Fate of Dredge Disposal Material and Polluted Sediment, Offshore Honolulu, Hawaii

Reports, Publications, Posters, & Talks

Reports and Publications

Anonymous, 1994, Seafloor studies of Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: Selected Issues in the USGS Marine and Coastal Geology Program [USGS Fact Sheet].

Bailey-Brock, J.H., Kay, E.A., and Cooke, W.J., 1996, Benthic Community Structure, Investigation of Deep Ocean Dredged material Disposal Sites in Mamala Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i, Final Report to US EPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, and US Geological Survey, Unpublished University of Hawaii Department of Zoology Report.

Dadey, K. A., Torresan, M.E., and Ota, A., 1996, An integrated, coordinated study of the effects of dredged material on the marine environment - Mamala Bay example: Water Quality '96; Proceedings of the 11th Seminar; Miscellaneous Paper W-96-1, July 1996, pp 457-465.

Hampton, M.A., Torresan, M.E., and Barber, Jr., J.H., 1997, Sea-floor geology of a part of Mamala Bay, Hawaii: Pacific Science, v. 51, n. 1, p. 54-75.

Torresan, M.E. and Gardner, J.V., 2000, Acoustic mapping of the regional seafloor geology in and around Hawaiian ocean dredged-material disposal sites: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-124, online version.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Gowen, M.H., Barber, Jr., J.H., Zink, L.L., Chase, T.E., Wong, F.L., Gann, J.T., and Dartnell, P., 1995, Final report: acoustic mapping of dredged material disposal sites and deposits in Mamala Bay, Honolulu,Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 95-17, 53 p., 1 map, scale 1:40,000.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Barber, J.H., Jr., and Wong, F.L., 1995, K-1-95-HW: Cruise report 1995 Preliminary results Phase III: sediment chemistry and biological sampling survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-839, 94 p.

Wong, F.L., Hamer, M.R., Hampton, M.A., and Torresan, M.E., 1996, Bottom characteristics of an ocean disposal site off Honolulu, Hawaii: Time-based navigational trackline data managed by routes and events: Redlands, California, Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1996 ESRI Users Conference Proceedings (cdrom), approx. 15 p.

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Posters and Talks

Dadey, K. A., Torresan, M.E., and Ota, A., 1996, An integrated, coordinated study of the effects of dredged material on the marine environment - Mamala Bay example: Water Quality '96; Environmental Engineering & Ecosystem Management- The Corps of Engineer's 11th Seminar on Water Quality Proceedings with Abstracts.

Field, M.E., Gardner, J.V., Mayer, L.A., Hughes-Clarke, J.E., Benumof, B., and Cochran, S.A., 1998, High-resolution multibeam survey of the insular shelf and slope of windward and southern Oahu, Hawai'i. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 1998 Fall Meeting, San Francisco,CA, December 1998.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Barber, J., Field, M.E., Dartnell, P., and Gowen, M.H., 1993, High Resolution acoustic mapping of dredge spoil deposits and disposal sites in Mamala bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: GSA Abstracts Annual Meeting, October 25-28 1993.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Gowen, M.H., Barber, J., and Dartnell, P., 1993, Acoustic mapping of dredged spoil deposits and disposal sites, in Mamala Bay, Oahu: EOS Transactions, v. 74, n. 43, p 343.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Gowen, M.H., Dartnell, P., Zink, L.L., 1993, Monitoring dredged spoil disposal sites in Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: The 1993 Exclusive Economic Zone Symposium Proceedings with Abstracts.

Torresan, M.E., Barber, J.H. Jr., Hampton, M.A., Dadey, K., Dartnell, P., McLaughlin, M.W., Chezar, H., Gowen, M., and Zink, L.L., 1994, Groundtruthing dredged material deposits in Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: EOS Transactions, v 75, no. 44. p.319, Fall AGU.

Hampton, M.A., Torresan, M.E., Barber, J.H.Jr., Wong, F.L., Chezar, H., Gowen, M.H., and Chase, T.E., 1995, Multimedia survey of the Mamala Bay seafloor, Hawaii: GSA abstracts with programs, 1995 Annual Meeting, v. 27, no. 6, p. A201.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Wong, F.L., Ota, A., Dadey, K., Brock, J.B., and Word, J., 1996, Monitoring ocean disposal sites: an example of an integrated study from Mamala Bay, Honolulu Hawaii: EOS Transactions, 1996 Ocean Sciences Meeting, v. 76, no. 3, p OS13.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Wong, F.L., Zink, L.L., Ota, A. Y., Dadey, K.A., and Brock, J.B-B., 1996, Monitoring ocean disposal sites: an example of a multiphase, multimedia, and interdisciplinary study from Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 1996, PACON '96 Abstracts Volume, p.21.

Torresan, M.E., Gardner, J. V., Hughes-Clarke, J. E., and Field, M.E., 1998, The physiography and backscatter around a portion of leeward and windward Oahu, Hawaii - new details of the seafloor from multibeam mapping with a comparison to conventional sidescan sonar. EOS, Transactions, V. 79, No. 17, p. S129.

Torresan, M.E., Hampton, M.A., Wong, F.L., and Gardner, J.V., 1999, Geophysical and Geologial Monitioring of Hawaiian Ocean Disposal sites with multibeam sonar and bottom sampling; EPA EMAP Abstracts Volume, The EMAP Symposium on Western Ecological Systems, April 6-8, 1999, USEPA.

Wong, F.L., Hamer, M.R., Hampton, M.A., and Torresan, M.E., 1996, Bottom characteristics of an ocean disposal site off Honolulu, Hawaii: Time-based navigational trackline data managed by routes and events: Redlands, California, Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1996 ESRI User Conference Abstracts of Conference Proceedings, p.69.

Wong, F.L., Hamer, M.R., Hampton, M.A., and Torresan, M.E., 1996, Bottom characteristics of an ocean disposal site off Honolulu, Hawaii: Time-based navigational trackline data managed by routes and events: Redlands, California, Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1996 ESRI User Conference Proceedings (cdrom), 15p.

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Michael E. Torresan

U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road MS 999
Menlo Park, CA 94025