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Large-scale shoreline response to storms and fair weather Large-scale shoreline response to storms and fair weather
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Jeffrey H. List, Amy S. Farris
Tracing sediment dispersal on nourished beaches: Two case studies Tracing sediment dispersal on nourished beaches: Two case studies
The event- to decade-scale patterns of sediment dispersal on two artificially nourished beaches have been mapped using a combination of geophysical surveys, closely-spaced vibracores, and repeated beach profiles. At both Wrightsville Beach, NC and Folly Island, SC the sediment used for beach nourishment is macroscopically distinct from native sediment and can be used to identify sediment...
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E. Robert Thieler, Paul T. Gayes, William C. Schwab, M. Scott Harris
The Columbia River littoral cell: A sediment budget overview The Columbia River littoral cell: A sediment budget overview
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G. Gelfenbaum, C. R. Sherwood, C. D. Peterson, G. M. Kaminsky, Maarten C. Buijsman, D.C. Twichell, P. Ruggiero, A. E. Gibbs, C. Reed
Seismic expression of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater: Structural and morphologic refinements based on new seismic data Seismic expression of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater: Structural and morphologic refinements based on new seismic data
This work refines previous interpretations of the structure and morphology of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the basis of more than 1,200 km of multichannel and single-channel seismic reflection profiles collected in the bay and on the adjacent continental shelf. The outer rim, formed in sedimentary rocks, is irregularly circular, with an average diameter of ~85 km. A 20–25-km-wide...
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C. Wylie Poag, Deborah R. Hutchinson, Steve M. Colman, Myung W. Lee
Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the Eel shelf: a flood-dominated depositional environment Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the Eel shelf: a flood-dominated depositional environment
The northern California continental margin is periodically impacted by geologically significant storms, which have a marked influence on terrigenous sediment supply, flood deposition, and long-term accumulation of fine-grained sediment on the Eel shelf. Accumulation of Eel River muds on the adjacent shelf was investigated using 210Pb and 137Cs geochronologies, in order to understand the...
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Christopher K. Sommerfield, Charles A. Nittrouer
Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996 Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996
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Bradford Butman, John Evans, William Lange, Chris F. Polloni
Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA
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Curt D. Peterson, Guy R. Gelfenbaum, Harry M. Jol, Jim B. Phipps, Frank Reckendorf, Dave C. Twichell, Sandy Vanderberg, Lorraine Woxell
Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific
Co-rich Fe-Mn crusts occur throughout the Pacific on seamounts, ridges, and plateaus where currents have kept the rocks swept clean of sediments at least intermittently for millions of years. Crusts precipitate out of cold ambient sea water onto hard-rock substrates forming pavements up to 250 mm thick. Crusts are important as a potential resource for Co, Ni, Pt, Mn, Tl, Te, and other...
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James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky, Michael Bau, Frank T. Manheim, Jung-Keuk Kang, Leanne Roberts
Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources
Gas hydrate is a gas-bearing, ice-like crystalline solid. The substance's build ing blocks consist of a gas molecule (generally methane) sur-rounded by a cage of water molecules. The total amount of methane in hydrate in the world is immense - the most recent speculative estimate centers on values of 21x1015 cu meters. Thus, it may represent a future energy resource. This estimate was...
Authors
William P. Dillon, M. Max
Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA
Major and trace metal results from three Great Basin stratigraphic sections with strong conodont biostratigraphy identify a distinct anoxic interval that precedes, but ends approximately 100 kyr before, the Frasnian–Famennian (F–F, mid-Late Devonian) boundary mass extinction horizon. This horizon corresponds to the final and most severe step of a more protracted extinction period. These...
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John F. Bratton, William B. N. Berry, Jared R. Morrow
Sea floor topographic, backscatter, and interpretive maps and bottom photos of the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site region off Boston, Massachusetts Sea floor topographic, backscatter, and interpretive maps and bottom photos of the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site region off Boston, Massachusetts
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Page C. Valentine, Jessica L. Baker, Tanya S. Unger, John Evans, Christopher F. Polloni
Contaminated-sediment database development and assessment in Boston Harbor Contaminated-sediment database development and assessment in Boston Harbor
Bottom sediments have been regarded as memory banks for contaminant inputs to urban waterways. Bottom sediments accumulate by the addition of particles that enter the waterway from many sources (U.S. National Research Council, 1989). Sediments include solid contaminants, as well as contaminants from the water column that are adsorbed on organic matter or soil (rock) particles. Sediments...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey