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List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

Benazzouz, O., Pinheiro, L.M., Matias, L.M.A., Afilhado, A., Herold, D., and Haines, S.S., 2018, Accurate ocean bottom seismometer positioning method inspired by multilateration technique: Mathematical Geosciences. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-017-9719-5]

Birchler, J.J., Harris, C.K., Kniskern, T.A., and Sherwood, C.R., 2018, Numerical model of geochronological tracers for deposition and reworking applied to the Mississippi subaqueous delta. In: Shim, J.-S.; Chun, I., and Lim, H.-S. (eds.), Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2018 (Busan, Republic of Korea). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 85, pp. 1–5. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

Brothers, D.S., Haeussler, P., East, A., ten Brink, U., Andrews, B., Dartnell, P., Miller, N., and Kluesner, J., 2018, A closer look at an undersea source of Alaskan earthquakes: Eos, v. 99, no. 2, p. 22–26. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO079019]

Brown, J.A., Thompson, D.M., and Long, J.W., 2018, Beach profile data collected from Madeira Beach, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43S94]

Douglas, S., Dixon, B., and Griffin, D.W., 2018, Assessing intrinsic and specific vulnerability models ability to indicate groundwater vulnerability to groups of similar pesticides: A comparative study: Physical Geography. [https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2017.1406300]

Edwards, J.H., Kluesner, J.W., Silver, E.A., and Bangs, N.L., 2018, Pleistocene vertical motions of the Costa Rican outer forearc from subducting topography and a migrating fracture zone triple junction: Geosphere, v. 14, p. 1–25. [https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01577.1]

Edwards, J.H., Kluesner, J., Silver, E.A., Brodsky, E.E., Brothers, D., Bangs, N.L., Kirkpatrick, J.D., Wood, R., and Okamato, K., 2018, Corrugated megathrust revealed offshore from Costa Rica: Nature Geoscience, v. 11, p. 197–202. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0061-4]

Elder, C.D., Xu, X., Walker, J., Schnell, J.L., Hinkel, K.M., Townsend-Small, A., Arp, C.D., Pohlman, J., Gaglioti, B.V., and Czimzik, C.I., 2018, Greenhouse gas emissions from diverse Arctic Alaskan lakes are dominated by young carbon: Nature Climate Change, v. 8, p. 166–171. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0066-9]

Ellis, A.M., Smith, C.G., and Marot, M.E., 2018, The sedimentological characteristics and geochronology of the marshes on Dauphin Island, Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VM49J0]

Enwright, N.M., Wang, L., Borchert, S.M., Day, R.H., Feher, L.C., and Osland, M.J., 2018, The impact of lidar elevation uncertainty on mapping intertidal habitats on barrier islands: Remote Sensing, v. 10, p. 1–18. [https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010005]

Everhart, C.S., Nelson, P.R., Smith, C.G., and Flint, M.K., 2018, Radon-222 and water column data related to submarine groundwater discharge along the Western margin of Indian River Lagoon, Florida—September 2017 and November 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [https://doi.org/10.5066/F76Q1WG4]

Forde, A.S., Bernier, J.C., and Miselis, J.L., 2018, Ground penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected in April 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1078. [https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1078]

Forde, A.S., DeWitt, N.T., Fredericks, J.J., and Miselis, J.L., 2018, Archive of chirp subbottom profile data collected in 2015 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [https://doi.org/10.5066/F7668C5C]

Fujisaki, I., Lamont, M.M., and Carthy, R.R., 2018, Temporal shift of sea turtle nest sites in an eroding barrier island beach: Ocean and Coastal Management, v. 155, p. 24–29. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.032]

Gartman, A., Hein, J.R., and Mizell, K., 2018, Global diversity among deep-ocean mineral deposits [abstract]: RFG 2018 conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 16–21, 2018. [http://rfg2018.gibsongroup.ca/]

Lacy, J.R., Drexler, J., Stevens, A.W., Schoellhamer, D., Khanna, S., Downing-Kunz, M., and Work, P.A., 2018, Influence of invasive submerged aquatic vegetation (Egeria densa) on sediment flux in Lindsey Slough [abstract]: State of California Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) for the San Francisco Bay estuary meeting, March 6–8, 2018.

Leonardi, N., Carnacina, I., Donatelli, C., Ganju, N.K., Plater, A.J., Schuerch, M., and Temmerman, S., 2018, Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review: Geomorphology, v. 301, p. 92–107. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.11.001]

Limber, P., and Barnard, P., 2018, Coastal knickpoints and the competition between fluvial and wave-driven erosion on rocky coastlines: Geomorphology, v. 306, p. 1–12. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.12.035]

McCloskey, T., Smith, C.G., Liu, K., Marot, M.E., and Haller, C., 2018, How could a freshwater swamp produce a chemical signature characteristic of a saltmarsh? ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, v. 2, p. 9–20. [https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00098]

Muhs, D., Pigati, J., Schumann, R.R., Skipp, G., Porat, N., and DeVogel, S.B., 2018, Quaternary sea-level history and the origin of the northernmost coastal aeolianites in the Americas: Channel Islands National Park, California, USA: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 491, p. 38–76. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.042]

Prouty, N.G., Roark, E.B., Mohon, L.M., and Chang, C.-C., 2018, Uptake and distribution of organo-iodine in deep-sea corals: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 187, p. 122–132. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.01.003]

Schulz, M.S., Lawrence, C., Muhs, D., Prentice, C.S., and Flanagan, S., 2018, Landscapes from the waves—Marine terraces of California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018–3002, 4 p. [https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20183002]

Segou, M., and Parsons, T., 2018, Testing earthquake links in Mexico from 1978 up to the 2017 M=8.1 Chiapas and M=7.1 Puebla shocks: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 45, no. 2, p. 708–714. [https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076237]

Sparrow, K.J., Kessler, J.D., Southon, J.R., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Schreiner, K.M., Ruppel, C.D., Miller, J.B., Lehman, S.J., and Xu, X., 2018, Limited contribution of ancient methane to surface waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea shelf: Science Advances, v. 4. [https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4842]

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