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Earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization

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Pragmatically mapping Phragmites with unoccupied aerial systems: A comparison of invasive species land cover classification using RGB and multispectral imagery

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Hydroacoustic observations reveal drivers of mixing and salinization of a karst subterranean estuary during intense precipitation

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Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast using relationships between submarine landslides and earthquakes Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast using relationships between submarine landslides and earthquakes

Submarine landslides along the continental slope of the U.S. Atlantic margin are potential sources for tsunamis along the U.S. East coast. The magnitude of potential tsunamis depends on the volume and location of the landslides, and tsunami frequency depends on their recurrence interval. However, the size and recurrence interval of submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic margin is...
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Uri S. ten Brink, H.J. Lee, E.L. Geist, D. Twichell
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Recolonization of gravel habitats on Georges Bank (northwest Atlantic) Recolonization of gravel habitats on Georges Bank (northwest Atlantic)

Gravel habitats on continental shelves around the world support productive fisheries but are also vulnerable to disturbance from bottom fishing. We conducted a 2-year in situ experiment to measure the rate of colonization of a gravel habitat on northern Georges Bank in an area closed to fishing (Closed Area II) since December 1994. Three large (0.25 m2) sediment trays containing...
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Jeremy S. Collie, Jerome M. Hermsen, Page C. Valentine
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin

Ocean drilling has revealed the existence of vast microbial populations in the deep subseafloor, but to date little is known about their metabolic activities. To better understand the biogeochemical processes in the deep biosphere, we investigate the stable carbon isotope chemistry of acetate and other carbon-bearing metabolites in sediment pore-waters. Acetate is a key metabolite in the...
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Verena B. Heuer, John W. Pohlman, Marta E. Torres, Marcus Elvert, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sand resources, regional geology, and coastal processes of the Chandeleur Islands Coastal System: An evaluation of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge Sand resources, regional geology, and coastal processes of the Chandeleur Islands Coastal System: An evaluation of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge

Breton National Wildlife Refuge, the Chandeleur Islands chain in Louisiana, provides habitat and nesting areas for wildlife and is an initial barrier protecting New Orleans from storms. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in partnership with the University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences undertook an intensive study that included (1) an analysis of island...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980 Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980

During 1975 and 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted two seismic-reflection surveys in Rhode Island Sound (RIS) aboard the research vessel Asterias: cruise ASTR75-June surveyed eastern RIS in 1975 and cruise AST-80-6B surveyed southern RIS in 1980. Data from these surveys were recorded in analog form and archived at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's...
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K.Y. McMullen, L.J. Poppe, N.K. Soderberg
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediments Thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediments

A thorough understanding of the thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediments is necessary for evaluating phase transformation processes that would accompany energy production from gas hydrate deposits and for estimating regional heat flow based on the observed depth to the base of the gas hydrate stability zone. The coexistence of multiple phases (gas hydrate, liquid and gas pore...
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Douglas D. Cortes, Ana I. Martin, Tae Sup Yun, Franco M. Francisca, J. Carlos Santamarina, Carolyn D. Ruppel
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Subsurface control on seafloor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana Subsurface control on seafloor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

The Chandeleur Islands lie on the eastern side of the modern Mississippi River delta plain, near the edge of the St. Bernard Delta complex. Since abandonment approximately 2,000 years b.p., this delta complex has undergone subsidence and ravinement as the shoreline has transgressed across it. High-resolution seismic-reflection, sidescan-sonar, and bathymetry data show that seafloor...
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David Twichell, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Wayne E. Baldwin, James G. Flocks
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay, Florida Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay, Florida

A program of geophysical mapping and vibracoring was conducted to better understand the geologic evolution of Apalachicola Bay. Analyses of the geophysical data and sediment cores along with age control provided by 34 AMS 14C dates on marine shells and wood reveal the following history. As sea level rose in the early Holocene, fluvial deposits filled the Apalachicola River paleochannel...
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Lisa E. Osterman, David C. Twichell, Richard Z. Poore
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Gulf of America

Paleoenvironmental recovery from the Chesapeake Bay bolide impact: The benthic foraminiferal record Paleoenvironmental recovery from the Chesapeake Bay bolide impact: The benthic foraminiferal record

The late Eocene Chesapeake Bay bolide impact transformed its offshore target site from an outer neritic, mid-shelf seafloor into a bathyal crater basin. To obtain a depositional record from one of the deepest parts of this basin, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) drilled a 1.76-km-deep core hole near Eyreville, Virginia...
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C. W. Poag
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Understanding differences between DELFT3D and empirical predictions of alongshore sediment transport gradients Understanding differences between DELFT3D and empirical predictions of alongshore sediment transport gradients

Predictions of alongshore transport gradients are critical for forecasting shoreline change. At the previous ICCE conference, it was demonstrated that alongshore transport gradients predicted by the empirical CERC equation can differ substantially from predictions made by the hydrodynamics-based model Delft3D in the case of a simulated borrow pit on the shoreface. Here we use the Delft3D
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Jeffrey H. List, Lindino Benedet, Daniel M. Hanes, Peter Ruggiero
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Surficial Geology of the Floor of Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada) as Defined by Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Lake-Floor Topography, and Post-Impoundment Sediment Thickness Surficial Geology of the Floor of Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada) as Defined by Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Lake-Floor Topography, and Post-Impoundment Sediment Thickness

Sidescan-sonar imagery collected in Lake Mead during 1999-2001, a period of high lake level, has been used to map the surficial geology of the floor of this large reservoir that formed upon completion of the Hoover Dam in 1935. Four surficial geologic units were identified and mapped: rock exposures and alluvial deposits that existed prior to the formation of the lake and thin post...
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D.C. Twichell, V.A. Cross
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Constructing Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for Searching the Marine Realms Information Bank Constructing Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for Searching the Marine Realms Information Bank

The Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) is a digital library that provides access to free online scientific information about the oceans and coastal regions. To search its collection, MRIB uses a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program, which allows automated search requests using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). This document provides an overview of how to construct URLs to execute...
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Guthrie A. Linck, Alan O. Allwardt, Frances L. Lightsom
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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