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Earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

2023 Annual Report

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Pragmatically mapping Phragmites with unoccupied aerial systems: A comparison of invasive species land cover classification using RGB and multispectral imagery

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Hydroacoustic observations reveal drivers of mixing and salinization of a karst subterranean estuary during intense precipitation

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A computer-controlled gas hydrate-sediment formation and triaxial test system A computer-controlled gas hydrate-sediment formation and triaxial test system

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Authors
W.J. Winters, J.S. Booth, R.R. Nielsen, William P. Dillon, R.F. Commeau
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Assessing Crow Indian coal resources: GIS in action Assessing Crow Indian coal resources: GIS in action

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Authors
W.D. Watson, K. Bryant, N.K. Gardner, M. S. Grim, G. Lebing
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Deep structure beneath Lake Ontario: Crustal-scale Grenville subdivisions Deep structure beneath Lake Ontario: Crustal-scale Grenville subdivisions

Lake Ontario marine seismic data reveal major Grenville crustal subdivisions beneath central and southern Lake Ontario separated by interpreted shear zones that extend to the lower crust. A shear zone bounded transition between the Elzevir and Frontenac terranes exposed north of Lake Ontario is linked to a seismically defined shear zone beneath central Lake Ontario by prominent...
Authors
D. A. Forsyth, Bernd Milkereit, Colin A. Zelt, D. J. White, R. M. Easton, Deborah R. Hutchinson
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Historical shoreline mapping (II): Application of the Digital Shoreline Mapping and Analysis Systems (DSMS/DSAS) to shoreline change mapping in Puerto Rico Historical shoreline mapping (II): Application of the Digital Shoreline Mapping and Analysis Systems (DSMS/DSAS) to shoreline change mapping in Puerto Rico

A new, state-of-the-art method for mapping historical shorelines from maps and aerial photographs, the Digital Shoreline Mapping System (DSMS), has been developed. The DSMS is a freely available, public domain software package that meets the cartographic and photogrammetric requirements of precise coastal mapping, and provides a means to quantify and analyze different sources of error in...
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E. Robert Thieler, William W. Danforth
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Lake Michigan's late Quaternary limnological and climate history from ostracode, oxygen isotope, and magnetic susceptibility Lake Michigan's late Quaternary limnological and climate history from ostracode, oxygen isotope, and magnetic susceptibility

The limnology of Lake Michigan has changed dramatically since the late Pleistocene in response to the expansion and contraction of continental glaciers, to differential isostatic rebound, and to climate change. The lake sediment's stratigraphic trends, magnetic susceptibility, δ18O, and ostracode species abundance ratios provide criteria to identify the lake's response to glacial ice and...
Authors
Richard M. Forester, Steven M. Colman, Richard L. Reynolds, Loyd D. Keigwin
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Overview of the southern Lake Michigan coastal erosion study Overview of the southern Lake Michigan coastal erosion study

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Authors
David W. Folger, Steven M. Colman, Peter W. Barnes
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Glaciers Glaciers

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R. J. Williams
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Mobility of radioisotopes in marine surface sediments Mobility of radioisotopes in marine surface sediments

Transport of a radioisotope in a sediment-water system can be retarded by sorption of the isotope to solid; which is controlled by the affinity of the radioisotope for the sediment particles. In order to study trace metal and ra- dionuclide mobility on the sea floor, the following measurements were carried out: (1)effective diffusion rates in sediments in the laboratory and on the sea...
Authors
Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, P. H. Santschi
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Regional stratigraphic framework of surficial sediments and bedrock beneath Lake Ontario Regional stratigraphic framework of surficial sediments and bedrock beneath Lake Ontario

Approximately 2550 km of single-channel high-resolution seismic reflection profiles have been interpreted and calibrated with lithological and geochronological information from four representative piston cores and one grab sample to provide a regional stratigraphie framework for the subbottom deposits of Lake Ontario. Five units overlying Paleozoic bedrock were identified and mapped...
Authors
D. R. Hutchinson, C.F. Lewis, G. Hund
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Continental margins: Windows into Earth's history Continental margins: Windows into Earth's history

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Authors
Deborah R. Hutchinson
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sedimentary framework of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Sedimentary framework of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts

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Authors
H.J. Knebel, R.R. Rendigs, R. N. Oldale, Michael H. Bothner
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy bay, Massachusetts Ground water discharge and the related nutrient and trace metal fluxes into Quincy bay, Massachusetts

Measurement of the rate and direction of ground water flow beneath Wollaston Beach, Quincy, Massachusetts by use of a heat-pulsing flowmeter shows a mean velocity in the bulk sediment of 40 cm d−1. The estimated total discharge of ground water into Quincy Bay during October 1990 was 1324–2177 m3 d−1, a relatively low ground water discharge rate. The tides have only a moderate effect on...
Authors
Lawrence J. Poppe, A.M. Moffett
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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