Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - June 2018
USGS scientists visited 11 coastal and offshore locations while monitoring beaches, marshes, and offshore areas, and testing new equipment. Here’s a quick overview of some fieldwork by our researchers.
This article is part of the June 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
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Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey: Collected geologic-framework information from the inner shelf and inlet for coastal-change studies, May 29–June 15. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-001-FA -
Long Island, New York: Measured sediment transport of wetlands in Jamaica Bay and Great South Bay, June 11–14. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-041-FA -
San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, June 12. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-640-FA -
Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama: Measured marsh thickness and established sites for erosion studies, June 4–8. Details:
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Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected water samples to validate instrumentation, June 4–8, May 29. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-339-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-337-FA -
Oceanside, California: Measured sand distribution, thickness, and grain size on the continental shelf, May 21–26, 2018. Details:
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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts: Collected seabed sediment samples for geological mapping, May 21–24. Details:
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Taunton, Massachusetts: Created elevation base map to aid flood-inundation maps using drone photos, May 23. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-011-FA -
Clearwater, Florida: Collected GPS data and photos for Sand Key video coastal monitoring station, May 23. Details:
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Monitored coastal erosion and tested grain-size mapping using drones at Sandwich Town Neck Beach, May 21–22. Details:
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Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected drone photos to test the structure-from-motion technique for estimating coastal topography, May 22. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-336-FA
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Sound Waves Newsletter - June 2018
USGS hurricane response in 2017 helps prepare for 2018 season, and USGS researchers are ready; a special, USGS-led tsunami hazards issue of the journal Marine Geology receives award as one of the top three most-cited issues in 2016 and 2017; a USGS researcher visits South Korea to share expertise on offshore mapping; and more in this June 2018 issue of Sound Waves.