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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 Bayesian network to predict vulnerability to sea-level rise: data report A Bayesian network to predict vulnerability to sea-level rise: data report

During the 21st century, sea-level rise is projected to have a wide range of effects on coastal environments, development, and infrastructure. Consequently, there has been an increased focus on developing modeling or other analytical approaches to evaluate potential impacts to inform coastal management. This report provides the data that were used to develop and evaluate the performance...
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Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Nathaniel G. Plant, E. Robert Thieler
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The biogeochemistry of anchialine caves: Progress and possibilities The biogeochemistry of anchialine caves: Progress and possibilities

Recent investigations of anchialine caves and sinkholes have identified complex food webs dependent on detrital and, in some cases, chemosynthetically produced organic matter. Chemosynthetic microbes in anchialine systems obtain energy from reduced compounds produced during organic matter degradation (e.g., sulfide, ammonium, and methane), similar to what occurs in deep ocean cold seeps...
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John W. Pohlman
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Summary of oceanographic and water–quality measurements in West Falmouth Harbor and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 2009–2010 Summary of oceanographic and water–quality measurements in West Falmouth Harbor and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 2009–2010

This data report presents oceanographic and water-quality observations made at six locations in West Falmouth Harbor and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, from August 2009 to September 2010. Both Buzzards Bay and West Falmouth Harbor are estuarine embayments; the input of freshwater on the eastern margin of Buzzards Bay adjacent to Cape Cod and West Falmouth Harbor is largely due to...
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Neil K. Ganju, Patrick J. Dickhudt, Jennifer A. Thomas, Jonathan Borden, Christopher R. Sherwood, Ellyn T. Montgomery, Erin R. Twomey, Marinna A. Martini
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

This study characterizes cored and logged sedimentary strata from the February 2007 BP Exploration Alaska, Department of Energy, U.S. Geological Survey (BPXA-DOE-USGS) Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). The physical-properties program analyzed core samples recovered from the well, and in conjunction with downhole geophysical logs, produced...
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William J. Winters, Michael Walker, Robert Hunter, Timothy S. Collett, Ray M. Boswell, Kelly K. Rose, William F. Waite, Marta Torres, Shirish Patil, Abhijit Dandekar
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Continuous resistivity profiling data from the Corsica River Estuary, Maryland Continuous resistivity profiling data from the Corsica River Estuary, Maryland

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into Maryland's Corsica River Estuary was investigated as part of a larger study to determine its importance in nutrient delivery to the Chesapeake Bay. The Corsica River Estuary represents a coastal lowland setting typical of much of the eastern bay. An interdisciplinary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) science team conducted field operations in the...
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V.A. Cross, J.F. Bratton, C.R. Worley, John Crusius, K.D. Kroeger
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

A multi-year analysis of passage and survival at McNary Dam, 2004-09 A multi-year analysis of passage and survival at McNary Dam, 2004-09

We analyzed 6 years (2004–09) of passage and survival data collected at McNary Dam to determine how dam operations and environmental conditions affect passage and survival of juvenile salmonids. A multinomial logistic regression was used to examine how environmental variables and dam operations relate to passage behavior of juvenile salmonids at McNary Dam. We used the Cormack-Jolly...
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Noah S. Adams, C. E. Walker, R.W. Perry
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Fisheries Research Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)

Formation dynamics of subsurface hydrocarbon intrusions following the Deepwater Horizon blowout Formation dynamics of subsurface hydrocarbon intrusions following the Deepwater Horizon blowout

Hydrocarbons released following the Deepwater Horizon (DH) blowout were found in deep, subsurface horizontal intrusions, yet there has been little discussion about how these intrusions formed. We have combined measured (or estimated) observations from the DH release with empirical relationships developed from previous lab experiments to identify the mechanisms responsible for intrusion...
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Scott A. Socolofsky, E. Eric Adams, Christopher R. Sherwood
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Gulf of America

Geophysical data from offshore of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Cat Island to Western Horn Island, Mississippi Geophysical data from offshore of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Cat Island to Western Horn Island, Mississippi

This report contains the geophysical and geospatial data that were collected along the western offshore side of the Gulf Islands of Mississippi on the research vessel Tommy Munro during two cruises in 2010. Geophysical data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and St. Petersburg, Forida, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile...
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E.A. Pendleton, W. E. Baldwin, W. W. Danforth, N. T. DeWitt, A.S. Forde, D.S. Foster, K.W. Kelso, W.R. Pfeiffer, A.M. Turecek, J. G. Flocks, D.C. Twichell
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

The shallow stratigraphy and sand resources offshore of the Mississippi Barrier Islands The shallow stratigraphy and sand resources offshore of the Mississippi Barrier Islands

Coastal Mississippi is protected by a series of barrier islands ranging in length from 10-25 kilometers that are less than 2 kilometers wide. The majority of these islands comprise the Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS), an ecologically diverse shoreline that provides habitat for wildlife including migratory birds and endangered animals. The majority of GUIS is submerged, and aquatic
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David Twichell, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Wayne Baldwin, David Foster, James Flocks, Kyle Kelso, Nancy DeWitt, William Pfeiffer, Arnell Forde, Jason Krick, John Baehr
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Inter-laboratory comparison of wave velocity measures. Inter-laboratory comparison of wave velocity measures.

This paper presents an eight-laboratory comparison of compressional and shear wave velocities measured in F110 Ottawa sand. The study was run to quantify the physical property variations one should expect in heterogeneous, multiphase porous materials by separately quantifying the variability inherent in the measurement techniques themselves. Comparative tests were run in which the sand...
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William F. Waite, J.C. Santamarina, M. Rydzy, S.H. Chong, J.L.H. Grozic, K. Hester, J. Howard, T.J. Kneafsey, J.Y. Lee, S. Nakagawa, J. Priest, E. Reese, H. Koh, E. D. Sloan, A. Sultaniya
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Evidence and biogeochemical implications for glacially-derived sediments in an active margin cold seep Evidence and biogeochemical implications for glacially-derived sediments in an active margin cold seep

Delineating sediment organic matter origins and sediment accumulation rates at gas hydratebearing and hydrocarbon seeps is complicated by the microbial transfer of 13C-depleted and 14Cdepleted methane carbon into sedimentary pools. Sediment 13C and 14C measurements from four cores recovered at Bullseye vent on the northern Cascadia margin are used to identify methane carbon assimilation...
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John W. Pohlman, Michael Riedel, Ivana Novosel, James E. Bauer, Elizabeth A. Canuel, Charles K. Paull, Richard B. Coffin, Kenneth S. Grabowski, David L. Knies, Roy D. Hyndman, George D. Spence
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Pockmarks: Self-scouring seep features? Pockmarks: Self-scouring seep features?

Pockmarks, or seafloor craters, occur worldwide in a variety of geologic settings and are often associated with fluid discharge. The mechanisms responsible for pockmark preservation, and pockmarks? relation to active methane venting are not well constrained. Simple numerical simulations run in 2-and 3-dimensions, and corroborated by flume tank experiments, indicate turbulence may play a...
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Laura L. Brothers, Joseph T. Kelley, Daniel F. Belknap, Walter A. Barnhardt, Peter O. Koons
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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