails sidebar */
#figtable td { font-size:10px; }
#figtable p { font-size:10px; }

#nav_bar {  font-size: 80%; color: white; }
#nav_bar a:link{ color: white; text-decoration: none; display: block; }
#nav_bar a:visited{ color: white; text-decoration: none; display: block; }
#nav_bar a:hover{ color: white; text-decoration: underline; display: block; }
#nav_bar a:active{ color: white; text-decoration: none; display: block; }
#nav_bar ul{ font-size: 90%; margin: 0; padding: 5px 0 0 10px; list-style-type: none; }
#nav_bar li{ padding-bottom: 7px; }

body#home a#navig_home,
body#figures a#navig_figures,
body#convert a#navig_convert,
body#abstract a#navig_abstract,
body#intro a#navig_intro,
body#methods a#navig_methods,
body#data a#navig_data,
body#ref a#navig_ref
 {
	color: yellow; font-style:italic; 
}