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Three people standing in a parking lot near a trailer with two jet skis on it.
Preparing for shallow-water survey
Preparing for shallow-water survey
Preparing for shallow-water survey

USGS research geologist Cheryl Hapke (center) explains to National Park Service manager Mike Bilecki (right) how instruments mounted on personal watercraft will measure depths in shallow water. USGS engineering technician BJ Reynolds is beside the watercraft.

USGS research geologist Cheryl Hapke (center) explains to National Park Service manager Mike Bilecki (right) how instruments mounted on personal watercraft will measure depths in shallow water. USGS engineering technician BJ Reynolds is beside the watercraft.

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Aerial images of the wilderness breach
Aerial images of the wilderness breach
Aerial images of the wilderness breach

Aerial images of the wilderness breach: a) Aerial photograph taken several days after Hurricane Sandy (photo credit: NOAA); b) Aerial mosaic of the breach in June 2015 showing the location of erosion on the ocean side of the breach and deposition that results in the seasonal formation of a spit (photo credit: Stonybrook University).

Aerial images of the wilderness breach: a) Aerial photograph taken several days after Hurricane Sandy (photo credit: NOAA); b) Aerial mosaic of the breach in June 2015 showing the location of erosion on the ocean side of the breach and deposition that results in the seasonal formation of a spit (photo credit: Stonybrook University).

Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD

Storm induced erosion of marsh shorelines can provide significant quantities of sediment to the bay altering the deposition patterns.

 

USGS staff diving in Chincoteague Bay, MD
Measuring seagrass!
Measuring seagrass!
flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal

Flood tidal shoal at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (courtesy USGS EROS NAIP orthophotography)

USGS personnel collecting samples in Barnegat Bay, NJ
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay

Box-cores provide a relatively undistributed look into the recent past to help better understand the processes contributing to sediment deposition and erosion.

Box-cores provide a relatively undistributed look into the recent past to help better understand the processes contributing to sediment deposition and erosion.

USGS personnel collecting sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments

Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.

 

Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.

 

Preview image of swath bathymetric grid collected offshore of Fire Island, NY
Swath Bathymetric Grid
Swath Bathymetric Grid
Swath Bathymetric Grid

This bathymetric grid represents approximately 3900 kilometers of bathymetric data collected in 2014. These data were collected using a dual-head R2Sonic 2024 multibeam echosounder (MBES) by Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, Inc., during USGS field activity 2014-072-FA.

This bathymetric grid represents approximately 3900 kilometers of bathymetric data collected in 2014. These data were collected using a dual-head R2Sonic 2024 multibeam echosounder (MBES) by Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, Inc., during USGS field activity 2014-072-FA.

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