U.S.G.S. Woods Hole Field Center, Open File reports

Ackerman, K.V., and Sundquist, E.T., 2008, Comparison of Two U.S. Power-Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data Sets: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 15, p. 5688–5693.

Allwardt, A.O., Lightsom, F.L., and Krohn, M.D., 2008, USGS Coastal Change Hazards: Making a Web Portal More than a Map Server [abs.]: 2008 Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers, Boston, 15-19 April 2008: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers. Online only, at http://communicate.aag.org/eseries/aag_org/program/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=17545.

Andrews, B.D., and Ackerman, Seth, 2008, Federal/State Mapping Program Supports Ocean Management and Research: ESRI Federal GIS Connections Newsletter, Summer 2008 Available online at URL.

Bratton, J.F., Crusius, J., Kroeger, K., Böhlke, J.K., Cross, V.A., Worley, C., Erban, L., Green, A., 2008, Steep age and salinity gradients in submarine groundwater measured in a small Chesapeake Bay tributary [abs.]: American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl., 2-7 March 2008.

Bratton, J.F., Crusius, John, Kroeger, K., Coffey, R., Bokuniewicz, H., Cross, V., Worley, C., Green, A., Casso, M., Baldwin, S., and Erban, L., 2008, Contrasting conditions of coastal groundwater discharge in two Long Island estuaries [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Abstract #218-3, Houston, Texas, October 5-9, 2008, v. 40, no. 6.

Butman, B., Sherwood, C.R., and Dalyander, P.S., 2008, Northeast storms ranked by wind stress and wave-generated bottom stress observed in Massachusetts Bay, 1990-2006: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28, no. 10-11, p. 1231-1245.

Butman, B., Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., and Lang, W.N., 2008, Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay, Version 2, 1989 - 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 265, Version 2.0, DVD-ROM ONLINE.

Butman, B., Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., and Lange, W.N., 2008, Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay, 1996 - 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 266, Version 1.0, DVD-ROM, ONLINE.

Chen, Y., Matsumoto, R., Ussler, W., 2008, Methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the northern Gulf of Mexico-MDO2 cruise, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Colwell, F., Hangsterfer, A., Brodie, E., Daly, R., Holland, M., BColwell, F., Hangsterfer, A., Brodie, E., Daly, R., Holland, M., Briggs, B., Carini, P., Torres, M., Kastner, M., Long, P., Schaef, H., Delwiche, M., Winters, B., 2008, Fine scale control of microbial communities in deep marine sediments that contain hydrates and high concentrations of methane: Results from NGHP Expedition 01 [abs.]: International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Noida, India, Feb. 6-8, 2008, p. 44-45.

Cross, V.A., Bratton, J.F., Crusius, John, Colman, J.A., and Mc Cobb, T.D., 2008, Submarine hydrogeological data from Cape Cod National Seashore: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1169, DVD ONLINE.

Crusius, J., Berg, P., Koopmans, D.J., and Erban, L., 2008, Eddy correlation measurements of submarine groundwater discharge: Marine Chemistry, v. 109, p. 77-85.

Enkin, R., Esteban, L., Haacke, R., Hamilton, T.S., Hogg, M., Lapham, L., Middleton, G., Neelands, P., Pohlman, J., Riedel, M., Rose, K., Schlesinger, A., Standen, G., Stephenson, A., Taylor, S., Waite, W., and Wang, X., 2008, Investigating gas hydrate as a factor in accretionary margin frontal ridge slope failures and cold seep biogeochemistry: Fire in the Ice, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory, Methane Hydrate Newsletter, Fall 2008 ONLINE.

Ganju, N.K, Knowles, N., and Schoellhamer, D.H., 2008, Temporal downscaling of decadal sediment load estimates to a daily interval for use in hindcast simulations: Journal of Hydrology, v. 349, p. 512-523.

Ganju, N.K., and Schoellhamer, D.H., 2008, Lateral variability of the estuarine turbidity maximum in a tidal strait. In: Kusuda, T., Yamanishi, H., Spearman, J., and Gailani, J.Z. (eds.), Sediment and Ecohydraulics: INTERCOH 2005, p. 339-355.

Goff, J.A., Jenkins, C.J., and Williams, S.J., 2008, Seabed mapping and characterization of sediment variability using the usSEABED data base: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28, no. 4-5, p. 614-633.

Haidvogel, D.B., Arango, H.G., Budgell, W.P., Cornuelle, B.D., Curchitser, E., Di Lorenzo, E., Fennel, K., Geyer, W.R., Hermann, A.J., Lanerolle, L., Levin, J., McWilliams, J.C., Miller, A.J., Moore, A.M., Powell, T.M., Shchepetkin, A.F., Sherwood, C.R., Signell, R.P., Warner, J.C., and Wilkin, J., 2008, Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System: Journal of Computational Physics, v. 227, no. 7, 20 March 2008, p. 3595-3624.

