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List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

Brenner, O.T., Hapke, C.J., Lee, K.G., and Kimbrow, D.R., 2016, Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, June 2014: Data Series 980. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds980]

Butman, Bradford, Danforth, W.W., Clark, J.E.H., Signell, R.P., and Schwab, W.C., 2016, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor south of Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899GG]

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Greene, H.G., Dieter, B.E., Hartwell, S.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Endris, C.A., Watt, J.T., Davenport, C.W., Sliter, R.W., Maier, K.L., and Krigsman, L.M., 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Santa Cruz, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1024. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161024]

Cochrane, G.R., Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Maier, K.L., Endris, C.A., Davenport, C.W., Watt, J.T., and others, 2016, California State Waters Map—Offshore of Aptos, California: Open-File Report 2016–1025. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20161025]

Couvillion, B., Fischer, M., Beck, H.J., and Sleavin, W.J., 2016, Spatial configuration trends in coastal Louisiana from 1985 to 2010: Wetlands. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-016-0744-9]

Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., and Smith, C.G., 2016, A seasonal comparison of surface sediment characteristics in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, USA: Open-File Report 2015–1219. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219]

Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., and Reynolds, B.J., 2016, Archive of ground penetrating radar data collected during USGS field activity 13BIM01—Dauphin Island, Alabama, April 2013: Data Series 982. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds982]

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Big Sandy Creek Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7SF2T8H]

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Little Pine Island Bayou Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release. [http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7HX19S0/]

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Village Creek Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release. [http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7NP22HQ/]

Ganju, N.K., Kirwan, M.L., Dickhudt, P.J., Guntenspergen, G.R., Cahoon, D.R., and Kroeger, K.D., 2015, Sediment transport-based metrics of wetland stability: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, no. 19, p. 7992. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065980]

Hein, J.R., Conrad, T., Mizell, K., Banakar, V.K., Frey, F.A., and Sager, W.W., 2016, Controls on ferromanganese crust composition and reconnaissance resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, v. 110. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.11.006]

Kluesner, J., and Brothers, D., 2016, Seismic attribute detection of faults and fluid pathways within an active strike-slip shear zone: New insights from high-resolution seismic data along the Hosgri Fault, offshore California: Interpretation, v. 4, no. 1, p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2015-0143.1]

Lentz, E.E., Thieler, E.R., Plant, N.G., Stippa, S.R., Horton, R.M., and Gesch, D.B., 2016, Evaluation of dynamic coastal response to sea-level rise modifies inundation likelihood: Nature Climate Change. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2957]

Meyers, P., and Kvenvolden, K., 2016, A tribute to Lloyd Snowdon: Organic Geochemistry, v. 91. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.11.003]

Miselis, J.L., Andrews, B., Nicholson, R.S., Defne, Z., Ganju, N.K., and Navoy, A.S., 2015, Evolution of mid-Atlantic coastal and back-barrier estuary environments in response to a hurricane: Implications for barrier-estuary connectivity: Estuaries and Coasts. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0057-x]

Morgan, K.L.M., and Krohn, M.D., 2016, Post-Hurricane Irene coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, August 30–31, 2011: Data Series 979. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds979]

Oberle, F.K.J., Storlazzi, C.D., and Hanebuth, T.J.J. What a drag: Quantifying the global impact of chronic bottom trawling on continental shelf sediment: Journal of Marine Systems. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.12.007]

Oberle, F.K.J., Swarzenski, P.W., Reddy, C.M., Nelson, R.K., Baasch, B., and Hanebuth, T.J.J. Deciphering the lithological consequences of bottom trawling to sedimentary habitats on the shelf: Journal of Marine Systems. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.12.008]

Scanlon, K.M., and Buczkowski, B.J., 2016, High-resolution geophysical data collected in the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas, Gulf of Mexico in 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2000-005-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7JD4TVC]

Snyder, A., Stevens, A., Carlson, E., and Lacy, J., 2016, Digital Elevation Model of Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015: USGS Data Release. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7RX9954]

Sweeney, E.M., Pendleton, E.A., Ackerman, S.D., Andrews, B.D., Baldwin, W.E., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S., Thieler, E.R., and Brothers, L.L., 2015, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-001-FA (ver. 2.0, March 2016): U.S. Geological Survey data release. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KK3]

Witter, R.C., Carver, G.A., Briggs, R., Gelfenbaum, G.R., Koehler, R.D., La selle Seanpaul M., Bender, A.M., Engelhart, S.E., Hemphill-Haley, E., and Hill, T.D., 2016, Unusually large tsunamis frequent a currently creeping part of the Aleutian megathrust: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 43, no. 1, p. 76. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl066083]

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