Jenna C Hill
Research Geologist with the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Prior to joining the USGS as a Research Geologist in 2017, I spent 10 years at Coastal Carolina University, where I was an Associate Professor of Marine Science and did extensive undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as research. I graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in Geology and Environmental Studies, and spent two years working at the USGS in Woods Hole, before going on to earn my Ph.D. in Earth Science from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2007.
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Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon
In 2018 and 2019 the NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather collected multibeam bathymetry data in 4 areas along the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and NOAA. These regions were combined with other publicly available multibeam bathymetry data. The surface was generated to...
Multichannel sparker and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS field activity 2018-658-FA between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino in October of 2018 Multichannel sparker and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS field activity 2018-658-FA between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino in October of 2018
This data release contains processed high-resolution multichannel sparker seismic-reflection (MCS) data and chirp sub-bottom data that were collected aboard Humboldt State University's R/V Coral Sea in October of 2018 on U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2018-658-FA on the shelf and slope between Cape Blanco, Oregon, and Cape Mendocino, California. MCS data were collected to characterize...
Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection and chirp subbottom data collected offshore Northern California during USGS field activity 2019-643-FA Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection and chirp subbottom data collected offshore Northern California during USGS field activity 2019-643-FA
High-resoulution multichannel seismic-reflection (MCS) and Chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2019 offshore Humboldt County of northern California to expand data coverage along the southern Cascadia Margin. Data were acquired to characterize offshore faults and to study sediment distribution. MCS and Chirp data were collected coincidentally and were...
Geophysical and core sample data collected in lakes and fjords of southcentral Alaska following the 2018 Anchorage earthquake (ver. 2.0, October 2023) Geophysical and core sample data collected in lakes and fjords of southcentral Alaska following the 2018 Anchorage earthquake (ver. 2.0, October 2023)
This dataset includes sub-bottom seismic and sediment core data collected during USGS field activities 2021-612-FA, 2020-625-FA, and 2020-615-FA. Sub-bottom data include Chirp seismic in SEG-Y format with associated navigation tracklines. Core data include photo and computed tomography (CT) scans, and various mineralogical, radiometric, and other sampling data. Users are advised to read...
Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon and northern California (version 2.0, April 2026) Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon and northern California (version 2.0, April 2026)
Bathymetry data from various sources, including USGS-funded multibeam data collected between 2018-2022 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), were combined to create a composite 30-m resolution multibeam bathymetry surface of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore of Oregon and northern California. The bathymetry data are...
Multichannel sparker seismic reflection data of USGS field activity 2018-658-FA collected between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino from 2018-10-04 to 2018-10-18 Multichannel sparker seismic reflection data of USGS field activity 2018-658-FA collected between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino from 2018-10-04 to 2018-10-18
This data release contains processed high-resolution multichannel sparker seismic-reflection (MCS) data that were collected aboard Humboldt State University's R/V Coral Sea in October of 2018 on U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2018-658-FA on the shelf and slope between Cape Blanco, Oregon, and Cape Mendocino, California. MCS data were collected to characterize quaternary deformation and...
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Mass wasting along the Cascadia subduction zone: Implications for abyssal turbidite sources and the earthquake record Mass wasting along the Cascadia subduction zone: Implications for abyssal turbidite sources and the earthquake record
The only submarine records of large (>Mw7) prehistoric earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone are derived from sequences of deep sea turbidites interpreted to represent synchronous, shaking-induced failures along the continental slope. However, the spatial correlation of these deposits along the margin is complicated and the chronological constraints involve significant...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Janet Watt, Daniel S. Brothers
Timing of iceberg scours and massive ice-rafting events in the subtropical North Atlantic Timing of iceberg scours and massive ice-rafting events in the subtropical North Atlantic
High resolution seafloor mapping shows extraordinary evidence that massive (>300 m thick) icebergs once drifted >5,000 km south along the eastern United States, with >700 iceberg scours now identified south of Cape Hatteras. Here we report on sediment cores collected from several buried scours that show multiple plow marks align with Heinrich Event 3 (H3), ~31,000 years ago. Numerical...
