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Publications Listing September 2006 in this issue:  previous story Recently Published Articles Barnhardt, W.A., and Andrews, B., 2006, Mapping the seafloor geology offshore of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3042, 4 p. [http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/fs2006-3042/]. Buczkowski, B.J., Reid, J.A., Jenkins, C.J., Reid, J.M., Williams, S.J., and Flocks, J.G., 2006, usSEABED; Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) offshore surficial sediment data release, version 1.0: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 146 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/146/]. Butman, B., Twichell, D.C., Rona, P.A., Tucholke, B.E., Middleton, T.J., and Robb, J.M., 2006, Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Canyon region offshore of New York and New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1441 (CD-ROM) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1441/]. Chand, S., Minshull, T.A., Priest, J.A., Best, A.I., Clayton, C.R.I., and Waite, W.F., 2006, An effective medium inversion algorithm for gas hydrate quantification and its application to laboratory and borehole measurements of gas hydrate-bearing sediments: Geophysical Journal International, v. 166, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03038.x, p. 543-552. Collins, B.D., and Kayen, Robert, 2006, Applicability of terrestrial LIDAR scanning for scientific studies in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1198 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1198/]. Hapke, C.J., Reid, David, Richmond, B.M., Ruggiero, Peter, and List, Jeff, 2006, National assessment of shoreline change, part 3; Historical shoreline change and associated coastal land loss along sandy shorelines of the California coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1219 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1219/]. Jaffe, Bruce, and Foxgrover, Amy, 2006, A history of intertidal flat area in South San Francisco Bay, California; 1858 to 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1262 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1262/]. Smith, T.J., III, Meyers, J.M., Langtimm, C.A., and Pendault-Willet, K., Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley; recommendations for recovery of the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1126, 89 p. [URL http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/2006-1126/]. Smith, T.J., III, and Whelan, K.R.T., 2006, Development of allometric relationships for three mangrove species in south Florida for use in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration: Wetlands Ecology and Management, v. 14, no. 5, p. 409-419, doi:10.1007/s11273-005-6243-z. ten Brink, U.S., Smith, S., Stepka, T., Worley, C.R., and Williams, G.F., 2006, Project PROBE Leg I—report and archive of multibeam bathymetry and acoustic backscatter, CTD/XBT and GPS navigation data collected during USGS cruise 02051 (NOAA cruise RB0208) Puerto Rico Trench, September 24, 2002, to September 30, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1066 (DVD-ROM) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1066/]. Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006, Seaside, Oregon tsunami pilot study; modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1234 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/]. Publications Submitted for Director's Approval Ackerman, S.D., Butman, B., and Barnhardt, W.A., Geologic mapping of Boston Harbor and approaches [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Barth, G.A., Highly compressed free gas in deep-water natural gas hydrate systems [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Brock, J., Yates, K., Halley, R., Nayegandhi, A., and Bracone, J., Model of the seasonal and interannual benthic community metabolism of the northern Florida reef tract [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Buddemeier, R.W., Andersson, A J., Jokiel, P.L., and Kuffner, I.B., The future of tropical reefs and coastlines [abs.]: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., February 15-19, 2007. Calderon, Karynna, Dadisman, S.V., Tihansky, A.B., Lewelling, B.R., Flocks, J.G., Wiese, D.S., and Kindinger, J.L., Archive of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS Field Activities 95LCA03 and 96LCA02 in the Peace River of west-central Florida, 1995 and 1996: USGS Data Series, DVD. Caress, D.W., Normark, W.R., Paull, C.K., Ussler, W., III, Keaton, R., and Sliter, Ray, Revisiting the San Pedro Basin fault system; chirp subbottom profiles and multibeam bathymetry from the MBARI Mapping AUV in Santa Monica Basin, offshore southern California [abs.]: Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, Calif., September 10-13, 2006. Carman, M.R., and Valentine, P.C., Reducing the impact of the invasive Ascidian Didemnum sp. on the shellfish industry in New England [abs.]: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Symposium on Fishing Technologies in the 21st Century, Boston, Mass., October 30-November 3, 2006. Collins, B.D., Kayen, Robert, and Minasian, Diane, Registration procedures for terrestrial laser scanning in geomorphologic studies [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Covault, J.A., Normark, W.R., and Graham, S.A., Source to sink continuity through relative sea-level changes from OIS 3 to the present; only the pathway changes in the California Borderland [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Draut, A.E., Field, M.E., Bothner, M.H., Logan, J.B., Casso, M.A., Baldwin, S.M., Reynolds, R.L., and Storlazzi, C.D., Seasonal flood deposits in Hanalei Bay, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i—implications of fluvial sedimentation for coral-reef ecosystems [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Ellis, S.L., Snow-Cotter, S.A., Todd, B.J., and Valentine, P.C., The Gulf of Maine mapping initiative; a regional collaborative effort [abs.]: Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, October 25-27, 2006. Farnsworth, K.L., and