Images

The left panel shows the threatened elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) alive and performing the critical ecosystem service of building the reef crest that protects shorelines during storms. The right panel shows a dead and quickly eroding skeleton of Elkhorn Coral.

Tim Collett, USGS research geologist, presenting at the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources' (KIGAM)  international program for geoscience resources.

USGS scientists, Bill Waite, Tim Collett, and Seth Haines in front of a archway in Daejeon, South Korea

Digital elevation model (left) and orthomosaic (right) of the middle Elwha River

Core racks filled with split cores in D-tubes in the K.O. Emery Geotechnical Wing walk-in refrigerator

Erika Lentz, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Research Geologist interviewed by WBZ Boston Meterologist, Danielle Niles fora segment on sea-level rise

Research geologist, Erika Lentz, interviewed on Trunk River Beach, Falmouth, MA, by WBZ meterologist, Danielle Niles, about the future impacts of sea-level rise

Sediment transport team members attach a quick-release to the top of a bottom lander prior to deployment

An instrumented bottom lander platform is lowered off the stern of the R/V Savannah during deploment

Sediment transport team members prepare to deploy a buoy instrumented with Meteorological sensors

The buoy that measures meteorological conditions at the site after deployment.

Sediment transport team members manage tag lines to control the motion of the bottom lander as it is deployed.

Dawn breaks behind one of the bottom landers on deployment day.

 Sediment transport team members assemble chain, shackles and pear links that are are attached to the anchor and floats as part of deploying a mooring.

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of calcareous planispiral estuarine foraminifera Cribroelphidium poeyanum collected from Grand Bay estuary.

Overview of the 4 Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf

Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA

Location map of HARS site

Graphic showing geophysical and sampling systems used to define the seafloor topography, surface sediments, and underlying geology.

Map interface of Cores, grabs, dredges, slides, and other samples, primarily of marine, estuarine, and lacustrine sediments, curated at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.