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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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Transient eddy formation around headlands Transient eddy formation around headlands

Eddies with length scales of 1-10 km are commonly observed in coastal waters and play an important role in the dispersion of water-borne materials. The generation and evolution of these eddies by oscillatory tidal flow around coastal headlands is investigated with analytical and numerical models. Using shallow water depth-averaged vorticity dynamics, eddies are shown to form when flow...
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Richard P. Signell, W. Rockwell Geyer
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

E-4 Central Kentucky to the Carolina Trough E-4 Central Kentucky to the Carolina Trough

E-4 is one of eight Geodynamics transects that cross the Atlantic margin of North America between Georgia and Newfoundland. Five of the transects are in the United States and three are in Canada. Transect E-4, which is 110 km wide and more than 1,100 km long, extends from the stable North American craton just west of the Grenville front near Lexington, Kentucky southeastward across Cape...
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Douglas W. Rankin, William P. Dillon, D.F.B. Black, S.E. Boyer, David L. Daniels, R. Goldsmith, J. A. Grow, J. Wright Horton, Deborah R. Hutchinson, Kim D. Klitgord, R. C. McDowell, D.J. Milton, J. P. Owens, Jeffrey D. Phillips, K.C. Bayer, John R. Butler, D.W. Elliott, Robert C. Milici
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The West Antarctic Rift system: A review of geophysical investigations The West Antarctic Rift system: A review of geophysical investigations

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J. C. Behrendt, W.E. LeMasurier, A. K. Cooper, Franz Tessensohn, A. Trehu, D. Damaske
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Oxygen-isotope exchange and mineral alteration in gabbros of the Lower Layered Series, Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland Oxygen-isotope exchange and mineral alteration in gabbros of the Lower Layered Series, Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland

Multiple intrusions of gabbros, mafic dikes, and syenites in the Kap Edvard Holm Complex gave rise to prolonged circulation of meteoric hydrothermal solutions and extreme isotope exchange and mineral alteration in the 3600-m-thick Lower Layered Series gabbros. In the Lower Layered Series, δ18O of plagioclase varies from +0.3‰ to -5.8‰, and it decreases with an increase in the volume of...
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Kristen L. Fehlhaber, Dennis K. Bird
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high-resolution seismic profiles

GLORIA long-range side-scan sonar imagery and 3.5-kHz seismic-reflection profiles depict a series of nine elongate deposits with generally high-backscatter surfaces covering most of the latest fanlobe sequence of the Mississippi Fan in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The youngest deposit is a “slump” that covers a 250 by 100 km area of the middle and upper fan. The remaining mapped deposits...
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David C. Twichell, Neil H. Kenyon, Lindsay M. Parson, Bonnie A. McGregor
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sounding the bottom of the world Sounding the bottom of the world

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T.A. Stern, Uri S. ten Brink
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The West Antarctic rift system, a propagating rift "captured" by a mantle plume The West Antarctic rift system, a propagating rift "captured" by a mantle plume

The West Antarctic rift system, marked by a 3-5-kilometer high shoulder from northern Victoria Land to the Ellsworth Mountains, extends through the Ross Embayment and the Byrd Subglacial Basin. Geophysical data suggest that the ice covered area beneath the rift zone is underlain by Cenozoic volcanic rocks (flood basalts?), and extended crust about 20 km thick. Exposed bimodal alkaline...
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John C. Behrendt, W.E. LeMasurier, Alan K. Cooper
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Rockslides on the Terminus of "Jokulsargilsjokull", Southern Iceland Rockslides on the Terminus of "Jokulsargilsjokull", Southern Iceland

On 10 November 1976, a 1.5 km × 0.5 km rockslide deposit on the surface of an unnamed outlet glacier of Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, southern Iceland, was observed from an aircraft. Deposits from two different rockslides, including the larger one observed on 10 November 1976, were visible on a 10 September 1978 aerial photograph of the unnamed outlet glacier. An analysis of vertical and...
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Oddur Sigurdsson, Richard S. Williams
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Impact of exploratory wells, offshore Florida: A biological assessment Impact of exploratory wells, offshore Florida: A biological assessment

Seven offshore exploratory oil well sites were examined in an effort to determine the ecological impact of exploratory drilling on the subtropical marine ecosystems of southern Florida, including seagrass beds and coral reefs. The time since drilling ranged from 2 to 29 years; water depths varied between 5 and 70 m. The major long-term ecological impact observed at these sites ranged...
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Phillip A. Dustan, Barbara H. Lidz, Eugene A. Shinn
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Extensive volcanism and related tectonism beneath the western Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica Extensive volcanism and related tectonism beneath the western Ross Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica

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J. C. Behrendt, H.J. Duerbaum, R. Saltus, W. Bosum, Alan K. Cooper
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Modes of cross-shore sediment transport on the shoreface of the Middle Atlantic Bight Modes of cross-shore sediment transport on the shoreface of the Middle Atlantic Bight

The mechanisms responsible for onshore and offshore sediment fluxes across the shoreface zone seaward of the surf zone were examined in a 3-year field study. The study was conducted in the southern part of the Middle Atlantic Bight in the depth region 7–17 m using instrumented tripods supporting electromagnetic current meters, pressure sensors, suspended sediment concentration sensors...
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L.D. Wright, John D. Boon, S.C. Kim, J. H. List
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Wave processes and geologic responses on the floor of the Yellow Sea Wave processes and geologic responses on the floor of the Yellow Sea

The floor of the Yellow Sea is a geologically mundane surface: it is nearly horizontal, lacks relief, and, with few exceptions, is devoid of conspicuous geomorphologic features. However, it is the principal repository for the prodigious sediment load of the Huanghe (Yellow River); and, due to its inherent shallowness (average depth is 40 m), it is frequently stressed by waves generated...
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James S. Booth, William J. Winters
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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