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Geologic model for abyssal seismoturbidite generation along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. (A) With each earthquake cycle, slope failures occur on the oversteepened limbs of thrust folds in the accretionary wedge, resulting in proximal MTDs and turbidity flows that spread out across the abyssal plain.

Enlargements of 1-m AUV bathymetry overlain on 30-m bathymetry grid for the study area along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. (A) The AUV bathymetry data reveal a 10m high failure scarp that extends for 4km along the seaward face of the frontal thrust fold. Secondary reverse faults observed in the chirp subbottom data are expressed at the seafloor with ~3m offsets.

USGS Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) flood hazard maps for coastal adaptation planning across California are now available state-wide.

The Core Laboratories Project is a key service for our center, providing vital support to a variety of projects studying everything from coastal wetlands to deep sea sediment and minerals. The project team delivers high-quality data through advanced analytical techniques and maintains laboratory equipment.

Interns working in a coastal wetland.

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Interns working on with cores in the lab

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Cold season freeze–thaw processes, groundwater flow, and carbon dynamics remain major uncertainties in coastal wetland science, yet they are increasingly important as climate change drives shifting temperatures and influences carbon outwelling at regional and global scales.

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Interns in the field

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

The Core Laboratories Project is a key service for our center, providing vital support to a variety of projects studying everything from coastal wetlands to deep sea sediment and minerals. The project team delivers high-quality data through advanced analytical techniques and maintains laboratory equipment.

Interns working in a coastal wetland.

The Core Laboratories Project is a key service for our center, providing vital support to a variety of projects studying everything from coastal wetlands to deep sea sediment and minerals. The project team delivers high-quality data through advanced analytical techniques and maintains laboratory equipment.

Interns learning in the lab

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Coastal wetlands that have been damaged or destroyed can lose their ability to capture carbon dioxide and make the large quantities of carbon stored vulnerable to release into the atmosphere—contributing to climate change.

Estuaries are dynamic environments where complex interactions take place between the atmosphere, ocean, watershed, ecosystems, and human infrastructure. They serve as valuable ecological habitat and provide numerous benefits to our society.

Barrier island outwash event explained