Warrick, J.A., Interim report—sources of fine sediment to the southern California coast; computation of a “mud budget”: Interim report to the California Sediment Management Working Group. Farnsworth, K.L., and Warrick, J.A., Spatial and temporal connections between sediment delivery and resuspension potential along the California coast [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Fernandez, M., Jr., Stout, C., and Smith, K.E.L., Near shore distribution of silt and clay, total organic carbon, and select trace metals in bottom sediments of a 0.5 kilometer near shoreline corridor of Tampa Bay, July 2003 [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Ferre, B., Sherwood, C.R., and Wilber, P., Estimates of sediment transport rates on the Palos Verdes shelf [abs.]: Eastern Pacific Oceanography Conference (EPOC), Timberline Lodge, Oreg., September 27-30, 2006. Fisher, M.A., Freymueller, J.T., Ruppert, N.A., Parsons, Tom, Eberhard-Phillips, D.M., Sliter, R.W., and Wong, F.L., The south boundary of the subducted Yakutat terrane seems to affect the distribution of forearc subsidence since the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake (Mw=9.2) [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Fisher, M.A., Langenheim, V.E., Sliter, R.W., and Wong, F.L., Cenozoic fault evolution through three successive tectonic episodes in the outer Continental Borderland off southern California [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Fisher, M.A., Sorlien, C.C., and Sliter, R.W., Potential earthquake faults offshore southern California, from the eastern Santa Barbara Channel south to Dana Point: Geological Society of America Special Paper. Flannery, J.A., Richery, J.N., Meckler, A.N., Hollander, D.J., Poore, R.Z., and Flower, B.P., Gulf of Mexico moisture balance controls hydrologic variability on the North American continent over the past 1400 years; a geochemical perspective [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Foxgrover, A.C., and Jaffe, B.E., Historic bathymetric surveys provide valuable information for restoration planning; south San Francisco Bay, CA [abs.]: National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, 3d, New Orleans, La., December 9-13, 2006. Fregoso, Theresa, Jaffe, Bruce, Rathwell, G., Collins, W., Rhynas, K., Sullivan, S., Tomlin, V., Thompson, Janet, and Parchaso, Francis, Mapping south San Francisco Bay’s seabed diversity for use in wetland restoration [abs.]: National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, 3d, New Orleans, La., December 9-13, 2006. Geist, E.L., Diversity of tsunamigenic earthquakes along the Sunda subduction zone; 2004-2006 [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Geist, E.L., Dynamic simulations of tsunami generation from the Mw=7.7 July 17, 2006, Java earthquake [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Geli, L., Labails, C., Sultan, N., Novosel, I., and Winters, W.J., Thermal measurements from the Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope; results from the Page cruise, in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., and Paull, C.K., eds., Initial report of the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the R/V Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 2-18 July 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1358. George, D.A., Gelfenbaum, Guy, Lesser, G.R., and Stevens, A.W., Modeling long-term morphological change and mixed bed sediment evolution [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Grossman, Eric, Hart, Patrick, Field, Michael, and Triezenberg, Peter, High-resolution chirp seismic reflection data acquired from the Cap de Creus shelf and canyon area, Gulf of Lions, Spain, in 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Hall, D.K., Shuman, C.A., Williams, R.S., Jr., and Casey, K.A., Preliminary validation of satellite-derived surface temperatures on ice caps outside the Greenland ice sheet; 2000-2006: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Denver, Colo., July 31-August 4, 2006. Hall, D.K., Williams, R.S., Jr., Casey, K.A., and DiGirolamo, N.E., Analysis of satellite-derived surface temperature changes of the Greenland ice sheet, 2000-2006, using MODIS data [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Hansen, M.E., and Sallenger, A.H., Relationship of barrier-island geology to hurricane-induced barrier-island breaching [abs.]: Coastal Sediments ‘07, International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, 6th, New Orleans, La., May 13-17, 2007. Hapke, C.J., and Reid, David, National assessment of shoreline change; a GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the sandy shorelines of the California coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Hart, K.M., McIvor, C.C., and Friedlaender, A.S., Submerged coarse woody debris in mangrove-lined creeks of Everglades National Park as habitat for Malaclemys terrapin: note for Bulletin of Marine Science (special edition). Hein, C., Fitzgerald, D.M., and Barnhardt, W.A., Reworking of a submerged fluviodeltaic sequence in the Merrimack Embayment, western Gulf of Maine [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Hein, J.R., Studigel, Hubert, Koppers, Anthony, Hart, S.R., and Dunham, Rachel, Hydrothermal manganese mineralization near the Samoan hotspot [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Himmelstoss, E.A., Thieler, E.R., and Hanshaw, M., Bedform movement in response to storm events, Wrightsville Beach, NC [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Holmes, C.W., Ross, S.W., and Buster, N.A., Black corals as proxies for thermal haline circulation of the western North Atlantic [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Jaffe, B.E., and Foxgrover, A.F., A history of tidal flat area in south San Francisco Bay, California, from 1858 to 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Jaffe, B.E., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, Calculating tsunami flow speed from tsunami deposits [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Kroeger, K.D., Swarzenski, P.W., Crusius, J., Bratton, J.F., Charette, M.A., Nitrogen