Coastal science at the USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) includes groundwater, surface water, and water-quality studies. Surface water includes coastal waters, estuaries, and major inflows to the coast. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
COASTAL SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in a wide variety of coastal science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Groundwater and Surface Water
- Characterizing Freshwater/Saline-Water Relations
- Characterizing Groundwater/Surface-Water Relations
- Suspended Sediments
- Quantifying Loads and Yields of Sediment, Nutrients, and Contaminants
- Understanding Relations Between Streamflow and Sediment and Contaminant Transport
- Evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering bays and estuaries
- Water Quality
- Collecting Physical and Chemical Water Properties
CURRENT COASTAL SCIENCE
Coastal Inflow Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring
Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs
Inter-Agency Collaboration
RESTORE Act Activities in Texas
Projects related to coastal science are listed below.
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs
RESTORE Act Activities in Texas
Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries
Publications related to coastal science are listed below.
Characterizing and simulating sediment loads and transport in the lower part of the San Antonio River Basin
Characterization of geomorphic units in the alluvial valleys and channels of Gulf Coastal Plain rivers in Texas, with examples from the Brazos, Sabine, and Trinity Rivers, 2010
Evaluating the variability of sediment and nutrient loading from riverine systems into Texas estuaries and bays
Hydrologic conditions and water quality of rainfall and storm runoff for two agricultural areas of the Oso Creek watershed, Nueces County, Texas, 2005-08
Hydrologic conditions and quality of rainfall and storm runoff for two agricultural areas of the Oso Creek Watershed, Nueces County, Texas, 2005-07
Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006
A chronicle of organochlorine contamination in Clear Creek, Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas, 1960-2002, as recorded in sediment cores
Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas - Nutrients in two coastal prairie streams draining agricultural areas, 1994-95
Hydrology of the Texas Gulf Coast aquifer systems
Hydrogeology and predevelopment flow in the Texas Gulf Coast aquifer systems
Planning report for the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer-System Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain, United States
Coastal science at the USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) includes groundwater, surface water, and water-quality studies. Surface water includes coastal waters, estuaries, and major inflows to the coast. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
COASTAL SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in a wide variety of coastal science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Groundwater and Surface Water
- Characterizing Freshwater/Saline-Water Relations
- Characterizing Groundwater/Surface-Water Relations
- Suspended Sediments
- Quantifying Loads and Yields of Sediment, Nutrients, and Contaminants
- Understanding Relations Between Streamflow and Sediment and Contaminant Transport
- Evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering bays and estuaries
- Water Quality
- Collecting Physical and Chemical Water Properties
CURRENT COASTAL SCIENCE
Coastal Inflow Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring
Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs
Inter-Agency Collaboration
RESTORE Act Activities in Texas
Projects related to coastal science are listed below.
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs
RESTORE Act Activities in Texas
Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries
Publications related to coastal science are listed below.