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In May 2019, USGS coastal and marine scientists visited several coastal and offshore locations, studying reservoir sediment after a wildfire disaster in California, a new remote-control surveying boat in Massachusetts, hypersaline lake sediments in the Dominican Republic, and much more.
Approximate locations of some recent USGS coastal and offshore fieldwork. Dark blue areas outline the US Exclusive Economic Zone; purple areas show US Great Lakes waters. (Public domain.)
Here’s a quick overview of some recent fieldwork by our researchers.
Whiskeytown Reservoir, California: Mapped bathymetry and sediment thickness in the reservoir to assess runoff after the 2018 Carr Fire disaster, December 10, 2018 to May 31, 2019. Details: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-686-FA
Mississippi and Alabama: Collected multibeam bathymetry along the marsh edge and single beam bathymetry perpendicular to shore in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, May 6-11. Details: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2019-320-FA
Dominican Republic: Collected sediment samples for geochemical analysis in hypersaline Lake Enriquillo to reconstruct temperature, evaporation, and precipitation patterns over the past few centuries, April 23 to May 7. Details: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2019-315-FA
Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - April-May 2019
In May 2019, USGS coastal and marine scientists visited several coastal and offshore locations, studying reservoir sediment after a wildfire disaster...
Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - April-May 2019
In May 2019, USGS coastal and marine scientists visited several coastal and offshore locations, studying reservoir sediment after a wildfire disaster...
