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The wind-forced response on a buoyant coastal current: Observations of the western Gulf of Maine plume The wind-forced response on a buoyant coastal current: Observations of the western Gulf of Maine plume
The Freshwater plume in the western Gulf of Maine is being studied as part of an interdisciplinary investigation of the physical transport of a toxic alga. A field program was conducted in the springs of 1993 and 1994 to map the spatial and temporal patterns of salinity, currents and algal toxicity. The observations suggest that the plume's cross-shore structure varies markedly as a...
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D.A. Fong, W.R. Geyer, R. P. Signell
Mapping the sea floor geology offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan-sonar: Preliminary report Mapping the sea floor geology offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan-sonar: Preliminary report
No abstract available.
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William C. Schwab, W. Corso, M. A. Allison, B. Butman, J. F. Denny, L. Lotto, W. W. Danforth, D. S. Foster, T.F. O’Brien, D. A. Nichols, B.J. Irwin, K. F. Parolski
Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific
Iron, manganese, and iron-manganese deposits occur in nearly all geomorphologic and tectonic environments in the ocean basins and form by one or more of four processes: (1) hydrogenetic precipitation from cold ambient seawater, (2) precipitation from hydrothermal fluids, (3) precipitation from sediment pore waters that have been modified from bottom water compositions by diagenetic...
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J.R. Hein, A. Koschinsky, P. Halbach, F.T. Manheim, M. Bau, J.-K. Kang, N. Lubick
Impact of an extreme event on the sediment budget: Hurricane Andrew in the Louisiana barrier islands Impact of an extreme event on the sediment budget: Hurricane Andrew in the Louisiana barrier islands
This paper examines the influence of Hurricane Andrew on the sediment budget of an 80-kilometer section of the Louisiana barrier islands west of the modern Mississippi delta. Because long-term bathymetric change has been extensively studied in this area, excellent baseline data are available for evaluating the impact of Hurricane Andrew. Results show that despite the high intensity of...
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Jeffrey H. List, Mark E. Hansen, Sallenger, Bruce E. Jaffe
Implications of new gravity data collected over the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica Implications of new gravity data collected over the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica
No abstract available.
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R.I. Hackney, Uri S. ten Brink, S. Bannister, T.A. Stern
Delineating and monitoring habitat management units in a temperate deep-water marine protected area Delineating and monitoring habitat management units in a temperate deep-water marine protected area
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P.J. Auster, C. Michalopoulos, Page C. Valentine, R.J. Malatesta
Maps showing the surficial geology of the Culebra shelf, Puerto Rico Maps showing the surficial geology of the Culebra shelf, Puerto Rico
This study presents the surficial and shallow subbottom geology of the insular shelf around Culebra, Puerto Rico. In view of the need for sand and gravel for construction purposes in the area, we inferred the thickness of unlithified, surficial sediment deposits from high-resolution acoustic-reflection profiles and described seafloor sediment samples collected with a Shipek grab.
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M. A. Hampton, M.E. Torresan, Juan L. Trias, D. W. Folger, F. L. Wong
Massive sediment bypassing on the lower shoreface offshore of a wide tidal inlet: Cat Island Pass, Louisiana Massive sediment bypassing on the lower shoreface offshore of a wide tidal inlet: Cat Island Pass, Louisiana
Analysis of a series of historical bathymetric and shoreline surveys along the Louisiana coast west of the Mississippi River mouth detected a large area of deposition in water depths of 2.0–8.5 m offshore of a 9-km-wide tidal inlet, the Cat Island Pass/Wine Island Pass system. A 59.9 · 106 m3 sandy deposit formed from the 1930s–1980s, spanning 27 km in the alongshore direction...
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B. E. Jaffe, J. H. List, A. H. Sallenger
Coupled physical-biological models for the study of harmful algal blooms Coupled physical-biological models for the study of harmful algal blooms
No abstract available.
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Peter J.S. Franks, Richard P. Signell
Contaminants in the Gulf of Maine-What's here and should we worry? Contaminants in the Gulf of Maine-What's here and should we worry?
The Gulf of Maine is a dynamic environment that has highly variable bottom type and localized depositional and transport processes. It is used and impacted by the people around it who hope to use the marine system for many purposes such as fishing, recreation, housing, sewage and dumped disposal, shipping, recreation, and preservation. In order to identify "pollution", which is defined...
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Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, Frank T. Manheim, Michael H. Bothner
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean EEZ: Part III Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean EEZ: Part III
No abstract available.
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D.C. Twichell, Kathryn M. Scanlon, William P. Dillon