Laura Torresan
I design, coordinate, manage, and create content for the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center web site and the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program web site.
Biography
Science and Products
Science Seminar Series
Welcome to the Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center (PCMSC) Seminar Series! Our seminars are on the first and third Tuesday of every month, from 10:00 – 11:00 am Pacific Time (1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern) via Microsoft Teams.
In addition, we also co-host a special “Coastal Change Hazards” seminar on the second Tuesday every other month at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern.
Link to join the ...
Science Seminar Series Archives
A list of past science seminars hosted by the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
Featured Photos and Videos
Keep watching this page for more photos from our scientists!
Science Posters
The USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center created posters about each of these completed research projects. Here, the posters are presented along with additional information.
Giant Hawaiian Underwater Landslides
Information about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's studies of giant underwater landslides in 1986 and 1988.
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
Photo Roundup - July-August 2021
A selection of coastal and ocean images and videos from across the USGS
News Briefs - July-August 2021
News Briefs - featuring coastal and ocean science from across the USGS
Photo Roundup - April-June 2021
A selection of coastal and ocean images and videos from across the USGS
News Briefs - April-June 2021
News Briefs - featuring coastal and ocean science from across the USGS
Photo Roundup - December 2020-March 2021
A selection of coastal and marine images and videos from across the USGS.
News Briefs - December 2020-March 2021
Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS
Photo Roundup - Coastal Change Hazards
Multimedia documenting coastal change hazards research at the USGS
Sound Waves Newsletter - October-November 2020
We learn about mapping the Alaska coastline, meet some of our women scientists, and learn how we are connecting with students in a virtual world in this October-November 2020 issue of Sound Waves.
Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - October-November 2020
Learn more about the recent field activities completed by scientists in the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program at the USGS, and explore the Science Projects that guide this fieldwork.
Photo Roundup - October-November 2020
A selection of coastal and marine images and videos from across the USGS.
Remembering Bruce Richmond
We pay tribute to friend and colleague Bruce Richmond, who passed away in May surrounded by his family near his home in Las Lomas, CA. A group of us put together this remembrance of Bruce, AKA “BR.”
Special Issue of Sound Waves Focuses on Deep-Sea Research
2019 was a big year for deep-sea expeditions, and USGS was pleased to be a partner supporting our Nation in advancing our knowledge about these remote and unexplored areas of the Earth. In honor of National Ocean Month, we highlight USGS research from the deep sea.