Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - September 2018
In September of 2018, USGS scientists visited more than 20 coastal and offshore locations studying deep corals off the East Coast, sea turtle nests in Florida, seafloor earthquakes near Alaska, and much more. Here’s a quick overview of some fieldwork by our researchers.
This article is part of the September 2018 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
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South Molokai, Hawai‘i: Measured factors controlling sediment transport from reef to shore, September 17–26. Details:
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Seven Mile Island, New Jersey: Measured surf zone beach depths for Hurricane Sandy restoration, September 4–25. Details:
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Rockaway Beach, New York: Measured surf zone beach depths for Hurricane Sandy restoration, September 4–25. Details:
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South San Francisco Bay, California: Measured the size of flocculated particles, September 25. Details:
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Atlantic Ocean offshore Massachusetts: Installed ocean bottom seismometers to measure sediment shear wave speed, September 22–24. Details:
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Offshore South-Central California: Studied geologic framework and habitat geophysics for offshore energy hazards and impacts, August 27–September 22. Details:
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Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey: Measured water level, currents, pressure, turbidity, and quality; used a remote camera to monitor beach and dune restoration, September 17–20. Details:
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Barnstable, Massachusetts: Collected images with a drone to create a base map of elevation for carbon budget modeling in the Great Marsh, September 12–17. Details:
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Pinellas and Brevard Counties, Florida: Measured beach profiles and sea turtle nest locations, May 7–September 17. Details:
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Collected sediment samples to support habitat restoration, September 17. Details https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-673-FA
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Dauphin Island, Alabama: Set up control points and took drone photos to measure elevations, September 9–16. Details:
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Stellwagen Bank NMS, Massachusetts: Collected seabed sediment samples for geological mapping, September 10–14. Details:
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Southern Monterey Bay, California: Collected nearshore bathymetry and beach topography, September 10–11. Details:
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San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, September 10. Details:
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Monitored coastal erosion and tested grain-size mapping using drones, September 5–7. Details:
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Offshore Southeastern Alaska: Installed ocean-bottom seismographs on the Queen Charlotte Fault, September 1–6. Details:
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Offshore Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina: Investigated deep underwater canyons, seeps, and corals, August 16–September 2. Details:
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Oregon and Washington: Collected bathymetric and topographic data from the coasts north and south of Columbia River, August 13–31. Details:
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Offshore New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina: Investigated gas hydrate distribution and hazards using multichannel seismic system, August 8–28. Details:
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Unalakleet, Alaska: Installed camera system to measure waves and water levels, August 23–26. Details:
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Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Measured long-term changes in bathymetry, August 15–23. Details:
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Offshore Northern California and Oregon: Collected multibeam bathymetry, backscatter, and water column data for Cascadia subduction zone hazard studies, July 31–August 23. Details:
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Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected drone photos to test the Structure-from-Motion technique for estimating coastal topography, August 22. Details:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-353-FA
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