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• Al-Zoubi, A.S., Heinrichs, Till, Quabbani, Isam, and ten Brink, U.S., 2007, The northern end of the Dead Sea basin; geometry from reflection seismic evidence: Tectonophysics, v. 434, no. 1-4, p. 55-69, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.007.
• Baldwin, W.D., Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R., and Driscoll, N.W., 2007, Geologic framework studies of South Carolina’s Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999-2003; geospatial data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1346, DVD-ROM [URL http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2005-1346/].
• Barnard, P.L., and Hanes, D.M., 2007, Giant sand waves: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 23, no. 3, p. ii [cover photograph with extended caption; URL http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=1551-5036&volume=23&issue=3].
• Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Lescinski, J., and Elias, Edwin, 2007, Monitoring and modeling nearshore dredge disposal for indirect beach nourishment, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, in Smith, J.M., ed., Coastal Engineering 2006; Proceedings of the 30th International Conference, San Diego, California, USA, 3-8 September 2006: Hackensack, N.J., World Scientific Publishing, 13 p.
• Buczkowski, B.J., and Kelsey, S.A., 2007, Archival policies and collections database for the Woods Hole Science Center’s marine sediment samples: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1187, CD-ROM [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1187/].
• Butman, Bradford, Valentine, P.C., Middleton, T.J., and Danforth, W.W., 2007, A GIS library of multibeam data for Massachusetts Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 99, ver. 1.0, DVD-ROM [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/99/].
• Cunningham, K.J., Rigby, J.K., Wacker, M.A., and Curran, H.A., 2007, First documentation of tidal-channel sponge biostromes (upper Pleistocene, southeastern Florida): Geology, v. 35, no. 5, p. 475-478, doi:10.1130/G23402A.1 [URL http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2FG23402A.1].
• Dingler, J.R., and Anima, R.J., 2007, Investigation of wind and water level for the Giacomini wetland restoration project, Point Reyes National Seashore: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1151, 31 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1151/].
• Erikson, Li, Hanes, D.M., Barnard, P.L., and Gibbs, A.E., 2007, Swash zone characteristics at Ocean Beach, in Smith, J.M. (ed.), Coastal Engineering 2006; Proceedings of the 30th International Conference, San Diego, California, USA, 3-8 September 2006: Hackensack, N.J., World Scientific Publishing, 13 p.
• Finlayson, David, Hatcher, Gerry, and Cochrane, Guy, 2007, The pros and cons of interferometric sidescan sonar for coastal habitat mapping [abs.]: Coastal GeoTools ‘07, Myrtle Beach, S.C., March 5-8, 2007, Proceedings, p. 52 [URL http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools/proceedings.htm].
• Foxgrover, A.C., Jaffe, B.E., Hovis, G.T., Martin, C.A., Hubbard, J.R., Samant, M.R., and Sullivan, S.M., 2007, 2005 Hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1169, 113 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1169/].
• Garrison, V.H., Carr, R.S., Foreman, W.T., Genualdi, S., Griffin, D.W., Kellogg, C.A., Majewski, M.S., Mohammed, A., Nipper, M., Shinn, E.A., Simonich, S.L., and Smith, G.W., 2006, Saharan dust—a carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals, and microbes to the Caribbean?: Revista de Biología Tropical, v. 54, Supplement 3, p. 9-21.
• Gibbs, A.E., Cochran, S.A., Logan, J.B., and Grossman, E.E., 2007, Benthic habitats and offshore geological resources of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai’i: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5256 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5256/].
• Lightsom, F.L., and Allwardt, Alan, 2007, The Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) family of digital libraries’ access to free online Information for Coastal and Marine Science: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3025 (supercedes FS-064-03) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3025/].
• Martini, Marinna, Sherwood, C.R., Horwitz, Rachel, Ramsey, Andree, Lightsom, F.L., Lacy, J.R., and Xu, J.P., 2007, Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB^®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1026, CD-ROM  [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1026/].
• Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Foster, D.S., Blackwood, D.S., Butman, Bradford, Moser, M.S., and Stewart, H.F., 2007, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1357, DVD-ROM [URL http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2006-1357/].
• Rigby, J.K., and Cunningham, K.J., 2007, A new, large, late Pleistocene demosponge from southeastern Florida: Journal of Paleontology, v. 81, no. 4, p. 788-793 [URL http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/extract/81/4/788.]
• Ruggiero, Peter, Eshleman, J.L., Kingsley, Etienne, Thompson, D.M., Voigt, Brian, Kaminsky, G.M., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, 2007, Beach morphology monitoring in the Columbia River littoral cell; 1997-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 260 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/260/].
• Ryan, H.F., and Noble, M.A., 2007, Sea level fluctuations in central California at subtidal to decadal and longer time scales with implications for San Francisco Bay, California: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 73, no. 3-4, p. 538-550, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.009 [URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02727714].
• Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Kirby, S.H., Winters, W.J., and Mason, D.H., 2007, Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate: Geophysical Journal International, v. 169, no. 2, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03382.x, p. 767-774 [URL http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03382.x].
• Warrick, J.A., and Rubin, D.M., 2007, Suspended-sediment rating curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, no. F2, F02018, doi:10.1029/2006JF000662 [URL http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007.../2006JF000662.shtml].
• Williams, S.J., Arsenault, M.A., Buczkowski, B.J., Reid, J.A., Flocks, J.G., Kulp, M., Penland, S., and Jenkins, C.J., 2007, Surficial sediment character of the Louisiana offshore continental shelf region; a GIS compilation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1195, CD-ROM [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1195/].
• Wong, F.L., Venturato, A.J., and Geist, E.L., 2006, Seaside, Oregon, tsunami pilot study—modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps; GIS data: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 236 (CD-ROM) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/].

