Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - July 2018
USGS scientists visited more than a dozen coastal and offshore locations studying Arctic bluffs in Alaska, wetland sediments on Long Island, coral reefs in Florida and Hawai‘i, and collecting sediment samples in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s a quick overview of some fieldwork by our researchers.
This article is part of the July 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
- Stellwagen Bank NMS, Massachusetts: Collected seabed sediment samples for geological mapping, July 16-20.
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Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected water samples to measure carbonate chemistry, July 19-20, July 12-13.
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Santa Barbara, California: Investigated shallow faulting and submarine landslides along the western Santa Barbara Channel, July 9-18.
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Southeast Florida: Collected cores from coral heads to reconstruct paleoclimate and coral growth, July 8-15.
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Gulf of Mexico: Collected samples from a sediment trap and redeploy the trap. July 8-11.
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Barter Island, Alaska: Installed video web camera station and time lapse cameras, measured waves and seismic signals on coastal bluffs, July 2-9.
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Madeira Beach, Florida: Recovered data and redeployed current meter to measure waves, currents, and water depths, July 5.
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Long Island, New York: Measured wetland sediment transport in Jamaica Bay and Great South Bay, June 26-28.
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South Molokai, Hawai‘i: Studied coral reef sediment transport, June 18-27.
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Indian Rocks Beach, Florida: Checked measurements in groundwater monitoring wells offshore, July 26.
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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: Took samples of elkhorn corals to measure age and determine geographic extent, July 17-23.
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Floras Lake, Oregon: Measured seaside lake bathymetry and took samples to guide future work looking for old tsunami deposits, June 17-23.
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Fire Island National Seashore, New York: Repeated bathymetric survey and collected shallow seismic reflection data, May 30 – June 20.
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Collected sediment samples to support habitat restoration, June 20. Details:
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Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected drone photos to test the Structure-from-Motion technique for estimating coastal topography, June 19.
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San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, June 18.
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