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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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Contaminant distribution and accumulation in the surface sediments of Long Island Sound Contaminant distribution and accumulation in the surface sediments of Long Island Sound

The distribution of contaminants in surface sediments has been measured and mapped as part of a U.S. Geological Survey study of the sediment quality and dynamics of Long Island Sound. Surface samples from 219 stations were analyzed for trace (Ag, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, Zn and Zr) and major (Al, Fe, Mn, Ca, and Ti) elements, grain size, and Clostridium perfringens spores...
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E.L. Mecray, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS Science in Long Island Sound and its Watershed

Anthropogenic platinum and palladium in the sediments of Boston Harbor Anthropogenic platinum and palladium in the sediments of Boston Harbor

Anthropogenic activity has increased recent sediment concentrations of Pt and Pd in Boston Harbor by approximately 5 times background concentrations. Surface sediments and downcore profiles were investigated to evaluate Pt and Pd accumulation and behavior in urban coastal sediments. There is no clear correlation between temporal changes in Pt and Pd consumption and sediment concentration...
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C.B. Tuit, G.E. Ravizza, Michael H. Bothner
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Trapping and migration of methane associated with the gas hydrate stability zone at the Blake Ridge Diapir: New insights from seismic data Trapping and migration of methane associated with the gas hydrate stability zone at the Blake Ridge Diapir: New insights from seismic data

The Blake Ridge Diapir is the southernmost of a line of salt diapirs along the Carolina trough. Diapirs cause faulting of the superjacent sediments, creating pathways for migration of fluids and gas to the seafloor. We analyzed reflection seismic data from the Blake Ridge Diapir, which is located in a region with known abundant gas hydrate occurrence. A striking feature in these data is...
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M.H. Taylor, William P. Dillon, I.A. Pecher
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Time-averaged fluxes of lead and fallout radionuclides to sediments in Florida Bay Time-averaged fluxes of lead and fallout radionuclides to sediments in Florida Bay

Recent, unmixed sediments from mud banks of central Florida Bay were dated using 210Pb/226Ra, and chronologies were verified by comparing sediment lead temporal records with Pb/Ca ratios in annual layers of coral (Montastrea annularis) located on the ocean side of the Florida Keys. Dates of sediment lead peaks (1978±2) accord with prior observations of a 6 year lag between the occurrence...
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J. A. Robbins, C. Holmes, R. Halley, Michael H. Bothner, E. Shinn, J. Graney, G. Keeler, M. TenBrink, K.A. Orlandini, D. Rudnick
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Photographic evaluation of the impacts of bottom fishing on benthic epifauna Photographic evaluation of the impacts of bottom fishing on benthic epifauna

The gravel sediment habitat on the northern edge of Georges Bank (East coast of North America) is an important nursery area for juvenile fish, and the site of a productive scallop fishery. During two cruises to this area in 1994 we made photographic transects at sites of varying depths that experience varying degrees of disturbance from otter trawling and scallop dredging. Differences...
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J.S. Collie, G.A. Escanero, P. C. Valentine
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Post-Mazama (7 KA) faulting beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon Post-Mazama (7 KA) faulting beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon

High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles (3.5 kHz) show that a distinctive, widespread reflection occurs in the sediments beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Coring reveals that this reflection is formed by Mazama tephra (MT), about 7 ka in age. The MT horizon is faulted in many places and locally displaced by as much as 3.1 m. Differential displacement of multiple horizons indicates...
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Steven M. Colman, J. G. Rosenbaum, R. L. Reynolds, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data Processing System manual [ADCP] Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data Processing System manual [ADCP]

This open-file report describes the data processing software currently in use by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), to process time series of acoustic Doppler current data obtained by Teledyne RD Instruments Workhorse model ADCPs. The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Group (STG) at the WHCMSC has a long-standing commitment to...
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Jessica M. Cote, Frances S. Hotchkiss, Marinna A. Martini, Charles R. Denham, Andree L. revisions by Ramsey, Stephen Ruane
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: Preliminary results for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: Preliminary results for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast

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E. Robert Thieler, Erika S. Hammar-Klose
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Predicting the physical effects of relocating Boston's sewage outfall Predicting the physical effects of relocating Boston's sewage outfall

Boston is scheduled to cease discharge of sewage effluent in Boston Harbor in Spring 2000 and begin discharge at a site 14 km offshore in Massachusetts Bay in a water depth of about 30 m. The effects of this outfall relocation on effluent dilution, salinity and circulation are predicted with a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model. The simulations predict that the new bay outfall will...
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R. P. Signell, H. L. Jenter, A.F. Blumberg
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Numerical model of frazil ice and suspended sediment concentrations and formation of sediment laden ice in the Kara Sea Numerical model of frazil ice and suspended sediment concentrations and formation of sediment laden ice in the Kara Sea

A one-dimensional (vertical) numerical model of currents, mixing, frazil ice concentration, and suspended sediment concentration has been developed and applied in the shallow southeastern Kara Sea. The objective of the calculations is to determine whether conditions suitable for turbid ice formation can occur during times of rapid cooling and wind- and wave-induced sediment resuspension...
Authors
C. R. Sherwood
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Data report: Effects of drying methods and temperatures on water content and porosity of sediment from the Blake Ridge Data report: Effects of drying methods and temperatures on water content and porosity of sediment from the Blake Ridge

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W.J. Winters
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments. Gas hydrate growth and stability conditioned by host sediment properties Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments. Gas hydrate growth and stability conditioned by host sediment properties

The stability conditions of submarine gas hydrates (methane clathrates) are largely dictated by pressure, temperature, gas composition, and pore water salinity. However, the physical properties and surface chemistry of the host sediments also affect the thermodynamic state, growth kinetics, spatial distributions, and growth forms of clathrates. Our model presumes that gas hydrate behaves...
Authors
M. B. Clennell, P. Henry, M. Hovland, J.S. Booth, W.J. Winters, M. Thomas
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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