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Earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

2023 Annual Report

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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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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center—2023 Annual Report.  The 2023 annual report highlights accomplishments, includes a list of publications, and summarizes the work of the center and each of the science groups.

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New shoreline change data and analysis for the Massachusetts shore with emphasis on Cape Cod and the islands: Mid-1800s to 1994 New shoreline change data and analysis for the Massachusetts shore with emphasis on Cape Cod and the islands: Mid-1800s to 1994

That shorelines change, oftentimes dramatically in short periods of time, is an accepted fact for those who live along the shore. However, when two-thirds or approximately 512 miles of a state's ocean-facing shore exhibits a long-term erosional trend, in some locations eroding at an average annual rate of 12 feet per year, as is the case in Massachusetts, shoreline property owners...
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James F. O’Connell, E. Robert Thieler, Courtney Schupp
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The Gulf of Maine: Will the big investments in technology and science yield the return expected by investors? The Gulf of Maine: Will the big investments in technology and science yield the return expected by investors?

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J. R. Schubel, R. F. Lobecker, D. Jagoe, S. Snow Cotter, H. Hoskins, Christopher F. Polloni
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Design and performance of a horizontal mooring for upper-ocean research Design and performance of a horizontal mooring for upper-ocean research

This paper describes the design and performance of a two-dimensional moored array for sampling horizontal variability in the upper ocean. The mooring was deployed in Massachusetts Bay in a water depth of 84 m for the purpose of measuring the horizontal structure of internal waves. The mooring was instrumented with three acoustic current meters (ACMs) spaced along a 170-m horizontal cable...
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Mark Grosenbaugh, Steven Anderson, Richard Trask, Jason Gobat, Walter Paul, Bradford Butman, Robert Weller
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The Sea-Floor Mapping Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts The Sea-Floor Mapping Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Researchers of the sea-floor mapping facility at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Field Center in Woods Hole, Mass., use state-of-the-art technology to produce accurate geologic maps of the sea floor. In addition to basic bathymetry and morphology, sea-floor maps may contain information about the distribution of sand resources, patterns of coastal erosion, pathways of...
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Rebecca E. Deusser, William C. Schwab, Jane F. Denny
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Chesapeake Bay – The role of science in environmental restoration The U.S. Geological Survey and the Chesapeake Bay – The role of science in environmental restoration

The Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and historically supported one of the most productive fisheries in the world. In addition to supporting aquatic communities and wildlife, the bay's watershed serves the economic and recreational needs of 15 million people. The fertile soils of the watershed support significant agricultural production. Unfortunately, the commercial...
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Roger A. Barlow, John W. Brakebill, John F. Bratton, Vicki S. Blazer, John Karl Bohlke, Owen P. Bricker, Steve M. Colman, Thomas M. Cronin, Cliff R. Hupp, Janet R. Keough, Jurate M. Landwehr, Michael J. Langland, Wayne L. Newell, Matthew Perry, Scott W. Phillips, Steve D. Preston, Nancy B. Rybicki, Nancy S. Simon, Debra A. Willard
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Bottom sediments and related environmental resources Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Bottom sediments and related environmental resources

Lake Pontchartrain is the largest estuary southern Louisiana. It is an important recreational, commercial, and environmental resource for New Orleans and southwestern Louisiana. This publication is part of a 5-year cooperative program led by the USGS on the geological framework and sedimentary processes of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. This presentation is divided into two main parts: -...
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Water Resources Mission Area, New England Water Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting

The Cenozoic rift system of Baikal, located in the interior of the largest continental mass on Earth, is thought to represent a potential analog of the early stage of breakup of supercontinents. We present a detailed P wave velocity structure of the crust and sediments beneath the Central Basin, the deepest basin in the Baikal rift system. The structure is characterized by a Moho depth...
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Uri S. ten Brink, Michael H. Taylor
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington

The Seattle fault, a large, seismically active, east-west-striking fault zone under Seattle, is the best-studied fault within the tectonically active Puget Lowland in western Washington, yet its subsurface geometry and evolution are not well constrained. We combine several analysis and modeling approaches to study the fault geometry and evolution, including depth-converted, deep-seismic...
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Uri S. ten Brink, P.C. Molzer, M. A. Fisher, R.J. Blakely, R.C. Bucknam, T. Parsons, R. S. Crosson, K. C. Creager
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The effect of the new Massachusetts Bay sewage outfall on the concentrations of metals and bacterial spores in nearby bottom and suspended sediments The effect of the new Massachusetts Bay sewage outfall on the concentrations of metals and bacterial spores in nearby bottom and suspended sediments

Since the new outfall for Boston's treated sewage effluent began operation on September 6, 2000, no change has been observed in concentrations of silver or Clostridium perfringens spores (an ecologically benign tracer of sewage), in bottom sediments at a site 2.5 km west of the outfall. In suspended sediment samples collected with a time-series sediment trap located 1.3 km south of the...
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Michael H. Bothner, M.A. Casso, R.R. Rendigs, P. J. Lamothe
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Depositional history and neotectonics in Great Salt Lake, Utah, from high-resolution seismic stratigraphy Depositional history and neotectonics in Great Salt Lake, Utah, from high-resolution seismic stratigraphy

High-resolution seismic-reflection data from Great Salt Lake show that the basinal sediment sequence is cut by numerous faults with N-S and NE-SW orientations. This faulting shows evidence of varied timing and relative offsets, but includes at least three events totaling about 12 m following the Bonneville phase of the lake (since about 13.5 ka). Several faults displace the uppermost...
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Steven M. Colman, K.R. Kelts, David A. Dinter
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Thermal conductivity measurements in porous mixtures of methane hydrate and quartz sand Thermal conductivity measurements in porous mixtures of methane hydrate and quartz sand

Using von Herzen and Maxwell's needle probe method, we measured thermal conductivity in four porous mixtures of quartz sand and methane gas hydrate, with hydrate composing 0, 33, 67 and 100% of the solid volume. Thermal conductivities were measured at a constant methane pore pressure of 24.8 MPa between -20 and +15??C, and at a constant temperature of -10??C between 3.5 and 27.6 MPa...
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W.F. Waite, B.J. deMartin, S. H. Kirby, J. Pinkston, C.D. Ruppel
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Radiocarbon dating, chronologic framework, and changes in accumulation rates of holocene estuarine sediments from Chesapeake Bay Radiocarbon dating, chronologic framework, and changes in accumulation rates of holocene estuarine sediments from Chesapeake Bay

Rapidly accumulating Holocene sediments in estuaries commonly are difficult to sample and date. In Chesapeake Bay, we obtained sediment cores as much as 20 m in length and used numerous radiocarbon ages measured by accelarator mass spectrometry methods to provide the first detailed chronologies of Holocene sediment accumulation in the bay. Carbon in these sediments is a complex mixture...
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Steven M. Colman, P.C. Baucom, J.F. Bratton, T. M. Cronin, J. P. McGeehin, D. Willard, A.R. Zimmerman, P.R. Vogt
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Chesapeake Bay Activities, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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