Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula
Map showing the location of the Delmarva PeninsulaMap showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.
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Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula
Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula
Map showing the location of the Delmarva PeninsulaMap showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.
Map shows hill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic data
Map shows hill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic dataHill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic data collected by NOAA and the USGS. Backscatter data give indications of seafloor character. In general, low-backscatter intensity (blue) corresponds to finer-grained material, whereas high-backscatter intensity (orange) corresponds to coarser substrate.
Map shows hill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic data
Map shows hill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic dataHill-shaded bathymetric, backscatter, and photographic data collected by NOAA and the USGS. Backscatter data give indications of seafloor character. In general, low-backscatter intensity (blue) corresponds to finer-grained material, whereas high-backscatter intensity (orange) corresponds to coarser substrate.
Maps with key features and shaded relief of the study area
Maps with key features and shaded relief of the study areaLeft: Key features in and around the Gulf of Alaska. A black rectangle outlines our 2016 study area along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault. Red arrows indicate relative tectonic plate motions. Right: A shaded relief map of the 2016 study area. Rainbow colors show seafloor depths acquired by the USGS in 2015 and 2016. Red indicates shallower depths.
Maps with key features and shaded relief of the study area
Maps with key features and shaded relief of the study areaLeft: Key features in and around the Gulf of Alaska. A black rectangle outlines our 2016 study area along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault. Red arrows indicate relative tectonic plate motions. Right: A shaded relief map of the 2016 study area. Rainbow colors show seafloor depths acquired by the USGS in 2015 and 2016. Red indicates shallower depths.
Measuring streamflow in fast moving floodwater.
USGS hydrographer measuring streamflow using a handheld Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter in fast moving floodwater Cajon Creek near Keenbrook, California.
USGS hydrographer measuring streamflow using a handheld Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter in fast moving floodwater Cajon Creek near Keenbrook, California.
Measuring streamflow in northern Nevada.
USGS technician measuring streamflow in northern Nevada.
USGS technician measuring streamflow in northern Nevada.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.USGS technician measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California, upstream of the Santa Maria Mesa Road Bridge.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.USGS technician measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California, upstream of the Santa Maria Mesa Road Bridge.
Medicine Lake, CA simplified hazards map
Medicine Lake, California simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event.
Medicine Lake, California simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event.
Methane plume
Methane plume imaged by the 30 kHz multibeam system
Methane plume imaged by the 30 kHz multibeam system
Methane Plumes
(Top) Methane plumes at the Norfolk Canyon seeps (~1600 meters or 5250 feet) were detected using the EK60 sonar. The water column plumes are shown above the sub-seafloor structure as imaged by high-resolution multichannel seismic data acquired by the USGS and processed by J. Kluesner.
(Top) Methane plumes at the Norfolk Canyon seeps (~1600 meters or 5250 feet) were detected using the EK60 sonar. The water column plumes are shown above the sub-seafloor structure as imaged by high-resolution multichannel seismic data acquired by the USGS and processed by J. Kluesner.
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloorMethane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloorMethane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin
Monarch on hairy puccoon
A monarch butterfly on a hairy puccoon plant.
A monarch butterfly on a hairy puccoon plant.
Monarch on Joe Pyeweed plant
Monarch butterfly on a Joe Pyeweed plant.
Monarch butterfly on a Joe Pyeweed plant.
Monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VA
Monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VAWater monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VA
Monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VA
Monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VAWater monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VA
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West Augusta
Monitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West AugustaMonitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West Augusta
Monitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West Augusta
Monitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West AugustaMonitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West Augusta
Monitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VA
Monitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VAMonitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VA
Monitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VA
Monitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VAMonitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VA
Monitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA
Monitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VAMonitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA
Monitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA
Monitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VAMonitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA
Mount Baker, WA simplified hazards map
Mount Baker, Washington simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event.
Mount Baker, Washington simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event.
Mountain and Mojave Desert
Landscape shot of a mountain and the low elevation Mojave Desert.
Landscape shot of a mountain and the low elevation Mojave Desert.
Multicorer deployment to sample the seafloor
USGS ocean engineers Peter Dal Ferro and Gerry Hatcher, from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, deploying a multicorer to sample the seafloor near an Atlantic margin methane seep site.
USGS ocean engineers Peter Dal Ferro and Gerry Hatcher, from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, deploying a multicorer to sample the seafloor near an Atlantic margin methane seep site.
Multicores
Multicores collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico. These cores contain roughly 1 meter of sediment from the seafloor, and represent the past ~2000 years of deposition.
Multicores collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico. These cores contain roughly 1 meter of sediment from the seafloor, and represent the past ~2000 years of deposition.