USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Located in Woods Hole, MA

USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

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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Submarine Landslides as Potential Triggers of Tsunamis That Could Strike the U.S. East Coast First results from systematic sea-floor mapping of the continental slope from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank. (MORE)

Photographic Overflight of New England and Mid-Atlantic Coast Provides Baseline for Change Assessments. Continued demand to maintain permanent infrastructure along the coast is especially prevalent along the New England and mid-Atlantic U.S. coastline. (MORE)

USGS Scientist Jeff Williams Receives 2009 Coastal Zone Foundation Career Award At an award ceremony on June 2, 2009, S. Jeffress Williams of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Science Center was given the 2009 Coastal Zone Foundation Award for career achievement.(MORE)

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