Authors
Alan Condron, Jenna C. Hill
Submarine canyons, slope failures and mass transport processes in southern Cascadia Submarine canyons, slope failures and mass transport processes in southern Cascadia
The marine turbidite record along the southern Cascadia Subduction Zone has been used to interpret paleoseismicity and suggest a shorter recurrence interval for large (>M7) earthquakes along this portion of the margin; however, the sources and pathways of these turbidity flows are poorly constrained. We examine the spatial distribution of sediment storage, downslope transport, and slope...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Janet Watt, Daniel S. Brothers, Jared W. Kluesner
Subsurface controls on the development of the Cape Fear Slide Complex, central US Atlantic Margin Subsurface controls on the development of the Cape Fear Slide Complex, central US Atlantic Margin
The Cape Fear Slide is one of the largest (>25 000 km3) submarine slope failure complexes on the US Atlantic margin. Here we use a combination of new high-resolution multichannel seismic data (MCS) from the National Science Foundation Geodynamic Processes at Rifting and Subducting Margins (NSF GeoPRISMS) Community Seismic Experiment and legacy industry MCS to derive detailed stratigraphy...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Daniel S. Brothers, Matthew J. Hornbach, Derek E. Sawyer, Donna J. Shillington, Anne Becel
Geologic controls on submarine slope failure along the central U.S. Atlantic margin: Insights from the Currituck Slide Complex Geologic controls on submarine slope failure along the central U.S. Atlantic margin: Insights from the Currituck Slide Complex
Multiple styles of failure, ranging from densely spaced, mass transport driven canyons to the large, slab-type slope failure of the Currituck Slide, characterize adjacent sections of the central U.S. Atlantic margin that appear to be defined by variations in geologic framework. Here we use regionally extensive, deep penetration multichannel seismic (MCS) profiles to reconstruct the...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Daniel S. Brothers, Bradley K. Craig, Uri S. ten Brink, Jason D. Chaytor, Claudia Flores
Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 95007, New York Bight, 7-25 May, 1995 Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 95007, New York Bight, 7-25 May, 1995
No abstract available.
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, William C. Schwab, David S. Foster
Non-USGS Publications**
Hill, J.C., Brothers, D.S., Craig, B.K., ten Brink, U.S., Chaytor, J.D., and Flores, C.H., 2017. The role of antecedent geology in submarine slope failure: An examination of the Currituck Slide Complex, U.S. Atlantic margin, Marine Geology, 385:114-130, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.007.
Hill, J.C., 2016. Iceberg ploughmarks on the upper continental slope, South Carolina, in Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K. and Hogan, K.A. (Eds.), Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms. Geological Society of London Memoir.
Hill, J.C. and Condron, A., 2014. Subtropical iceberg scours and meltwater routing in the deglacial western North Atlantic, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2267.
Mickey, R.C., Xu, K., Libes, S., and Hill, J.C., 2014. Sediment texture, erodibility, and composition in the northern Gulf of Mexico and their potential impacts on hypoxia formation, Ocean Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s10236-014-0796-4.
Brothers, D.S., Ruppel, C., Kluesner, J.W., tenBrink, U.S., Chaytor, J.D., Hill, J.C., Andrews, B.D., and Flores, C., 2014. Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058048.
Hill, J.C. and Driscoll, N.W., 2010. Evidence for iceberg discharge to the Chukchi shelf during the Younger Dryas, Quaternary Research, doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.03.008.
Hill, J.C., Gayes, P.T., Driscoll, N.W., Johnstone, E.A., and Sedberry, G.R., 2008. Iceberg scours along the southern U.S. Atlantic margin, Geology, 36: 447-450.
Hill, J.C. and Driscoll, N.W., 2008. Paleodrainage on the Chukchi shelf reveals sea level history and meltwater discharge, Marine Geology, 254: 129-151.
Newman, K.R., Cormier, M., Weissel, J.K., Driscoll, N.W., Kastner, M., Solomon, E.A., Robertson, G., Hill, J.C., Singh, H., Camilli, R. and Eustice, R., 2007. Active methane venting observed at giant seafloor pockmarks along the U.S. mid-Atlantic shelf break, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 267: 341-352.
Hill, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., Brigham-Grette, J., Donelly, J.P., Gayes, P.T., and Keigwin, L.D., 2007. New evidence for high discharge to the Chukchi shelf since the Last Glacial Maximum, Quaternary Research, 68: 271-279.
