Recent Fieldwork - August-October 2017
USGS scientists visited more than 40 coastal and offshore locations in recent months, studying hurricane damage, coastal landslides, methane seeps, and much more.
This article is part of the August-October 2017 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
Approximate locations of some recent USGS coastal and offshore fieldwork. Dark blue areas outline the US Exclusive Economic Zone; purple areas show US Great Lakes waters. Image credit: USGS
Here’s a quick overview of some recent fieldwork by our researchers.
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Tampa Bay, Florida to Florida Keys: Assessed impacts of Hurricane Irma on marsh and mangrove field sites, October 19–24 and October 6. Details:
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Long Island, New York: Measured sediment transport of wetland complexes in Cape Cod NS, Fire Island NS, Gateway NRA, and Assateague Island NS, October 16–21 and August 14–19. Details:
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Fire Island, New York: Surveyed beach profiles, continuous alongshore topography, and Wilderness Breach shoreline position, October 16–19. Details:
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Big Sur coast, California: Used drone for structure-from-motion topographic survey of Mud Creek landslide on Highway 1, October 11–12. Details:
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Grand Bay, Mississippi: Collected sediment tracers and traps at erosion monitoring sites in marshes, and removed boardwalks, September 30–October 6. Details:
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Panama: Measured coral abundance, coral calcification, and bioerosion in the Gulf of Chiriqui and Gulf of Panama, September 9–October 5. Details:
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Western Canada to Southeast Alaska: Investigated the offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system, September 9–October 3. Details:
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North Carolina: Measured bathymetry and sediment thickness, mapped outcrops for deep coral, canyon, and seep communities, September 1–13. Details:
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Santa Cruz, California: Collected suspended-sediment samples from the San Lorenzo River opposite the downtown Trader Joe’s, January 7–September 30. Details:
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Maui, Hawai‘i: Collected tide, wave, and set-up data over coral reefs for numerical model validation, September 25–29. Details:
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Floras Lake, Oregon: Collected cores and determined tsunami and earthquake history, September 10–20. Details:
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Fire Island, New York: Surveyed nearshore bathymetry and topography in and around the Wilderness Breach, September 5–15. Details:
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Nooksack River, Washington: Determined the geochemical composition of river sediment, September 11–15. Details:
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Santa Barbara, California: Monitored changes in sand distribution and movement between Goleta and Mugu submarine canyon, September 4–10. Details:
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Outer Banks, North Carolina: Collected samples for seafloor habitat research, August 28–September 8. Details:
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North Carolina to New Jersey: Performed water-column imaging, seafloor imaging, and CTD surveys to measure the impact of methane seepage, August 13–31. Details:
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Gorda Ridge, Eastern Pacific Ocean: Studied hydrothermal vent fields and associated biology, August 13–27. Details:
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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: Collected coral reef framework cores on Pulaski Shoal, August 13–25. Details:
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South Carolina: Performed sub-bottom acoustic profiling and sampling to provide age constraints on iceberg scours, August 15–22. Details:
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Carmel River, California: Measured topographic profiles of the river channel after dam removal and storms, April 11–August 18. Details:
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