Recent Fieldwork
USGS scientists visited more than 26 locations in the last two months, studying the ocean floor near landslides, collecting coral cores to study land-use changes, comparing airplanes and drones for mapping, and much more. Here’s a quick overview of some coastal and offshore fieldwork by our researchers.
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Above: Approximate locations of some recent USGS coastal and offshore fieldwork. Map base: NOAA.
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Big Sur, California: Mapped coastal bathymetry following Mud Creek landslide, July 12–13. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-667-FA -
Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected aerial imagery for assessing the structure-from-motion technique for estimating coastal topography, July 12, June 29–30. Details at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-338-FA
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San Francisco Bay Delta, California: Collected time series, sampling, and bathymetry data for shallow-water habitat restoration to support fisheries, May 30–July 7, and April 10–June 16. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-641-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-619-FA
Icy Bay, Alaska: Mapped deposits created by landslide-generated tsunami, May 26–July 1. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-648-FA -
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: Collected replacement reef metagenome samples from coral and seagrass in Pulaski Shoals, June 6–30. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-326-FA
Rio Vista, California: Topographic and bathymetric survey of Little Holland Tract and Wildlands restoration site, June 26–30. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-649-FA
Lake Tulane, Florida: Collected water-column samples for chemical analyses, June 27. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-332-FA
San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in beach-sand volume and distribution, June 27. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-660-FA
Puerto Rico: Collected stream-sediment samples and nearshore samples in southern Puerto Rico and Guanica Bay, June 18–24. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-625-FA -
Kauai, Hawaii: Collected coral cores for reef health and land-use change at Pila‘a Beach, June 19–23. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-650-FA
Duck, North Carolina: Conducted fixed-wing aircraft and drone surveys for elevations and photogrammetry, June 12–15. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-033-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-034-FA -
Chenier Plain, Louisiana: Collected bathymetry and seismic profiles along the coastline from Marsh Island to Sabine Pass, Texas, May 31–June 14. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-323-FA -
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Monitored water depth, salinity, temperature, soil temperature, and meteorological data in several estuaries, June 9–12, June 7. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-039-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-038-FA -
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Recovered nanopod oceanographic mooring off Sandwich Town Neck Beach, June 12. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-040-FA -
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi: Collected motion data on artificial sand and oil agglomerates at the Naval Research Laboratory, June 4–10, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-329-FA
Indian River Lagoon, Florida: Studied undersea groundwater discharge, May 22–June 4, 2017. Details at
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Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: Recovered pressure logger for water elevations to adjust mapping data and performed maintenance on camera at Sandwich Town Neck Beach, June 2, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-037-FA
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San Francisco, California: Monitored changes in Ocean Beach sand volume and distribution, May 30, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-644-FA
Puget Sound, Washington: Measured grain size, organic-carbon content, water temperature, and plant density and morphology, eight years after eelgrass restoration in the Nisqually River delta, May 25–29, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-629-FA -
Barnstable, Massachusetts: Used drone to map Great Marsh, May 23–26, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-032-FA
Fire Island, New York: Assessed beach recovery after Hurricane Sandy, May 23–26, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-321-FA -
Biscayne Bay, Florida: Surveyed sample and core elevations, and collected new surface samples to interpret sediment cores, May 15–24, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-322-FA
Tomales Bay, California: Collected cores for lead-210 dating to determine when invasive foraminifera arrived, May 22–24, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-642-FA
Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon, Arizona: Evaluated erosion risk and sediment supply at archaeological sites, May 11–22, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-637-FA -
Virginia coast: Mapped shorebird nests and habitats, May 14–20, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-016-FA -
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts: Collected seabed sediment samples for geological mapping, May 17–19, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-030-FA
Miami, Florida: Gathered geologic structure information related to rock-coral sampling sites in the Miami ship channel. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-316-FA
Lake Tulane, Florida: Collected water samples for chemical analyses, May 18, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-320-FA
Florida Keys: Measured coral- and algal-calcification rates at monitoring stations from Biscayne National Park to Dry Tortugas National Park, April 17–May 15, 2017. Details at
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-311-FA
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For a complete list of USGS Coastal and Marine Geology program fieldwork, see: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data_search.php.
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June / July 2017
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Comprehensive Geologic Mapping of Delmarva’s Inner Continental Shelf
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