Hallam, S.J., Delong, E.F., Ussler, W., Paull, C.K., 2008, Methanogenic and methanotrophic archaeal diversity in Gulf of Mexico sediments, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Harris, R.N., Fisher, A., Ruppel, C., and Martinez, F., 2008, Modern perspectives on measuring and interpreting seafloor heat flux: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 89, no. 3, p. 23.

Houser, C., Hapke, C., and Hamilton, S., 2008, Controls on coastal dune morphology, shoreline erosion and barrier island response to extreme storms: Geomorphology, p. 223-240.

Hutchinson, D.R., Shelander, D., Dai, J., McConnell, D., Shedd, W., Frye, M., Ruppel, C., Boswell, R., Jones, E., Collett, T., Rose, K., Dugan, B., Wood, W., and Latham, T., 2008, Site Selection for DOE/JIP gas hydrate drilling in the northern Gulf Of Mexico: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas HydratesPaper 5506, 12 p.

Kroeger, K.D., and Charette, M.A., 2008, Nitrogen biogeochemistry of submarine groundwater discharge: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 53, p. 1025-1039.

López-Venegas, A.M., ten Brink, U.S., and Geist, E.L., 2008, Submarine landslide as the source for the October 11, 1918 Mona Passage tsunami: observations and modeling: Marine Geology, v. 254, p. 35-46.

Lee, M.W., and Waite, W. F., 2008, Estimating pore-space gas hydrate saturations from well log acoustic data: Geochem Geophys. Geosyst., v. 9, Q07008, doi:10.1029/2008GC002081.

Long, P.E., Schael, H.T., Torres, M.E., Holland, M., Schultheiss, P., Kastner, M., Soloman, E., 2008, Infrared (IR) imaging results from Indian National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP), Expedition 01; implications for gas hydrate abundance and correlation to physical properties and pure water chemistry [abs.]: International Conference on Gas Hydrates, New Delhi, India, 6-8 February 2008, p. 38-39.

Lorenson, T.D., Cooper, Alan, Hart, P.E., Winters, W.J., 2008, Geologic setting and context of cores taken during the IMAGES VIII, MONA/PAGE 2002, D-1-02-GM cruise of the RV Marion Dufresne in the northern Gulf of Mexico, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Lorenson, T.D., Dougherty, J.A., Flocks, J.G., 2008, Hydrocarbon gases from giant piston cores in the northern Gulf of Mexico; results from the IMAGESVIII/PAGE 127 cruise of the R/V Marion Dufresne, July, 2002, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Denny, J.F., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2008, Sidescan-sonar imagery and surficial geologic interpretation of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1366, DVD-ROM ONLINE.

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Schattgen, P.T., and Doran, E.F., 2008, Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, North-Central Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1174 ONLINE.

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Twomey, E.R., Danforth, W.W., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2008, Sidescan-sonar imagery, multibeam bathymetry, and surficial geologic interpretations of the sea floor in eastern Rhode Island Sound, Poster Session [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Northeast Sectional Meeting, Buffalo, N.Y., 27-29 March 2008, Paper No. 33-5.

McNichol, A.P., Sonnerup, R., and Arsenault, M.A., 2008, Reconstructing the ocean 13C suess effect [abs.]: American Geophysical Union/ASLO, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl., 2-7 March 2008.

Montgomery, E., Martini, M., Lightsom, F.L., and Butman, B., 2008, Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time Series Measurement Database: U.S. GeologicalSurvey Open-File Report 2007-1194 ONLINE.

Novosel, I., Winters, W.J., Boldina, O.M., Labils, C., Geli, L., 2008, Thermal conductivity of sediment recovered from the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Paull, C.K., Ussler, W.I., Holbrook, W.S., Hill, T.M., Keaten, R., Mienert, J., Haflidason, H., Johnson, J.E., Winters, W.J., and Lorenson, T.D., 2008, Origin of pockmarks and chimney structures on the flanks of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 28, no. 1, p. 43-51.

Pohlman, J.W., Riedel, M., Waite, W., Rose, K., and Lapham, L., 2008, Application of rhizon samplers to obtain high-resolution pore fluid records during geochemical investigations of gas hydrate systems: Fire in the Ice, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory, Methane Hydrate Newsletter, Fall 2008 ONLINE.

Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., McMullen, K.Y., Schattgen, P.T., Schaer, J.D., and Doran, E.F., 2008, Interpolation of reconnaissance multibeam and single-beam bathymetry offshore of Milford, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1146.

Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Williams, S.J., Moser, M.S., Stewart, H., 2008, Sedimentary environments and processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts [abs.]: American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Abstracts, 2-7 March 2008, p. 363-364.

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Foster, D.S., Blackwood, D.S., Williams, S.J., Ackerman, S.D., Barnum, S.R., and Brennan, R.T., 2008, Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1004 ONLINE.

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Williams, S.J., Crocker, J.M., and Doran, E.F., 2008, Estuarine sediment transport by gravity-driven movement of the nepheloid layer, Long Island Sound: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 28, no. 4, p. 245-254.

Poppe, L.J., and Eliason, A.H., 2008, A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, p. 561-565.

