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- Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) InfoBank [More info]
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Access to InfoBank, an online data catalog, to browse or retrieve coastal and marine geology program information, images, and data on gravity, bathymetry, seismic activity, magnetics, samples, facilities, cruises and equipment.
- Coastal and Marine Geology Program [More info]
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Home page for Coastal and Marine Geology with links to topics of interest (sea level change, erosion, corals, pollution, sonar mapping, and others), Sound Waves monthly newsletter, field centers, regions of interest, and subject search system.
- Coastal and Marine Geology Program interactive map server [More info]
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Interactive map server to view and create maps using available coastal and marine geology data sets of offshore and coastal U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. Links to available data and metadata that can be downloaded.
- Coastal storms and tsunamis [More info]
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USGS responses to and studies of the hazards and impact of major hurricanes, tsunamis, and El Nino storms. Includes links to oblique aerial photography and LIDAR surveys recording coastal changes and other effects of storms and waves.
- Coral mortality and African dust [More info]
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Report with mini-movie and photos on the hypothesis that the atmospheric transport of dust arising from the desertification in northern Africa led to algal infestation of corals, coral diseases, and the near extinction of associated sea urchins.
- GLORIA Mapping Program [More info]
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GLORIA is a digital sidescan sonar capable of producing digital image maps of the sea floor from reflected sound waves. Site includes description of digital processing, mosaicking, and links to samples of image maps.
- Geologic framework and process of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin [More info]
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Field methods, topics of investigation, shoreline changes, publications, and satellite imagery related to geologic and hydrologic processes affecting Lake Pontchartrain and adjacent lakes which form a large estuary in the Gulf Coast region.
- Gulf of Maine internet map [More info]
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Gulf of Maine regional overview interactive map depicting research activities of the U.S. Geological Survey showing surficial sample sites, bathymetry, continental margin and coastal areas.
- Long Island Sound [More info]
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Long Island Sound interactive map with GIS datasets and sonar imagery.
- Long Island Sound sidescan sonar mosaics [More info]
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Sidescan sonar image, surficial geologic interpretation, and bathymetry of the Long Island Sound sea floor.
- Louisiana continental slope [More info]
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Louisiana continental slope interactive map with GIS datasets and sonar imagery.
- Marine aggregate resources and processes [More info]
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Regional studies mapping the seafloor sedimentary character and assessing marine sand and gravel resources around the United States, to inform beach nourishment and coastal restoration, benthic habitat and sediment transport studies
- Mississippi Fan internet map [More info]
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Mississippi River alluvial fan interactive map with GIS data and imagery depicting core sites, depositional and channel interpretation, Gloria and SeaMarc datasets.
- National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards [More info]
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The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards is a multi-year undertaking to identify and quantify the vulnerability of U.S. shorelines to coastal change hazards such as the effects of severe storms, sea-level rise, and shoreline erosion and retreat.
- National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project [More info]
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The Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting an analysis of historical shoreline changes along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii.
- Sea-floor mapping technology [More info]
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Integrated shipboard data collection, processing, and archival system for digital sidescan sonar and seismic data used in mapping the inner continental shelf.
- Sediment Transport Instrumentation Facility [More info]
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The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Facility at USGS Woods Hole Field Center maintains and deploys oceanographic instrumentation for the study of coastal and ocean circulation and sediment transport.
- Studies in Long Island Sound: geology, contaminants, and environmental issues [More info]
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Description of Long Island Sound projects and links to research topics, data, publications, photos, and technology on sediment transport, sea floor mapping, contaminant sampling, sediment texture, and environmental issues.
- U.S. Atlantic East Coast [More info]
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Atlantic East Coast interactive map with GIS datasets and sonar imagery.
- U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shoreline Change [More info]
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Interactive map of the Gulf of Mexico coast reflecting shoreline changes.
- U.S. Pacific West Coast internet map server [More info]
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Interactive map of the U.S. Pacific West Coast with data layers of Gloria sidescan data, multibeam backscatter and shaded relief imagery.
- USGS studies in the New York Bight [More info]
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Describes and provides links to USGS research in the location of the estuary and coast of Long Island, New York, to map the sea floor and to study sediment transport, contaminants, and sand resources and coastal vulnerability.
- West-central Florida erosion study [More info]
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West central Florida erosion interactive map with GIS datasets to download including geologic interpretative layers, samples, bathymetry, and imagery.
- Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology [More info]
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Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology science center conducts research in the coastal and offshore areas of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and other U.S. Pacific Islands.
- Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Field Center [More info]
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Site with links to projects of the field center of the Woods Hole Coastal Marine Geology Program on 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.
- usSEABED (marine sediment and rock distribution) [More info]
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Data on sediment and rock distributions in the waters off the United States, shown using an internet map service with links to downloadable data files
- National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results for the U.S. Pacific Coast [More info]
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Report on the potential of coastal change due to future sea level rise using the coastal vulnerability index (C.V.I.) with two regional examples in San Francisco and Monterey Bay and Tillamook Head, Oregon, to Ocean Shores, WA.
- Continental shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary [More info]
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Interactive maps of the continental shelf of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary with GIS layers for sediment data, bathymetry, geology, bathymetry, sonar imagery, and tectonics.
- Coastal ocean modeling at the USGS Woods Hole Field Center [More info]
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Fly-by and circulation movies, effluent concentration, tidal flushing, sea level, and temperature in Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor
- Marine Realms Information Bank: topic search, geographic search [More info]
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Searching by geography and topics to locate scientific information about oceans, lakes, marine environments and coastal environments.
- The Chesapeake Bay bolide: modern consequences of an ancient cataclysm [More info]
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Presentation that the location of Chesapeake Bay may have been predetermined by a Eocene bolide, an extraterrestrial body, impacting the Earth in the vicinity of the Delmarva Peninsula at high velocity and exploding to create a large crater.
- The Marine Realms Information Bank family of digital libraries: Access to free online information for coastal and marine science [More info]
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An introduction to three related USGS digital libraries: the general-purpose Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB); the regionally focused Monterey Bay Science (MBS) Digital Library; and the topically focused Coastal Change Hazards (CCH) Digital Library.
How to Use the Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Digital Libraries [More info]-
A step-by-step guide to conducting topical, geographic, and keyword searches of MRIB; viewing and refining search results; and exporting the results in several formats.
- Boston Harbor Studies: the fate of sediments and contaminants in Massachusetts Bay [More info]
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Boston Harbor/Massachusetts Bay Studies research project conducted as part of Boston Harbor cleanup to predict the fate of contaminants and sediments introduced to Massachusetts' coastal waters from sources that include Boston sewage outfall.
- National assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise: preliminary results of the U.S. Atlantic coast [More info]
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Brief report on map showing the relative vulnerability of the Atlantic coast to changes due to future rise in sea level. Includes links to similar maps in Open-file report 2000-178 on the Pacific Coast and 2000-179 on the Gulf of Mexico Coast.
- Topics in coastal and marine sciences: Coastal erosion [More info]
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Topics in Coastal and Marine Sciences provides background science materials, definitions, and links to give a common context for users from a variety of backgrounds. Coastal erosion was chosen as the first topic.
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