Noreen Buster
Noreen Buster is Geologist at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.
At the beginning of her career at the USGS, Noreen worked on subsidence related to fluid withdrawal in coastal Louisiana, then spent several years using a scanning electron microscope and trace element chemical data to study coral skeletal features including relationships with magnesium, brucite, and endolithic algae. From 2007 to present her focus has been on integrating bathymetric/topographic elevation time-series data and geophysical subsurface chirp data along with sediment from vibracores to study recent and historical geomorphological changes of nearshore coastal environments along barrier islands.
Professional Experience
Geologist, U.S. Geoloigcal Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 2000 - present
Education and Certifications
M.S. Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa
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Sediment data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program Summary Report: Data and Analyses 2006 through 2010
Archive of digital chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 10BIM04 offshore Cat Island, Mississippi, September 2010
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi
Offshore sand-shoal development and evolution of Petit Bois Pass, Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands, Mississippi, USA
Growth rate and age distribution of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River delta plain, Louisiana coast, and inner shelf Holocene geologic framework, processes, and resources
A 1500-year holocene caribbean climate archive from the Blue Hole, lighthouse reef, belize
Microarchitectural change in density bands of the scleractinian montastraea faveolata, Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, USA
Forcing of large-scale cycles of coastal change at the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington
Magnesium content within the skeletal architecture of the coral Montastraea faveolata: locations of brucite precipitation and implications to fine-scale data fluctuations
Brucite microbialites in living coral skeletons: Indicators of extreme microenvironments in shallow-marine settings
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Sediment data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducted geophysical and sedimentological surveys in 2010 around Cat Island, Mississippi, which is the westernmost island in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier island chain. The objective of the study was to understand the geologic evolution of Cat IslAuthorsNoreen A. Buster, Kyle W. Kelso, Jennifer L. Miselis, Jack L. KindingerLouisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program Summary Report: Data and Analyses 2006 through 2010
The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was implemented under the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology (LCA S&T) office as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring (SWAMP) program. The BICM project was developed by the State of Louisiana (Coastal Protection Restoration Authority [CPRA], formerly Department of Natural Resources [DNR]) to complement otherAuthorsJack L. Kindinger, Noreen A. Buster, James G. Flocks, Julie Bernier, Mark A. KulpArchive of digital chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 10BIM04 offshore Cat Island, Mississippi, September 2010
In September of 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), conducted a geophysical survey to investigate the geologic controls on barrier island framework of Cat Island, Miss., as part of a broader USGS study on Barrier Island Mapping (BIM). These surveys were funded through the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) and the NorAuthorsArnell S. Forde, Shawn V. Dadisman, Jack L. Kindinger, Jennifer L. Miselis, Dana S. Wiese, Noreen A. BusterBathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), conducted geophysical and sedimentological surveys around Cat Island, the westernmost island in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier island chain (fig. 1). The objectives of the study were to understand the geologic evolution of CaAuthorsNoreen A. Buster, William R. Pfeiffer, Jennifer L. Miselis, Jack L. Kindinger, Dana S. Wiese, B.J. ReynoldsOffshore sand-shoal development and evolution of Petit Bois Pass, Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands, Mississippi, USA
Assessment of recently collected geophysical and sediment-core data identifies an extensive shoal field located off Dauphin and Petit Bois Islands. The shoals are the product of Pleistocene fluvial deposition and Holocene marine-transgressive processes, and their position and orientation oblique to the modern shoreline has been stable over the past century. The underlying stratigraphy has also infAuthorsJames G. Flocks, Kyle W. Kelso, Gregory C. Twichell, Noreen A. Buster, John N. BaehrGrowth rate and age distribution of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico
Black corals (order Antipatharia) are important long-lived, habitat-forming, sessile, benthic suspension feeders that are found in all oceans and are usually found in water depths greater than 30 m. Deep-water black corals are some of the slowest-growing, longest-lived deep-sea corals known. Previous age dating of a limited number of black coral samples in the Gulf of Mexico focused on extrapolateAuthorsN.G. Prouty, E.B. Roark, N.A. Buster, Steve W. RossMississippi River delta plain, Louisiana coast, and inner shelf Holocene geologic framework, processes, and resources
Extending nearly 400 km from Sabine Pass on the Texas-Louisiana border east to the Chandeleur Islands, the Louisiana coastal zone (Fig. 11.1) along the north-central Gulf of Mexico is the southern terminus of the largest drainage basin in North America (>3.3 million km2), which includes the Mississippi River delta plain where approximately 6.2 million kilograms per year of sediment is delivered toAuthorsS. Jeffress Williams, Mark Kulp, Shea Penland, Jack L. Kindinger, James G. FlocksA 1500-year holocene caribbean climate archive from the Blue Hole, lighthouse reef, belize
Sediment cores (up to 6 m in length) from the bottom of the Blue Hole, a 125 m deep Pleistocene sinkhole located in the lagoon of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize, consist of undisturbed, annually layered biogenic carbonate muds and silts with intercalated coarser grained storm beds. The sedimentation rate of the layered sections is 2.5 mm/y on average, and the long cores span the past 1500 years. OxAuthorsE. Gischler, E.A. Shinn, W. Oschmann, J. Fiebig, N.A. BusterMicroarchitectural change in density bands of the scleractinian montastraea faveolata, Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, USA
No abstract available.AuthorsN.A. Buster, J.E. SoraufForcing of large-scale cycles of coastal change at the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington
Anomalous morphological features within large estuaries may be: (1) recorders of external forces that periodically overwhelm the normal morphodynamic responses to estuarine energy fluxes, and (2) possible predictors of cycles of future coastal change. At the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington, chronic beach erosion and frequent coastal flooding are related to the historical northward channel migrAuthorsRobert A. Morton, H. Edward Clifton, Noreen A. Buster, Russell L. Peterson, Guy GelfenbaumMagnesium content within the skeletal architecture of the coral Montastraea faveolata: locations of brucite precipitation and implications to fine-scale data fluctuations
Small portions of coral cores were analyzed using a high-resolution laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA ICP-MS) to determine the geochemical signatures within and among specific skeletal structures in the large framework coral, Montastraea faveolata. Vertical transects were sampled along three parallel skeletal structures: endothecal (septal flank), corallite wall, andAuthorsN.A. Buster, C. W. HolmesBrucite microbialites in living coral skeletons: Indicators of extreme microenvironments in shallow-marine settings
Brucite [Mg(OH)2] microbialites occur in vacated interseptal spaces of living scleractinian coral colonies (Acropora, Pocillopora, Porites) from subtidal and intertidal settings in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and subtidal Montastraea from the Florida Keys, United States. Brucite encrusts microbial filaments of endobionts (i.e., fungi, green algae, cyanobacteria) growing under organic biofilAuthorsL.D. Nothdurft, G.E. Webb, N.A. Buster, C. W. Holmes, J.E. Sorauf, J.T. Kloprogge - News