Publications Submitted for Director's Approval

• Balentine, K.M., Butler, M., Tiling, G., Whelan, K.R.T., and Smith, T.J., III, Crab burrows and sediment surface elevation in the mangrove forests of Tampa Bay and Everglades National Park, FL, USA: Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference, 19th (ERF 2007), Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007.
• Barnhardt, W.A., Grossman, E.E., and Richmond, B.M., Antecedent structure underlying the south Moloka‘i fringing reef and implications for reef development, chap. 1 of Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Storlazzi, C.D., and Logan, J.B., Atlas of a fringing coral reef, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i—Natural processes and new threats to the longest fringing reef in the Hawaiian chain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.
• Bearman, J.A., Foxgrover, A.C., Friedrichs, C.T., and Jaffe, B.E., Factors controlling tidal flat morphology in south San Francisco Bay [abs.]: Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference, 19th (ERF 2007), Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007.
• Bracone, J., and Brock, J.C., Eliminating slope bias from rugosity calculations derived from LiDAR: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference, Tampa, Fla., May 7-11, 2007.
• Brock, J.C., Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Nayegandhi, A., and Wright, C.W., Holocene sea-level rise and the patch-reef population in the northern Florida reef tract: Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean Scientific Conference, 33rd, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 4-8, 2007.
• Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Patterson, M., Nayegandhi, A., and Patterson, J., USGS-NPS-NASA EAARL bare earth and first return topography—Gateway National Recreation Area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Patterson, M., Nayegandhi, A., and Patterson, J., USGS-NPS-NASA EAARL bare earth and first return topography—George Washington Birthplace National Monument: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Patterson, M., Nayegandhi, A., and Patterson, J., USGS-NPS-NASA EAARL bare earth and first return topography—Thomas Stone National Historic Site: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Carnahan, E.A., Hoare, A.M., Hallock, P., Lidz, B.H., and Reich, C.D., Response of foraminiferal assemblages to pollution sources in a subtropical estuary, Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA: International Conference on Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology, and Meiobenthology, 5th (EMMM 2007), University of Erlangen, Germany, August 24-September 1, 2007.
• ngels, M.S., and Fletcher, C.H., Moloka‘i; two different types of reef growth in the past 8,000 years, chap. 4 of Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Storlazzi, C.D., and Logan, J.B., Atlas of a fringing coral reef, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i—Natural processes and new threats to the longest fringing reef in the Hawaiian chain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.
• Eshleman, J.L., Barnard, P.L., Erikson, L.H., and Hanes, D.M., Coupling alongshore variations in wave energy to beach morphologic change using the SWAN wave model at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA [abs.]: International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, 10th, Oahu, Hawaii, November 11-16, 2007.
• Foxgrover, A.C., Jaffe, B.E., Hovis, G.T., Martin, C.A., Hubbard, J.R., Samant, M.R., and Sullivan, S.M., 2005 hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Garrison, V., Kroeger, K., Fenner, D., and Craig, P., Identifying nutrient sources to three lagoons at Ofu and Olosega, American Samoa, using ¹⁵N in benthic macroalgae: Marine Pollution Bulletin.
• Gibbs, A.E., and Cochran, S.A., An integrated approach to benthic habitat mapping using remote sensing and GIS; an example from the Hawaiian Islands, in Yang, Xiaojun, ed., Remote sensing and GIS for coastal ecosystem assessment and management; principles and applications: Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography.
