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After USGS scientist Dan Hoover drove a couple of pass with his all-terrain vehicle (ATV), equipped with gear that collects elevations, on a mostly flat beach in southern Monterey Bay, California. Then he turned to take this photo of his tire tracks.

Two personal watercraft operators from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, navigate their personal watercraft (PWC) in the shallow nearshore region in Moss Landing near Elkhorn Slough. The PWCs are set up with precision GPS and echosounder systems in order to create detailed bathymetric maps (depth).

The Cheboygan Vessel Base. Please see our Locations page for more information.

USGS Library's collections and services are used by USGS staff and other researchers across the world.

USGS oceanographer Andrew Stevens, of the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, sits on an all-terrain vehicle equipped with a precision GPS and other instruments. The GPS collects position data continuously, about 2 points per second, while an operator like Andrew drives the ATV over a beach.

The Hammond Bay Biological Stationi. See our Locations page for more information.

Arial view of the Lake Erie Biological Station.  See our Locations page for more information.

USGS Library has an expansive map collection with topographic maps, geologic maps, thematic maps, and more. The collection covers the United States, other countries around the world, and other planets.

For typical beach surveys, USGS scientists drive an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) like the one shown here, equpped with precision GPS that collects location and elevation data. Driving along features such as high-water marks, and driving a grid pattern spaced by about 30 meters, enable the collection of a complete 3D representation of the beach surface.

USGS Library locations offer collections and services to USGS staff and public researchers.

Science and ship crew on board NOAA research vessel Rainier prepare the Chirp 512i off south-central California.

The Lake Erie Biological Station in Oswego, NY. Go to our Stations page to learn more.

The Lake Superior Biological Station. See our Location page for more information.

The Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science. See our Locations page for more information.

USGS Library has an extensive collection of USGS publications, including the bulletins pictured here.

Part of USGS Library collections is USGS publications, like the bulletins pictured here.

Map of Water Availability and Use Program Studies from USGS Circular 1440 "Continuing Progress toward a national Assessment of Water Availability and Use."

Drainage area contributing to Big Creek below Lookout Creek, near Apgar

USGS scientist looking at laptop on boat