Hill, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., Weissel, J.K., and Goff, J.A., 2004, Large scale elongated gas blowouts along the U.S. Atlantic margin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109:B9, doi: 10.1029/2004JB002969.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 14
Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon
In 2018 and 2019 the NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather collected multibeam bathymetry data in 4 areas along the central Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and NOAA. These regions were combined with other publicly available multibeam bathymetry data. The surface was generated to...
Multichannel sparker and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS field activity 2018-658-FA between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino in October of 2018 Multichannel sparker and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS field activity 2018-658-FA between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino in October of 2018
This data release contains processed high-resolution multichannel sparker seismic-reflection (MCS) data and chirp sub-bottom data that were collected aboard Humboldt State University's R/V Coral Sea in October of 2018 on U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2018-658-FA on the shelf and slope between Cape Blanco, Oregon, and Cape Mendocino, California. MCS data were collected to characterize...
Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection and chirp subbottom data collected offshore Northern California during USGS field activity 2019-643-FA Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection and chirp subbottom data collected offshore Northern California during USGS field activity 2019-643-FA
High-resoulution multichannel seismic-reflection (MCS) and Chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2019 offshore Humboldt County of northern California to expand data coverage along the southern Cascadia Margin. Data were acquired to characterize offshore faults and to study sediment distribution. MCS and Chirp data were collected coincidentally and were...
Geophysical and core sample data collected in lakes and fjords of southcentral Alaska following the 2018 Anchorage earthquake (ver. 2.0, October 2023) Geophysical and core sample data collected in lakes and fjords of southcentral Alaska following the 2018 Anchorage earthquake (ver. 2.0, October 2023)
This dataset includes sub-bottom seismic and sediment core data collected during USGS field activities 2021-612-FA, 2020-625-FA, and 2020-615-FA. Sub-bottom data include Chirp seismic in SEG-Y format with associated navigation tracklines. Core data include photo and computed tomography (CT) scans, and various mineralogical, radiometric, and other sampling data. Users are advised to read...
Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon and northern California (version 2.0, April 2026) Composite multibeam bathymetry surface and data sources of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore Oregon and northern California (version 2.0, April 2026)
Bathymetry data from various sources, including USGS-funded multibeam data collected between 2018-2022 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), were combined to create a composite 30-m resolution multibeam bathymetry surface of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore of Oregon and northern California. The bathymetry data are...
Multichannel sparker seismic reflection data of USGS field activity 2018-658-FA collected between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino from 2018-10-04 to 2018-10-18 Multichannel sparker seismic reflection data of USGS field activity 2018-658-FA collected between Cape Blanco and Cape Mendocino from 2018-10-04 to 2018-10-18
This data release contains processed high-resolution multichannel sparker seismic-reflection (MCS) data that were collected aboard Humboldt State University's R/V Coral Sea in October of 2018 on U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2018-658-FA on the shelf and slope between Cape Blanco, Oregon, and Cape Mendocino, California. MCS data were collected to characterize quaternary deformation and...
Filter Total Items: 20
Mass wasting along the Cascadia subduction zone: Implications for abyssal turbidite sources and the earthquake record Mass wasting along the Cascadia subduction zone: Implications for abyssal turbidite sources and the earthquake record
The only submarine records of large (>Mw7) prehistoric earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone are derived from sequences of deep sea turbidites interpreted to represent synchronous, shaking-induced failures along the continental slope. However, the spatial correlation of these deposits along the margin is complicated and the chronological constraints involve significant...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Janet Watt, Daniel S. Brothers
Timing of iceberg scours and massive ice-rafting events in the subtropical North Atlantic Timing of iceberg scours and massive ice-rafting events in the subtropical North Atlantic
High resolution seafloor mapping shows extraordinary evidence that massive (>300 m thick) icebergs once drifted >5,000 km south along the eastern United States, with >700 iceberg scours now identified south of Cape Hatteras. Here we report on sediment cores collected from several buried scours that show multiple plow marks align with Heinrich Event 3 (H3), ~31,000 years ago. Numerical...
