Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - June 2018

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program June 29, 2018

USGS scientists visited 11 coastal and offshore locations while monitoring beaches, marshes, and offshore areas, and testing new equipment. Here’s a quick overview of some fieldwork by our researchers.

This article is part of the June 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.

Illustration of map of the United States has dots on it to show where recent fieldwork was completed. — Approximate locations of some recent USGS coastal and offshore fieldwork. Dark blue areas outline the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone; purple areas show U.S. Great Lakes waters. Map base: https://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov.

Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey: Collected geologic-framework information from the inner shelf and inlet for coastal-change studies, May 29–June 15. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-001-FA
Long Island, New York: Measured sediment transport of wetlands in Jamaica Bay and Great South Bay, June 11–14. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-041-FA
San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, June 12. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-640-FA
Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama: Measured marsh thickness and established sites for erosion studies, June 4–8. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-332-FA
Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected water samples to validate instrumentation, June 4–8, May 29. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-339-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-337-FA
Oceanside, California: Measured sand distribution, thickness, and grain size on the continental shelf, May 21–26, 2018. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-638-FA
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts: Collected seabed sediment samples for geological mapping, May 21–24. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-027-FA
Taunton, Massachusetts: Created elevation base map to aid flood-inundation maps using drone photos, May 23. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-011-FA
Clearwater, Florida: Collected GPS data and photos for Sand Key video coastal monitoring station, May 23. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-338-FA
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Monitored coastal erosion and tested grain-size mapping using drones at Sandwich Town Neck Beach, May 21–22. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-019-FA
Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected drone photos to test the structure-from-motion technique for estimating coastal topography, May 22. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-336-FA