Laura Torresan
I design, coordinate, and create content for the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center web site and the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program web site. I am also the assistant editor of the newsletter “Sound Waves," which features coastal and marine research news from across the USGS.
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Data report: geology of reef-front carbonate sediment deposits around Oahu, Hawaii
This Open-File Report presents data and derivative products from an investigation of carbonate sediment deposits on the reef front in four areas around the island of Oahu, Hawaii - in Kailua Bay off Oahu's windward (east) side, off the leeward (west) coast from Makua to Kahe Point, off the north coast from Waimea to Camp Erdman, and off the south...
Hampton, Monty A.; Blay, Charles T.; Murray, Christopher; Torresan, Laura Z.; Frazee, Cathy S.; Richmond, Bruce M.; Fletcher, Charles H.
Sedimentation and bathymetric change in San Pablo Bay, 1856-1983
A long-term perspective of erosion and deposition in San Francisco Bay is vital to understanding and managing wetland change, harbor and channel siltation, and other sediment-related phenomena such as particle and particle-associated substance (pollutants, trace metals, etc.) transport and deposition. A quantitative comparison of historical...
Jaffe, Bruce E.; Smith, Richard E.; Torresan, Laura Zink
Conglomerates of the upper middle Eocene to lower Miocene Sespe Formation along the Santa Ynez Fault; implications for the geologic history of the eastern Santa Maria Basin area, California. Reconnaissance bulk-rock and clay mineralogies of argillaceous Great Valley an Franciscan strata, Santa Maria Basin Province, California
Howard, Jeffrey L.; Pollastro, Richard M.; McLean, Hugh; Zink, Laura L.
Final report; acoustic mapping of dredged material disposal sites and deposits in Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii
Torresan, Michael E.; Hampton, M.A.; Gowen, M.H.; Barber, J.H.; Zink, L.L.; Chase, T.E.; Wong, F.L.; Gann, J.T.; Dartnell, Peter
Sound Waves Newsletter - August-September 2019
USGS leads study of microbiological communities associated with gas hydrate, presents coastal change forecast and pre- and post-storm photos of areas affected by Hurricane Dorian, provides foundation for emergency preparedness wherever and whenever disaster strikes, estimates trillions of cubic feet of natural gas hydrate in Alaska, and more in this August-September 2019 issue of Sound...
Sound Waves Newsletter - June-July 2019
USGS coastal storm computer modelers team up with EROS Data Center to incorporate more accurate land and coast elevations into their online tool for southern California coastal threats, while USGS teams up with the National Park Service and North Carolina University to develop a tool that inform decisions on Cape Lookout preservation, and more in this June-July 2019 issue of Sound Waves...
Sound Waves Newsletter - April-May 2019
Coral reefs provide flood protection, new Aleutian tsunami evidence, sea turtle scientists head back to the field after Hurricane Michael, and more in this April-May 2019 issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - February-March 2019
Sea-level rise plus an extreme storm could seriously impact people and property in coastal California, drone equipped with sensor is low-cost way to measure methane escaping from permafrost, USGS provides coastal storm impact computer model training, USGS center in Santa Cruz welcomes two new researchers, and more in this February-March issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - December 2018-January 2019
Learn how USGS scientists are trying to better understand erosion on Alaska's arctic coast,
Sound Waves Newsletter - October-November 2018
Coastal and Marine Research from Across the USGS
Sound Waves Newsletter - September 2018
Elwha River is still changing 5 years after two dams were removed, interagency drone pilots assist USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in monitoring and mapping efforts of the Kīlauea eruption, DOI award goes to Elwha River Science Team for their work to understand and explain the effects of dam removal on the Elwha River in Washington, and more in this September 2018 issue of Sound Waves...
Sound Waves Newsletter - August 2018
Estuarine sediment needs thwarted by invasive plants, raising awareness in schools about natural hazards, new geographer/marine ecologist at USGS in Santa Cruz, new report on how the bend in a fault helped shape the Big Sur coast, and more in this August 2018 issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - July 2018
Imaging a fault to learn more about tectonic plate motion and improve understanding of hazards, two researchers from the USGS in Santa Cruz, California win the USGS Excellence in Leadership Award, Fulbright Scholar joins geohazards project at the USGS in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and more in this July 2018 issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - June 2018
USGS hurricane response in 2017 helps prepare for 2018 season, and USGS researchers are ready; a special, USGS-led tsunami hazards issue of the journal Marine Geology receives award as one of the top three most-cited issues in 2016 and 2017; a USGS researcher visits South Korea to share expertise on offshore mapping; and more in this June 2018 issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - April-May 2018
Understanding how and where mineral-rich deposits form in the ocean and what effects mining them could have on deep-ocean environment, deploying oceanographic gear offshore of a natural inlet, visiting scientist from Japan collaborating with USGS on shoreline-change research, and more in this April-May issue of Sound Waves.
Sound Waves Newsletter - March 2018
Learn about how polluted groundwater threatens coral reefs, what rocks from deep in the soutwestern Atlantic Ocean tell us about geologic history and mineral resources, why Florida is the perfect place to study regional-scale ocean acidification, and more in this March 2018 issue of Sound Waves.