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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...
Authors
Jeffrey H. List, Mark E. Hansen, Sallenger, Bruce E. Jaffe

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.
Authors
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...
Authors
B. E. Jaffe, J. H. List, A. H. Sallenger

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.
Authors
D.C. Twichell, Kathryn M. Scanlon, William P. Dillon

Proceedings of the ocean drilling program: New Jersey continental slope and rise Proceedings of the ocean drilling program: New Jersey continental slope and rise

The Scientific Results volumes of the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program contain specialty papers presenting the results of extensive research in various aspects of scientific ocean drilling. The authors of the papers published in this volume have enabled future investigators to gain ready access to the results of their research, and I acknowledge their contributions with thanks...
Authors
Gregory S. Mountain, Kenneth G. Miller, Peter Blum, Per-Gunnar Alm, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Lloyd H. Burckle, Beth A. Christensen, J. Compton, John E. Damuth, Jean-Francois Deconinck, L. De Verteuil, Craig S. Fulthorpe, Stefan Gartner, Gilles Guerin, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Bryce Hoppie, Miriam E. Katz, Nobuhiro Kotake, Juan Manuel Lorenzo, Stuart McCracken, Cecilia McHugh, Wendy C. Quayle, Yoshiki Saito, Scott W. Snyder, Warner G. ten Kate, M. Urbat, Mickey C. Van Fossen, Adam Vecsei

Ground-truthing studies of west coast and Gulf of Mexico submarine fans Ground-truthing studies of west coast and Gulf of Mexico submarine fans

No abstract available.
Authors
Homa J. Lee, Robert E. Kayen, Brian D. Edwards, Michael E. Field, James V. Gardner, William C. Schwab, David C. Twichell

Seafloor environments in Cape Cod Bay, a large coastal embayment Seafloor environments in Cape Cod Bay, a large coastal embayment

Cape Cod Bay is a glacial, semi-enclosed embayment that has a patchy distribution of modern seafloor sedimentary environments of erosion or nondeposition, deposition, and sediment reworking. Sidescan-sonar records and supplemental bathymetric, sedimentary, subbottom, and physical-oceanographic data indicate that the characteristics and distribution of these three categories of bottom...
Authors
H.J. Knebel, R.R. Rendigs, J. H. List, Richard P. Signell
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