biogeochemistry in zones of submarine groundwater discharge: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet. Lacy, J.R., Rubin, D.M., and Hanes, D.M., Predicting ripple wavelength in wave-current flows [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Lee, H.J., Ryan, H.F., Suleimani, Elena, Haeussler, P.A., Kayen, R.E., and Hampton, M.A., Massive submarine slope failures in Port Valdez, Alaska, during the 1964 earthquake [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Martini, M., Butman, B., Ware, J., and Frey, D., Field tests of acoustic telemetry for a portable coastal observatory [abs.]: Oceans ’06 MTS/IEEE-Boston Conference, Boston, Mass., September 18-22, 2006. Morton, R.A., Jaffe, B.E., Gelfenbaum, Guy, and Richmond, B.M., Reconnaissance investigation of Caribbean extreme wave deposits—Preliminary observations, interpretations, and research directions: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Murray, C.J., Chien, Y., Wiberg, P.L., Sherwood, C.R., and Wheatcroft, R.A., Geostatistical mapping of sediment erodibility on the Palos Verdes (CA) shelf using multiple data sets [abs.]: Eastern Pacific Oceanography Conference (EPOC), Timberline Lodge, Oreg., September 27-30, 2006. Noble, M.A., Xu, Jingping, Kolak, Jon, Gartner, A.L., and Rosenberger, Kurt, Measurements of slope current and environmental geochemistry near the western boundary of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Pendleton, E.A., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., Applying the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) in a variety of geologic settings [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Poore, R.Z., Quinn, T., Richey, J., and Smith, J.L., Cycles of hurricane landfalls on the eastern United States linked to changes in Atlantic sea surface temperatures: U.S. Geological Survey Circular. Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Doran, E.F., Beaver, A.J., Crocker, J.M., and Schattgen, P.T., Interpolation of reconnaissance multibeam bathymetry from north-central Long Island Sound [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Poppe, L.J., Williams, S.J., Moser, M.S., Forfinski, N.A., Stewart, H.F., and Doran, E.F., Quaternary geology and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Six Mile Reef, eastern Long Island Sound: Journal of Coastal Research. Richey, J.N., Poore, R.Z., Flower, B.P., and Quinn, T.M., A 1400-year multi-proxy record of climate variability from the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Geology. Richey, J.N., Poore, R.Z., Flower, B.P., and Quinn, T.M., A 1400-year record of sea-surface temperature from the northern Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Romans, B.W., and Normark, W.R., Distribution and rates of terrigenous sediment accumulation on the Hueneme submarine fan in the late Holocene (4.3 Ka-present), Santa Monica Basin, California [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Rubin, D.M., Topping, D.J., Wright, S.A., and Melis, T.S., Incorporating bed-sediment grain size in predictions of suspended-sediment concentration; three approaches tested using 20,000 bed-sediment grain-size measurements from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Sallenger, A.H., Howd, P., Stockdon, H., Wright, C., Fauver, L., and Thompson, D., Barrier-island failure during Hurricane Katrina [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Scotti, A., Beardsley, R.C., and Butman, B., On the interpretation of energy and energy fluxes of nonlinear internal waves; an example from Massachusetts Bay: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Sherwood, C.R., Ferre, B., Eganhouse, R.P., and Wiberg, P.L., Evolution of the contaminated sediment deposit on the Palos Verdes shelf; physical, chemical, and biological processes [abs.]: Eastern Pacific Oceanography Conference (EPOC), Timberline Lodge, Oreg., September 27-30, 2006. Sherwood, C.R., Report of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Workshop, Pacific Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, Calif., March 22-23, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1193. Smith, T.J., III, Rutchey, K., Schall, T., Boren, B., Atkinson, A., Ross, M., Bradley, K., Snyder, J., Burch, J., Pernas, T., Witcher, B., Pyne, M., White, R., Sadle, J., Smith, C.S., Patterson, M., and Gann, G., Vegetation classification system for South Florida natural areas: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report. Stockdon, H.F., Thompson, D.M., Fauver, L.A., and Sallenger, A.H., Hindcasting the coastal impact of Hurricane Ivan and assessing future vulnerability to storms [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Storlazzi, C.D., Reid, J.A., and Golden, N.E., Spatial and temporal variability in wave-driven sediment mobility along central California [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. ten Brink, U.S., Al-Zoubi, A.S., Flores, C.H., Rostein, Y., Qabbani, I., Harder, S., and Keller, G.R., Strain distribution under the Dead Sea Basin and transform fault: Geophysical Research Letters. Thieler, E.R., and Ashton, A.D., Late Quaternary evolution of the Carolina Capes; evidence for an early Holocene transition from five capes to four [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., October 22-25, 2006. Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Winters, W.J., and Mason, D.H., Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate: Geophysical Research Letters. Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Winters, W.J., and Mason, D.H., Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Wong, F.L., Venturato, A.J., and Geist, E.L., Google Earth views of Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis pilot study, Seaside, Oregon [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. Zawada, D.G., Rohwer, F.L., and Frank, L.R., Scalability of coral rugosity from microns to centimeters [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., December 11-15, 2006. in this issue:  previous story

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