Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - October-November 2018

This article is part of the October-November 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.

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Here’s a quick overview of some recent fieldwork by our researchers.

• Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected carbonate system parameters underway using latest technology in the Manatee River, November 19-20 and 14-17 Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-368-FA and 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-365-FA

• Dauphin Island, Alabama: Collected drone air photos and ground control points for point clouds, orthomosaic images, and digital elevation models, November 13-18. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-362-FA

• Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts: Measured water velocity, water quality, water level, seabed change, suspended sediment concentration, and organic content for wetland sediment transport studies, November 13-16. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-058-FA

• Klamath River, California: Collected surface samples of sediment in the estuary to characterize salmonid habitat, November 12-16. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-680-FA

• Florida Keys: Measured coral and algal calcification rates at monitoring stations in Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and Dry Tortugas National Park, October 22 to November 11. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-359-FA

• Lake Enriquillo, Dominican Republic: Collected sediment samples for organic geochemical analyses to examine ocean-continent interactions, November 3-9. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-357-FA

• Offshore Oregon and California: Mapped and sampled deep sea coral and associated habitats, October 9 to November 9. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-663-FA

• San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, November 9 and October 23. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-683-FA and 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-681-FA

• San Juan, Puerto Rico: Collected tide and wave data for wave and water level models to guide coral reef restoration project, October 29 to November 7. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-670-FA

• Puget Sound, Washington: Collected water-level data during winter storms, November 1-7. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-678-FA

• Stanford, California: Collected sediment cores behind the Searsville Lake Dam for earthquake and ecological studies, October 29-30. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-682-FA

• Mississippi and Alabama: Retrieved and redeployed sediment plate, collect sediment cores, and collected multibeam bathymetry in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, October 22-27. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-358-FA

• Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey: Collected geologic framework information from inner shelf and inlet for coastal-change studies, October 21-26 and September 23-27. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-049-FA and 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-050-FA

• Offshore Tampa Bay, Florida: Installed oceanographic mooring for carbonate studies about 60 miles offshore, October 24-25. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-360-FA

• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Used drones for air photos to collect topographic data for structure-from-motion, October 22-24. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-676-FA

• Offshore Oregon and California: Used seismic systems to study deformation and sediment dynamics along the southern Cascadia margin, October 4-18. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-658-FA

• Offshore Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Biological, chemical, and sediment sampling of deep-water corals, canyons, and seeps, October 1-12. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-053-FA

• Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey: Monitored post-restoration changes to beach and dune sites, October 8-12. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-056-FA

• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Collected vibracores to study the deformation history of the Kirby Hills and Midland Fault Zones, October 8-12. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-671-FA

• Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Sampled cave water chemistry and animals in Atlántida tunnel for isotope analysis, October 3-8. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-052-FA

• Offshore Southern California: Collected samples to determine sediment deposition rates and timing of movement on earthquake faults, September 17 to October 2. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-627-FA

• Lake Okeechobee, Florida: Studied the microbial biogeochemistry of groundwater at the Kissimmee River Aquifer Storage and Recovery facility, June 1 to October 1. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-330-FA

• Santa Barbara, California: Monitored changes in sand distribution and movement in the nearshore between Goleta and Mugu Canyon, September 23-29. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-660-FA

• Lake Superior, Michigan: Collected baseline data on the distribution and thickness of mine tailings near Buffalo Reef, September 13-27. Details: 
  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-043-FA