USGS Science Center for Coastal and Marine Geology

Located in Woods Hole, MA

The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Team is one of three marine teams that conduct research within the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The team is located on WHOI's Quissett Campus. The team has a staff of about 100, including 24 research scientists and 75 scientific and administrative support staff. USGS earth scientists explore and study many aspects of the underwater areas between shorelines and the deep ocean, off the U.S. East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and in parts of the Caribbean and Great Lakes.

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Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Canadian Geological Survey jointly conducted bathymetric surveys (mapping of sea-floor depths) and seismic-reflection surveys (imaging of rock and sediment layers beneath the sea floor) in the Beaufort Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska and western Canada.MORE)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, is leading an effort to understand the regional sediment dynamics along the coastline of North and South Carolina. (MORE)

Global sea level is rising, and there is evidence that the rate is accelerating. Increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, primarily from human contributions, are very likely warming the atmosphere and oceans.(MORE)

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GIS information Our interactive map server with displays on various information layers from a number of USGS research programs.	Marine Realms Information Bank MRIB is a distributed geolibrary that provides access to information about oceanic and coastal environments.
Photographs A collection of photographs documenting sea floor characteristics and operations in the field.	Soundwaves A monthly newsletter produced by the U.S. Geological Survey.