Publications
Scientific literature and information products produced by Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff.
USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Publications Warehouse
Browse the USGS Publications Warehouse to broaden your search with enhanced filtering.
Sound Waves Newsletter
Sound Waves Newsletter
Browse issues of Sound Waves, featuring USGS coastal and marine research news.
Filter Total Items: 1747
Geodetic airborne laser altimetry of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, and Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland Geodetic airborne laser altimetry of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, and Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland
Two geodetic airborne laser altimeter (ALA) systems coupled to Global Positioning System receivers acquired submeter-resolution topographic profiles of the lower parts of Breidamerkurjökull and Skeidarárjökull, Iceland, in May 1989 and September 1991 (Skeidarárjökull) and of Jakobshavns Isbræ, Greenland, in April 1992. Maximum measured crevasse depths on Breidamerkurjökull...
Authors
James B. Garvin, Richard S. Williams
Modeling transport processes in the coastal ocean Modeling transport processes in the coastal ocean
No abstract available.
Authors
A.F. Blumberg, R. P. Signell, H. L. Jenter
The relation between sidescan-sonar imagery and sediment physical properties: A comparison of two deep sea fan systems The relation between sidescan-sonar imagery and sediment physical properties: A comparison of two deep sea fan systems
No abstract available.
Authors
H. J. Lee, W. C. Schwab, R. E. Kayen, B. D. Edwards, D.C. Twichell, M.E. Field, J.V. Gardner
Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612 bolide event: New evidence of a late Eocene impact-wave deposit and a possible impact site, U.S. east coast: Comment and reply Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612 bolide event: New evidence of a late Eocene impact-wave deposit and a possible impact site, U.S. east coast: Comment and reply
No abstract available.
Authors
Wuchang Wei, C. Wylie Poag, Lawrence J. Poppe, David W. Folger, David S. Powars, Robert B. Mixon, Lucy E. Edwards, Scott Bruce
Lake Baikal - A touchstone for global change and rift studies Lake Baikal - A touchstone for global change and rift studies
No abstract available.
Authors
Deborah R. Hutchinson, Steve M. Colman
Modelling passive margin sequence stratigraphy Modelling passive margin sequence stratigraphy
We have modelled stratigraphic sequences to aid in deciphering the sedimentary response to sea-level change. Sequence geometry is found to be most sensitive to sea level, but other factors, including subsidence rate and sediment supply, can produce similar changes. Sediment loading and compaction also play a major role in generating accommodation, a factor often neglected in sequence...
Authors
M.S. Steckler, D. Reynolds, B. Coakley, B.A. Swift, R. D. Jarrard
First results of a deep tow CHIRP sonar seafloor imaging system First results of a deep tow CHIRP sonar seafloor imaging system
The latest and most innovative technology has been applied towards the development of a full-ocean depth multi-sensor sonar system using linear swept-FM (Chirp) technology. The seafloor imaging system (SIS- 7000) described herein uses Chirp sidescan sonar to provide high resolution imagery at long range, and Chirp subbottom sonar to provide high resolution profiles in both the near...
Authors
M. Parent, Changle Fang, Thomas F. O’Brien, William W. Danforth
Edge-driven microplate kinematics Edge-driven microplate kinematics
It is known from plate tectonic reconstructions that oceanic microplates undergo rapid rotation about a vertical axis and that the instantaneous rotation axes describing the microplate's motion relative to the bounding major plates are frequently located close to its margins with those plates, close to the tips of propagating rifts. We propose a class of edge-driven block models to...
Authors
Hans Schouten, Kim D. Klitgord, David G. Gallo
A multi-sensor oceanographic measurement system for coastal environments A multi-sensor oceanographic measurement system for coastal environments
An instrument system has been developed for long-term sediment transport studies that uses a modular design to combine off the shelf components into a complete and flexible package. A common data storage format is used in each instrument system so that the same hardware can be assembled in different ways to address specific scientific studies with minimal engineering support and...
Authors
Marinna A. Martini, William J. Strahle
Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of Tilefish (Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of Tilefish (Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida
The tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, constructs burrows in carbonate sediments off the central east coast of Florida at similar temperatures (8.6-15.4°C) and in similar sediment textures (high proportion of silts and clays) to conspecifics in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The depths at which we observed tile fish off Florida (150-290 m), based on submersible observations and sidescan...
Authors
Kenneth W. Able, Churchill B. Grimes, Robert Jones, David C. Twichell
Carbonate-periplatform sedimentation by density flows: A mechanism for rapid off-bank and vertical transport of shallow-water fines Carbonate-periplatform sedimentation by density flows: A mechanism for rapid off-bank and vertical transport of shallow-water fines
Existing theories of off-bank sediment transport cannot account for rapid rates of sedimentation observed in Bahama bank and Florida shelf periplatform environments. Analysis of the physical processes operating during winter cold fronts suggests that accelerated off-bank transport of shallow-water mud may be achieved by sinking off-bank flows of sediment-charged hyperpycnal (super-dense)...
Authors
P.A. Wilson, Harry H. Roberts