Shaded-relief map of central California showing location of the Big Sur area (white dashed line). Red line shows the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault (SGHF) and the Big Sur Bend between Point Sur (PS) and Piedras Blancas (PB). Black lines show other faults.
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Faults and features of the Big Sur area
Shaded-relief map of central California showing location of the Big Sur area (white dashed line). Red line shows the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault (SGHF) and the Big Sur Bend between Point Sur (PS) and Piedras Blancas (PB). Black lines show other faults.
Big Sur Bend
Perspective view of part of the Big Sur Bend in the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault. The steep slope beside the fault results from uplift along the fault, which is part of the strike-slip fault system that forms the boundary in California between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.
Perspective view of part of the Big Sur Bend in the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault. The steep slope beside the fault results from uplift along the fault, which is part of the strike-slip fault system that forms the boundary in California between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.
Screenshot of Our Coast, Our Future
Screenshot of Our Coast, Our Future (OCOF) interactive map view of Stinson Beach, California, showing extent of flooding predicted if subjected to a sea-level rise of 100 centimeters (about 40 inches) and elevated water levels caused by a 100-year storm.
Screenshot of Our Coast, Our Future (OCOF) interactive map view of Stinson Beach, California, showing extent of flooding predicted if subjected to a sea-level rise of 100 centimeters (about 40 inches) and elevated water levels caused by a 100-year storm.
Collecting a core from a reef
Two divers work to collect a long core sample from a coral reef in Florida.
Two divers work to collect a long core sample from a coral reef in Florida.
Fieldwork in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Top row, left to right: Cordell Johnson (left) and Evan Dailey use the USGS R/V Fast Eddy to collect water samples. Cordell Johnson (left) and Jessie Lacy prepare to deploy a tripod holding instruments to measure water level, currents, and suspended sediment.
Top row, left to right: Cordell Johnson (left) and Evan Dailey use the USGS R/V Fast Eddy to collect water samples. Cordell Johnson (left) and Jessie Lacy prepare to deploy a tripod holding instruments to measure water level, currents, and suspended sediment.
Sunset State Beach webcams
USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California installed these two video cameras, pointed at the shoreline. The cameras collected imagery every half hour for 10 minutes, during daylight hours. The images are stored in the cloud and are used to study coastal variations through time, like wave, shoreline, and sandbar dynamics.
USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California installed these two video cameras, pointed at the shoreline. The cameras collected imagery every half hour for 10 minutes, during daylight hours. The images are stored in the cloud and are used to study coastal variations through time, like wave, shoreline, and sandbar dynamics.
Barry Glacier from Prince William Sound
View of Barry Glacier in Alaska, from Prince William Sound
View of Barry Glacier in Alaska, from Prince William Sound
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model for forecasting flooding around San Francisco Bay.
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model for forecasting flooding around San Francisco Bay.
Babak Tehranirad holds a lobster that he caught while on vacation
Babak Tehranirad holds a lobster that he caught while on vacation in March 2017.
Babak Tehranirad holds a lobster that he caught while on vacation in March 2017.
Scientists collect beach elevation data near Moss Landing, California
Left to right: USGS scientist Josh Logan, USGS contractor Babak Tehranirad, and USGS contractor Rae Taylor-Burns (University of California-Santa Cruz graduate student) collect beach elevation data near Moss Landing, California, with precision GPS units carried in their backpacks.
Left to right: USGS scientist Josh Logan, USGS contractor Babak Tehranirad, and USGS contractor Rae Taylor-Burns (University of California-Santa Cruz graduate student) collect beach elevation data near Moss Landing, California, with precision GPS units carried in their backpacks.
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York,
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York, provide important ecosystem services along the highly urbanized Atlantic coast.
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York, provide important ecosystem services along the highly urbanized Atlantic coast.
PCMSC vessel San Lorenzo
USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's research vessel R/V San Lorenzo.
USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's research vessel R/V San Lorenzo.
PCMSC vessel San Lorenzo at sunset
Sun sets on Whiskeytown Lake with PCMSC's vessel San Lorenzo in foreground.
Sun sets on Whiskeytown Lake with PCMSC's vessel San Lorenzo in foreground.
SWATHplus in the water
The SWATHplus is a 234 kHz interferometric bathymetric survey tool for surveys in water depths from 1 to 200 meters.
The SWATHplus is a 234 kHz interferometric bathymetric survey tool for surveys in water depths from 1 to 200 meters.
What the skipper sees
Looking through the windshield of USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's boat San Lorenzo under pristine field conditions.
Looking through the windshield of USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's boat San Lorenzo under pristine field conditions.
Isla Verde Video Camera 1 Snapshot
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Isla Verde Video Camera 2 Snapshot
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Isla Verde Video Camera 3 Snapshot
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Isla Verde Video Camera 4 Snapshot
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Snapshot of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station
Isla Verde Video Camera 2 Timex
Time-exposure image of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station. Image is time-averaged over 10 minutes of video.
Time-exposure image of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station. Image is time-averaged over 10 minutes of video.
Isla Verde Video Camera 3 Timex
Time-exposure image of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station. Image is time-averaged over 10 minutes of video.
Time-exposure image of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from a coastal video monitoring station. Image is time-averaged over 10 minutes of video.