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Photograph of seastars, blood stars, mussels and barnacles
Starfish, seastars, blood stars
Starfish, seastars, blood stars
Starfish, seastars, blood stars

Digital still photograph from Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset, MA, showing seastars (Asterias sp.), blood stars (Henricia sanguinolenta), blood drop tunicates (Dendrodoa carnea), mussels, and barnacles on cobbles and boulders covered with bubblegum algae and red filamentous algae. Water depth at this location is approximately 19.6 meters. 

Digital still photograph from Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset, MA, showing seastars (Asterias sp.), blood stars (Henricia sanguinolenta), blood drop tunicates (Dendrodoa carnea), mussels, and barnacles on cobbles and boulders covered with bubblegum algae and red filamentous algae. Water depth at this location is approximately 19.6 meters. 

A tallship sailing with all of its sails open.
Sailing ship vessel Corwith Cramer
Sailing ship vessel Corwith Cramer
Sailing ship vessel Corwith Cramer

Some Boston University Marine Program students sailed on the SSV Corwith Cramer, which they saw at a nearby dock during their tour.

Some Boston University Marine Program students sailed on the SSV Corwith Cramer, which they saw at a nearby dock during their tour.

Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide

Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide, the largest slide on the US Atlantic coast. Data were collected on the R/V Atlantis in 2003.

Lab setup aboard Research Vessel Gyre
Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre
Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre
Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre

Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre in the Gulf of America from the 2003 field season. Computers, recorders, and other electronic gear are securely mounted in racks or on tabletops and shelving for stability in rolling seas and for access.

Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre in the Gulf of America from the 2003 field season. Computers, recorders, and other electronic gear are securely mounted in racks or on tabletops and shelving for stability in rolling seas and for access.

Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island

Aerial view of Assateague Island, looking north. Ocean City, Maryland, is visible in the far distance at top. Sinepuxent Bay lies between the island’s western shore and the Delmarva Peninsula to the upper left. Photograph taken in 1998 

Aerial view of Assateague Island, looking north. Ocean City, Maryland, is visible in the far distance at top. Sinepuxent Bay lies between the island’s western shore and the Delmarva Peninsula to the upper left. Photograph taken in 1998 

Multichannel seismic line showing slope failures on the US Beaufort Margin
Multichannel seismic line showing slope failure
Multichannel seismic line showing slope failure
Multichannel seismic line showing slope failure

1977 USGS multichannel seismic line showing slope failures on the US Beaufort Margin, the location that Kayen and Lee (1991) analyzed in their initial paper on submarine slides and gas hydrates. 

1977 USGS multichannel seismic line showing slope failures on the US Beaufort Margin, the location that Kayen and Lee (1991) analyzed in their initial paper on submarine slides and gas hydrates. 

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