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Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra
The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Group (STG) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Science Center has a long-standing comitment to providing scientists with high quality oceanographic data. To meet this commitment, STG personnel are vigilant in checking data as well as hardware for signs of instrument malfunction. STG data sets are accompanied by processing histories to...
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Marinna A. Martini, Chris Sherwood, Rachel Horwitz, Andree Ramsey, Fran Lightsom, Jessie Lacy, Jingping Xu
The application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure the timing and patterns of coral larval dispersal The application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure the timing and patterns of coral larval dispersal
An experiment was conducted along the reefs off west Maui, Hawaii, during the summer of 2003 to monitor the spawning of the reef-building coral Montipora capitata and to determine the role of ocean currents in dispersing the larvae from the natal reef. Instruments documented the environmental forcing during the coral spawning season; drifters were deployed on three successive nights...
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Curt D. Storlazzi, E.K. Brown, Michael E. Field
Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study— Modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps: GIS data Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study— Modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps: GIS data
Introduction: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) guidelines do not currently exist for conducting and incorporating tsunami hazard assessments that reflect the substantial advances in tsunami research achieved in the last two decades; this conclusion is the result of two FEMA-sponsored workshops and the associated Tsunami Focused Study...
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Florence L. Wong, Angie J. Venturato, Eric L. Geist
Triggering of tsunamigenic aftershocks from large strike‐slip earthquakes: Analysis of the November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence Triggering of tsunamigenic aftershocks from large strike‐slip earthquakes: Analysis of the November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence
[1] The November 2000 New Ireland earthquake sequence started with a Mw = 8.0 left‐lateral main shock on 16 November and was followed by a series of aftershocks with primarily thrust mechanisms. The earthquake sequence was associated with a locally damaging tsunami on the islands of New Ireland and nearby New Britain, Bougainville, and Buka. Results from numerical tsunami‐propagation...
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Eric L. Geist, Tom Parsons
Rates of landsliding and cliff retreat along the Big Sur Coast, California— Measuring a crucial baseline Rates of landsliding and cliff retreat along the Big Sur Coast, California— Measuring a crucial baseline
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Cheryl J. Hapke, Krystal R. Green
Coastal change rates and patterns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i Coastal change rates and patterns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i
A collaborative project between the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology Program and the National Park Service (NPS) has been developed to create an inventory of geologic resources for National Park Service lands on the Big Island of Hawai'i. The NPS Geologic Resources Inventories are recognized as essential for the effective management, interpretation, and understanding...
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Cheryl J. Hapke, Rick Gmirkin, Bruce M. Richmond
Structure and mechanics of the San Andreas–San Gregorio fault junction, San Francisco, California Structure and mechanics of the San Andreas–San Gregorio fault junction, San Francisco, California
[1] The right‐lateral San Gregorio and San Andreas faults meet west of the Golden Gate near San Francisco. Coincident seismic reflection and refraction profiling across the San Gregorio and San Andreas faults south of their junction shows the crust between them to have formed shallow extensional basins that are dissected by parallel strike‐slip faults. We employ a regional finite element...
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Tom Parsons, Terry R. Bruns, Ray W. Sliter
Effects of physical processes on structure and transport of thin zooplankton layers in the coastal ocean Effects of physical processes on structure and transport of thin zooplankton layers in the coastal ocean
Thin layers of plankton are recurrent features in a variety of coastal systems. These layers range in thickness from a few centimeters to a few meters. They can extend horizontally for kilometers and have been observed to persist for days. Densities of organisms found within thin layers are far greater than those above or below the layer, and as a result, thin layers may play an...
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Christina M. Aiello, O.M. Cheriton, Patrick T. Drake, D. V. Holliday, Curt D. Storlazzi, P. L. Donaghay, C. F. Greenlaw
usSEABED: Atlantic coast offshore surficial sediment data release usSEABED: Atlantic coast offshore surficial sediment data release
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Jamey M. Reid, Jane A. Reid, Chris J. Jenkins, Mary E. Hastings, S. Jeffress Williams, Larry J. Poppe
Marine mineral resources of Pacific Islands— A review of the Exclusive Economic Zones of islands of U.S. affiliation, excluding the State of Hawaii Marine mineral resources of Pacific Islands— A review of the Exclusive Economic Zones of islands of U.S. affiliation, excluding the State of Hawaii
The United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) was established in 1983 and comprises all marine areas within 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) of the nearest U.S. land. This vast area of 3.38 million square nautical miles (11.6 million square kilometers) is about 20 percent greater than the entire land area of the United States. The resource potential of the vast mineral deposits that...
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James R. Hein, Brandie R. McIntyre, David Z. Piper
Measurements of wind, aeolian sand transport, and precipitation in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona - November 2003 to December 2004 Measurements of wind, aeolian sand transport, and precipitation in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona - November 2003 to December 2004
No abstract available.
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Amy E. Draut, David M. Rubin