• Grossman, E.E., Stevens, Andrew, and Gelfenbaum, Guy, Nearshore circulation and water column properties in the Skagit River delta, northern Puget Sound, Washington; part I, juvenile chinook salmon habitat availability in the Swinomish Channel: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Harrison, A.S., Dadisman, S.V, Kindinger, J.L., Morton, R.A., Bloom, M., Wiese, D.S., and Subino, J.A., Archive of digital and digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 96CCT02 in Copano, Corpus Christi, and Nueces Bays and Corpus Christi Bayou, Texas, July 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series.
• Hein, J.R., Phosphate islands, in Gillespie, R., and Clague, D.A., eds., Encyclopedia of islands: Berkeley, University of California Press.
• Hoeke, Ron, and Storlazzi, Curt, Predicting wave conditions in a coral embayment from offshore directional spectral model input [abs.]: International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, 10th, Oahu, Hawaii, November 11-16, 2007.
• Jaffe, Bruce, and Foxgrover, Amy, Sediment supply control on intertidal mudflat area in northern San Francisco Bay [abs.]: Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007.
• Lebonitte, J., Nayegandhi, A., and Brock. J.C., Attaining morphological statistics of patch reefs from lidar: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference, Tampa, Fla., May 7-11, 2007.
• Morton, R.A, Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier islands and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1161.
• Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., and Wright, C.W., Delineating coastal-vegetation communities using waveform-resolving lidar and multi-spectral imagery: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference, Tampa, Fla., May 7-11, 2007.
• Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Brock, J., Nayegandhi, A., and Wright, W., Patch reef analysis using lidar-derived metrics at Biscayne National Park, Florida: Geoinformatics 2007, San Diego, Calif., May, 17-18, 2007.
• Smith, T.J., III, Mangroves as protection from surges and tsunamis; what hydrodynamic models and actual forests reveal: Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Conference, 19th (ERF 2007), Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007.
• Storlazzi, C.D., Reid, J.A., and Golden, N.E., Wave-driven spatial and temporal variability in seafloor sediment mobility in the Monterey Bay, Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.
• Swarzenski, P.W., Paulson, T., Simond, B., and Reich, C., A geochemical and geophysical examination of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient loading estimates into Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, WA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
• Tribble, Gordon, and Oki, Delwyn, The fresh water cycle on Moloka‘i, chap. 12 of Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Storlazzi, C.D., and Logan, J.B., Atlas of a fringing coral reef, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i—Natural processes and new threats to the longest fringing reef in the Hawaiian chain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.
• Waite, W.F., Thermal properties of methane gas hydrate: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet.
• Xu, J.P., Wong, F.L., Kvitek, Rikk, and Smith, D.P., Sandwave migration in Monterey Submarine Canyon, central California: Marine Geology.

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Newly-Discovered Fossil Sponges

Public Lecture: Alchemy in the Abyss

USGS at Florida's Marine Quest

College Students Introduced to USGS Studies

Potential Impacts of Future Sea-Level Rise

Onshore-Offshore Geologic Map Workshop

High-Resolution Map Merges Tampa Bay Bathymetry and Topography

70 Years of Coastal Cliff Retreat in California

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