Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - October-November 2018
Recently USGS scientists visited more than 20 coastal and offshore locations, studying deep corals off the East Coast, restored beaches and dunes in New Jersey, mine tailings in Lake Superior, and much more.
This article is part of the October-November 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
Here’s a quick overview of some recent fieldwork by our researchers.
Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected carbonate system parameters underway using latest technology in the Manatee River, November 19-20 and 14-17 Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-368-FA and
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-365-FADauphin Island, Alabama: Collected drone air photos and ground control points for point clouds, orthomosaic images, and digital elevation models, November 13-18. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-362-FACape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts: Measured water velocity, water quality, water level, seabed change, suspended sediment concentration, and organic content for wetland sediment transport studies, November 13-16. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-058-FAKlamath River, California: Collected surface samples of sediment in the estuary to characterize salmonid habitat, November 12-16. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-680-FAFlorida Keys: Measured coral and algal calcification rates at monitoring stations in Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and Dry Tortugas National Park, October 22 to November 11. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-359-FALake Enriquillo, Dominican Republic: Collected sediment samples for organic geochemical analyses to examine ocean-continent interactions, November 3-9. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-357-FAOffshore Oregon and California: Mapped and sampled deep sea coral and associated habitats, October 9 to November 9. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-663-FASan Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, November 9 and October 23. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-683-FA and
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-681-FASan Juan, Puerto Rico: Collected tide and wave data for wave and water level models to guide coral reef restoration project, October 29 to November 7. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-670-FAPuget Sound, Washington: Collected water-level data during winter storms, November 1-7. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-678-FAStanford, California: Collected sediment cores behind the Searsville Lake Dam for earthquake and ecological studies, October 29-30. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-682-FAMississippi and Alabama: Retrieved and redeployed sediment plate, collect sediment cores, and collected multibeam bathymetry in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, October 22-27. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-358-FALittle Egg Inlet, New Jersey: Collected geologic framework information from inner shelf and inlet for coastal-change studies, October 21-26 and September 23-27. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-049-FA and
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-050-FAOffshore Tampa Bay, Florida: Installed oceanographic mooring for carbonate studies about 60 miles offshore, October 24-25. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-360-FASacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Used drones for air photos to collect topographic data for structure-from-motion, October 22-24. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-676-FAOffshore Oregon and California: Used seismic systems to study deformation and sediment dynamics along the southern Cascadia margin, October 4-18. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-658-FAOffshore Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Biological, chemical, and sediment sampling of deep-water corals, canyons, and seeps, October 1-12. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-053-FAStone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey: Monitored post-restoration changes to beach and dune sites, October 8-12. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-056-FASacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Collected vibracores to study the deformation history of the Kirby Hills and Midland Fault Zones, October 8-12. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-671-FALanzarote, Canary Islands: Sampled cave water chemistry and animals in Atlántida tunnel for isotope analysis, October 3-8. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-052-FAOffshore Southern California: Collected samples to determine sediment deposition rates and timing of movement on earthquake faults, September 17 to October 2. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-627-FALake Okeechobee, Florida: Studied the microbial biogeochemistry of groundwater at the Kissimmee River Aquifer Storage and Recovery facility, June 1 to October 1. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-330-FASanta Barbara, California: Monitored changes in sand distribution and movement in the nearshore between Goleta and Mugu Canyon, September 23-29. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-660-FALake Superior, Michigan: Collected baseline data on the distribution and thickness of mine tailings near Buffalo Reef, September 13-27. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-043-FA
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