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Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center images.
USGS scientists SeanPaul La Selle and Jason Padgett collecting sediment cores at the Salmon River estuary, Oregon.
USGS scientists SeanPaul La Selle and Jason Padgett collecting sediment cores at the Salmon River estuary, Oregon.
Diagram showing the sequence of land subsidence during an earthquake, followed with sand deposited by a tsunami.
Diagram showing the sequence of land subsidence during an earthquake, followed with sand deposited by a tsunami.
Map showing location of Salmon River estuary, Oregon. Yellow dots represent estuaries, lagoons, and lakes with evidence of the 1700 tsunami.
Map showing location of Salmon River estuary, Oregon. Yellow dots represent estuaries, lagoons, and lakes with evidence of the 1700 tsunami.
View of Salmon River estuary, Oregon, from above. Sediment cores were collected from marshland toward the upper left of the image.
View of Salmon River estuary, Oregon, from above. Sediment cores were collected from marshland toward the upper left of the image.
Animated GIF of Cascadia 1700 tsunami simulation at Salmon River, Oregon. Colored dots are locations where sediment cores were collected.
Animated GIF of Cascadia 1700 tsunami simulation at Salmon River, Oregon. Colored dots are locations where sediment cores were collected.
Sidescan sonar data collected along the San Pedro pipeline offshore of southern California.
Sidescan sonar data collected along the San Pedro pipeline offshore of southern California.
On April 19, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California, Susan Zaleski, Donna Schroeder, Dr. Guy Cochrane, and Dr. Mark Page all received FBI Director’s Awards for their participation in the Huntington Beach oil spill case. From left to right, USERT lead Ty Summers, Special Agent Ketrin Adam, Assistant Agent in Charge Sean Haworth, Dr. Guy Cochrane, Donna Schroeder, Dr.
On April 19, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California, Susan Zaleski, Donna Schroeder, Dr. Guy Cochrane, and Dr. Mark Page all received FBI Director’s Awards for their participation in the Huntington Beach oil spill case. From left to right, USERT lead Ty Summers, Special Agent Ketrin Adam, Assistant Agent in Charge Sean Haworth, Dr. Guy Cochrane, Donna Schroeder, Dr.
Image of an oil drilling platform offshore of Huntington Beach, California, with the sun setting behind it.
Image of an oil drilling platform offshore of Huntington Beach, California, with the sun setting behind it.
Animated GIF showing corrected thermal imagery of a groundwater plume discharging onto a reef at Ofu, American Samoa.
Animated GIF showing corrected thermal imagery of a groundwater plume discharging onto a reef at Ofu, American Samoa.
Scientists conducting Electrical Resistivity Tomography surveys in American Samoa.
Scientists conducting Electrical Resistivity Tomography surveys in American Samoa.
Scientists viewing data from a thermal camera installed in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Scientists viewing data from a thermal camera installed in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Coral cores collected within the National Park of American Samoa on the island of Ofu.
Coral cores collected within the National Park of American Samoa on the island of Ofu.
Scientists installing thermal camera in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Scientists installing thermal camera in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Underwater image of Valonia fastigiata algae growing on a reef in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Underwater image of Valonia fastigiata algae growing on a reef in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Aerial image of a reef flat on Ofu, American Samoa, from a thermal drone that captures both regular images and radiometric images.
Aerial image of a reef flat on Ofu, American Samoa, from a thermal drone that captures both regular images and radiometric images.
USGS and NPS scientists collecting a coral core within the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
USGS and NPS scientists collecting a coral core within the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Diagram showing oceanographic and hydrogeologic processes including submarine groundwater discharge on Ofu, American Samoa.
Diagram showing oceanographic and hydrogeologic processes including submarine groundwater discharge on Ofu, American Samoa.
Graph showing corrected thermal camera imagery from the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Graph showing corrected thermal camera imagery from the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Scientists installing a wind and rain gauge in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Scientists installing a wind and rain gauge in the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu.
Map of Ofu, American Samoa, showing study sites to investigate outbreaks of Valonia fastigiata algae.
Map of Ofu, American Samoa, showing study sites to investigate outbreaks of Valonia fastigiata algae.
Thermal camera tower method. 1) Original oblique view data 2) Orthorectified nadir view 3) thermal corrections for angular and distance dependence 4) Calibrated thermal image.
Thermal camera tower method. 1) Original oblique view data 2) Orthorectified nadir view 3) thermal corrections for angular and distance dependence 4) Calibrated thermal image.