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Bluff evolution along coastal drumlins: Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts Bluff evolution along coastal drumlins: Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts
A series of partially drowned drumlins forms the backbone of the inner islands within Boston Harbor. The shoreline of these rounded glacial deposits is composed of actively retreating bluffs formed by continual wave attack. Comparisons of bluffs reveal variability in their height and lateral extent, as well as in the dominant mechanism causing their retreat. Two processes are responsible...
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E. A. Himmelstoss, D. M. FitzGerald, P.S. Rosen, J.R. Allen
Nearshore shore-oblique bars, gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change Nearshore shore-oblique bars, gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change
This study demonstrates the physical concurrence of shore-oblique bars and gravel outcrops in the surf zone along the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. These subaqueous features are spatially correlated with shoreline change at a range of temporal and spatial scales. Previous studies have noted the existence of beach-surf zone interactions, but in general, relationships between...
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C.A. Schupp, J. E. McNinch, J. H. List
Age model for a continuous, ca 250-ka Quaternary lacustrine record from Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho Age model for a continuous, ca 250-ka Quaternary lacustrine record from Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho
The Quaternary sediments sampled by continuous 120-m-long drill cores from Bear Lake (Utah-Idaho) comprise one of the longest lacustrine sequences recovered from an extant lake. The cores serve as a good case study for the construction of an age model for sequences that extend beyond the range of radiocarbon dating. From a variety of potential age indicators, we selected a combination of
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Steven M. Colman, D. S. Kaufman, Jordon Bright, C. Heil, J.W. King, W.E. Dean, J. G. Rosenbaum, R. M. Forester, J. L. Bischoff, Marie Perkins, J. P. McGeehin
Physical properties of Long Island Sound sediment cores Physical properties of Long Island Sound sediment cores
This report presents data on x-radiography, water content, and sediment texture from sediment cores collected in 1996 in Long Island Sound, offshore of Connecticut and New York (Figure 1). Core locations and analytical data are presented in both graphical and numerical form. The physical properties data presented here are a subset of a larger dataset consisting of results from these...
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Joel Moore, Erin Galvin Gutierrez, Ellen L. Mecray, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink
Sedimentological signatures of riverine-dominated phases in estuarine and barrier evolution along an embayed coastline: Chapter 15 Sedimentological signatures of riverine-dominated phases in estuarine and barrier evolution along an embayed coastline: Chapter 15
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Ilya V. Buynevich, Duncan M. FitzGerald
Exploring the persistence of sorted bedforms on the inner-shelf of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Exploring the persistence of sorted bedforms on the inner-shelf of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Geological studies offshore of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina reveal subtle large-scale regions of coarse sand with gravel and shell hash (widths between 100 and 200 m and negative relief of ∼1 m) that trend obliquely to the coast. It was previously suggested that these regions serve as conduits for sand exchange between the shoreface and inner shelf during storm-associated...
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Benjamin T. Gutierrez, George Voulgaris, E. Robert Thieler
Mapping, habitat characterization, and fish surveys of the deep-water Oculina coral reef Marine Protected Area: A review of historical and current research Mapping, habitat characterization, and fish surveys of the deep-water Oculina coral reef Marine Protected Area: A review of historical and current research
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J.K. Reed, A.N. Shepard, Christopher C. Koenig, Kathryn M. Scanlon, R. Grant Gilmore
Thermal property measurements in Tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate and hydrate-bearing sediment between -25 and +4°C, and their application to methane hydrate Thermal property measurements in Tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate and hydrate-bearing sediment between -25 and +4°C, and their application to methane hydrate
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William F. Waite, L.Y. Gilbert, William J. Winters, David H. Mason
The effects of area closures on Georges Bank The effects of area closures on Georges Bank
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Jason Link, F.V. Almeida, Page C. Valentine, Peter J. Auster, Robert Reid, Joseph Vitaliano
The consequences of methane oxidation at the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-rich core from the northern Gulf of Mexico The consequences of methane oxidation at the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-rich core from the northern Gulf of Mexico
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W. Ussler, C.K. Paul, Y. Chen, Ryo Matsumoto, T.D. Lorenson, William J. Winters
National research council study on the effects of trawling and dredging on seafloor habitat National research council study on the effects of trawling and dredging on seafloor habitat
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J. Steele, Sally J. Roberts, D.L. Alverson, P.J. Auster, J.S. Collie, J.T. DeAlteris, Linda A. Deegan, E. Briones, S.J. Hall, Gordon H. Kruse, C. Pomeroy, Kathryn M. Scanlon, P. Weeks