Gas hydrate from offshore Korea courtesy of the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources. Learn more about gas hydrates at https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/
Images
Gas hydrate from offshore Korea courtesy of the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources. Learn more about gas hydrates at https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
Map of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, N.J., marsh shoreline change rates.
Map of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, N.J., marsh shoreline change rates.
Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor Study Site
Piping Plover chicks
Browse graphic of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Browse graphic of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey Study SIte
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey Study SIte
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.
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).
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Storm induced erosion of marsh shorelines can provide significant quantities of sediment to the bay altering the deposition patterns.
Storm induced erosion of marsh shorelines can provide significant quantities of sediment to the bay altering the deposition patterns.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel process data in the dry lab on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel process data in the dry lab on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Flood tidal shoal at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (courtesy USGS EROS NAIP orthophotography)
Flood tidal shoal at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (courtesy USGS EROS NAIP orthophotography)
Inundated marsh at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey.
Inundated marsh at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey.
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.
Deck shot of M/V Scarlett Isabella
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.
Sunset on the Delmarva Peninsula
Measuring seagrass biomass in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland to constrain numerical models.
Measuring seagrass biomass in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland to constrain numerical models.
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.
Piping plover chicks are well concealed in shallow nests on sandy beaches.
Piping plover chicks are well concealed in shallow nests on sandy beaches.