Poppe, L.J., Williams, S., Moser, M.S., Forfinski, N.A., Stewart, H.F., and Doran, E.F., 2008, Quaternary geology and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of six mile reef, eastern Long Island Sound: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 24, no. 1, p. 255-266.

Rogers, R.E., Dearmay, J.L., Lynch, F.L., 2008, Analysis of Dufresne sediments for gas hydrate promotion, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Ruppel, C.D., and Pohlman, J.W., 2008, Climate change and global carbon cycle; Perspectives and opportunities: Fire in the Ice, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory Newsletter, Winter 2008 ONLINE.

Signell, R.P., Carniel, S., Chiggiato, J., Janekovic, I., Pullen, J.D., 2008, Collaboration tools and techniques for large model datasets: Journal of Marine Systems, Marine Rapid Environmental Assessment, Special Issue, v. 69, p. 154-161.

Stern, L.A., Kirby, S.H., 2008, Grain and pore structure imaging of gas hydrate from core MDO2-2569 (Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico); a first look by SEM, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Thieler, E.R., Rodriguez, R.W., and Himmelstoss, E.A., 2008, Historical Shoreline Changes at Rincón, Puerto Rico, 1936-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1017 ONLINE.

Twichell, D.C., Baldwin, W.E., Flocks, J.G., Pendleton, E.A., Miner, M.D., and Kulp, M., 2008, Subsurface control on seafloor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA [abs.]: American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl., 2-7 March 2008.

Ussler, W., Paull, C.K., 2008, Pore water gradients in giant piston cores from the Gulf of Mexico, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

Waite, W.F., and Santamarina, J.C., 2008, Workshop summary; physical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediment: Fire in the Ice, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory, Methane Hydrate Newsletter, Fall 2008 ONLINE.

Waite, W.F., Kneafsey, T.J., Winters, W.J., and Mason, D.H., 2008, Physical property changes in hydrate-bearing sediment due to depressurization and subsequent repressurization: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, no. B07102:12.

Waite, W.F., Osegovic, J.P., Winters, W.J., Max, M.D., and Mason, D.H., 2008, Seeding hydrate formation in water-saturated sand with dissolved-phase methane obtained from hydrate dissolution: A progress report: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas HydratesPaper 5341, 9.

Warner, J.C., and Geyer, W.R., 2008, Numerical study of estuarine residence time: using composite grids to extend modeling domains [abs.]: American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fl., 2-7 March 2008.

Warner, J.C., Perlin, N., and Skyllingstad, E.D., 2008, Using the Model Coupling Toolkit to couple earth system models: Environmental Modeling and Software, v. 23, p. 1240-1249.

Warner, J.C., Sherwood, C.R., Signell, R.P., Harris, C.K., and Arango, H.G., 2008, Development of a three-dimensional, regional, coupled wave, current, and sediment-transport model: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, p. 1284-1306.

Warner, J.C., Sullivan, C.M., Voulgaris, G., and Work, P., 2008, Effect of storms on inner-shelf sediment transport in Long Bay, South Carolina, [abs.]: Geophysical Research Abstracts,Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-04409, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-04409;European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 13-18, 2008.

Warner, J.C., Butman, B., Alexander, P., 2008, Storm-driven sediment transport in Massachusetts Bay: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28, p. 257-282.

Wiberg, P., and Sherwood, C.R., 2008, Calculating wave-generated bottom orbital velocities from surface wave parameters: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, p. 1243-1262.

Williams, S.J., Gutierrez, B.T., Thieler, E.R., and Pendleton, E.A., 2008, Geologic effects and coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise, erosion, and storms: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, Conference Proceedings, p. 1-14.

Winters, W.J., Dugan, B.E., and Collett, T.S., 2008, Physical properties of sediment from Keathley Canyon and Atwater Valley, JIP Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Drilling Program: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 25, p. 896-905.

Winters, W.J., Gomes, M., Giosan, L., Johnson, J.E., Kastner, M., Torres, M.E., Long, P.E., Schaef, H.T., Rose, K., 2008, Physical properties of sediment from the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01 offshore India [abs.]: International Conference on Gas Hydrates, New Delhi, India, 6-8 February 2008, p. 36-37.

Winters, W.J., Waite, W.F., Mason, D., 2008, Triaxial strength and acoustic properties of rrepressurized samples from the 2006 National Gas Hydrdate Program of India expedition [abs.]: International Conference on Gas Hydrates, New Delhi, India, 6-8 February 2008, p. 72-73.

Winters, W.J., Waite, W.F., Mason, D.H., and Kumar, P., 2008, Physical properties of repressurized samples recovered during the 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program expedition offshore India: 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates.

Winters, W.J., Novosel, I., Boldina, O.M., Waite, W.F., Kelsey, S.A., Hallett, B.W., 2008, Physical properties of sediment obtained during the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 1-18 July 2002, chapter in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 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 ONLINE.

USGS WHSC Publications

All Publications by WHSC Authors for the year 2008