Authors
Alan Condron, Jenna C. Hill
Submarine canyons, slope failures and mass transport processes in southern Cascadia Submarine canyons, slope failures and mass transport processes in southern Cascadia
The marine turbidite record along the southern Cascadia Subduction Zone has been used to interpret paleoseismicity and suggest a shorter recurrence interval for large (>M7) earthquakes along this portion of the margin; however, the sources and pathways of these turbidity flows are poorly constrained. We examine the spatial distribution of sediment storage, downslope transport, and slope...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Janet Watt, Daniel S. Brothers, Jared W. Kluesner
Subsurface controls on the development of the Cape Fear Slide Complex, central US Atlantic Margin Subsurface controls on the development of the Cape Fear Slide Complex, central US Atlantic Margin
The Cape Fear Slide is one of the largest (>25 000 km3) submarine slope failure complexes on the US Atlantic margin. Here we use a combination of new high-resolution multichannel seismic data (MCS) from the National Science Foundation Geodynamic Processes at Rifting and Subducting Margins (NSF GeoPRISMS) Community Seismic Experiment and legacy industry MCS to derive detailed stratigraphy...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Daniel S. Brothers, Matthew J. Hornbach, Derek E. Sawyer, Donna J. Shillington, Anne Becel
Geologic controls on submarine slope failure along the central U.S. Atlantic margin: Insights from the Currituck Slide Complex Geologic controls on submarine slope failure along the central U.S. Atlantic margin: Insights from the Currituck Slide Complex
Multiple styles of failure, ranging from densely spaced, mass transport driven canyons to the large, slab-type slope failure of the Currituck Slide, characterize adjacent sections of the central U.S. Atlantic margin that appear to be defined by variations in geologic framework. Here we use regionally extensive, deep penetration multichannel seismic (MCS) profiles to reconstruct the...
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, Daniel S. Brothers, Bradley K. Craig, Uri S. ten Brink, Jason D. Chaytor, Claudia Flores
Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 95007, New York Bight, 7-25 May, 1995 Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 95007, New York Bight, 7-25 May, 1995
No abstract available.
Authors
Jenna C. Hill, William C. Schwab, David S. Foster
Non-USGS Publications**
Hill, J.C., Brothers, D.S., Craig, B.K., ten Brink, U.S., Chaytor, J.D., and Flores, C.H., 2017. The role of antecedent geology in submarine slope failure: An examination of the Currituck Slide Complex, U.S. Atlantic margin, Marine Geology, 385:114-130, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.007.
Hill, J.C., 2016. Iceberg ploughmarks on the upper continental slope, South Carolina, in Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K. and Hogan, K.A. (Eds.), Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms. Geological Society of London Memoir.
Hill, J.C. and Condron, A., 2014. Subtropical iceberg scours and meltwater routing in the deglacial western North Atlantic, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2267.
Mickey, R.C., Xu, K., Libes, S., and Hill, J.C., 2014. Sediment texture, erodibility, and composition in the northern Gulf of Mexico and their potential impacts on hypoxia formation, Ocean Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s10236-014-0796-4.
Brothers, D.S., Ruppel, C., Kluesner, J.W., tenBrink, U.S., Chaytor, J.D., Hill, J.C., Andrews, B.D., and Flores, C., 2014. Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058048.
Hill, J.C. and Driscoll, N.W., 2010. Evidence for iceberg discharge to the Chukchi shelf during the Younger Dryas, Quaternary Research, doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.03.008.
Hill, J.C., Gayes, P.T., Driscoll, N.W., Johnstone, E.A., and Sedberry, G.R., 2008. Iceberg scours along the southern U.S. Atlantic margin, Geology, 36: 447-450.
Hill, J.C. and Driscoll, N.W., 2008. Paleodrainage on the Chukchi shelf reveals sea level history and meltwater discharge, Marine Geology, 254: 129-151.
Newman, K.R., Cormier, M., Weissel, J.K., Driscoll, N.W., Kastner, M., Solomon, E.A., Robertson, G., Hill, J.C., Singh, H., Camilli, R. and Eustice, R., 2007. Active methane venting observed at giant seafloor pockmarks along the U.S. mid-Atlantic shelf break, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 267: 341-352.
Hill, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., Brigham-Grette, J., Donelly, J.P., Gayes, P.T., and Keigwin, L.D., 2007. New evidence for high discharge to the Chukchi shelf since the Last Glacial Maximum, Quaternary Research, 68: 271-279.
Hill, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., Weissel, J.K., and Goff, J.A., 2004, Large scale elongated gas blowouts along the U.S. Atlantic margin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109:B9, doi: 10.1029/2004JB002969.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.