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January 1, 2000

Physical characteristics of dungeness crab and halibut habitats in Whidbey Passage, Alaska

In Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska there are ongoing studies of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglosus stenolepis). Scientists of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are attempting to ascertain life history, distribution, and abundance, and to determine the effects of commercial fishing in the park (Carlson et al., 1998). Statistical sampling studies suggest tha

Authors

Guy R. Cochrane, Paul R. Carlson, Michael E. Boyle, Gregory L. Gabel, Philip N. Hooge

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 2000

The global occurrence of natural gas hydrate

Natural gas hydrate occurs worldwide in oceanic sediment of continental and insular slopes and rises of active and passive margins, in deep-water sediment of inland lakes and seas, and in polar sediment on both continents and continental shelves. In aquatic sediment, where water depths exceed about 300 m and bottom water temperatures approach 0° C, gas hydrate is found at the seafloor to sediment

Authors

Keith A. Kvenvolden, Thomas Lorenson

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

December 1, 1999

Cruise report; RV Coastal Surveyor Cruise C1-99; multibeam mapping of the Long Beach, California continental shelf; April 12 through May 19, 1999

The greater Los Angeles area of California is home to more than 10 million people. This large population puts increased pressure on the adjacent offshore continental shelf and margin with activities such as ocean disposal for dredged spoils, explosive disposal, waste-water outfall, and commercial fishing. The increased utilization of the shelf and margin in this area has generated accelerated mult

Authors

James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke, Larry A. Mayer

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

October 1, 1999

Cruise report for A1-98-SC southern California Earthquake Hazards Project

The focus of the Southern California Earthquake Hazards project, within the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology team (WRCMG), is to identify the landslide and earthquake hazards and related ground-deformation processes that can potentially impact the social and economic well-being of the inhabitants of the Southern California coastal region, the most populated urban corridor along the U.S. P

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William R. Normark, Robert G. Bohannon, Ray Sliter, Gita Dunhill, David W. Scholl, Jane Laursen, Jane A. Reid, David Holton

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

September 1, 1999

Sea-floor images and data from multibeam surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada

Accurate base maps are a prerequisite for any geologic study, regardless of the objectives. Land-based studies commonly utilize aerial photographs, USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle maps, and satellite images as base maps. Until now, studies that involve the ocean floor have been at a disadvantage due to an almost complete lack of accurate marine base maps. Many base maps of the sea floor have been const

Authors

Peter Dartnell, James V. Gardiner

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

February 1, 1999

Are North Slope surface alluvial fans pre-Holocene relicts?

The surface morphology of the northern slope of the Brooks Range (North Slope) from the Canning River, Alaska, eastward is dominated by a series of large alluvial fans and braided streams floored by coarse alluvium. On the basis of our studies, we conclude that the fans are not prograding now nor have they been prograding at any time during the Holocene. During the latest transgression and the fol

Authors

Erk Reimnitz, Stephen C. Wolf

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 31, 1999

Future of gas hydrate research

Methane hydrates are ice‐like inclusion compounds, in which every volume of hydrate can contain as much as 180 volumes (STP) of gas.The amount of methane in natural gas hydrates is twice the total recoverable fossil fuel reserve. Because of their natural abundance in oceans and permafrost, hydrates have become an exciting national and international research issue. The movement of the gas and oil i

Authors

D.E. Sloan, P.G. Brewer, C. K. Paull, Timothy S. Collett, W. Steven Holbrook, Keith A. Kvenvolden

Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 7, 1999

The hunt for Antarctic climate history

No abstract available.

Authors

Peter Barker, Alan K. Cooper

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 1999

Linkage between grain-size evolution and sediment depletion during Colorado River floods

No abstract available.

Authors

David J. Topping, David M. Rubin, Jonathan M. Nelson, Paul J. Kinzel, James P. Bennett

Ecosystems Mission Area, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center

January 1, 1999

A seismic-reflection investigation of gas hydrates and sea-floor features of the upper continental slope of the Garden Banks and Green Canyon regions, northern Gulf of Mexico: report for cruise G1-99-GM (99002)

During April 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a 13-day cruise in the Garden Banks and Green Canyon regions of the Gulf of Mexico. The R/V Gyre, owned by Texas A&M University, was chartered for the cruise. The general objectives were (1) to acquire very high resolution seismic-reflection data and side-scan sonar images of the upper and middle continental slope (200-1200-m water dep

Authors

Alan Cooper, David Twichell, Patrick Hart

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 1999

Permit application and approval chronology for a small airgun survey offshore southern California, June 1999

Offshore geophysical surveys are subject to increased restrictions resulting from new or revised Federal legislation and increased authority of State agencies that deal with environmental issues. This report reviews the process followed by the U.S. Geological Survey to obtain necessary approvals for a marine geophysical survey conducted in June, 1999, offshore Southern California. Discussions and

Authors

Jonathan R. Childs, William R. Normark, Michael A. Fisher

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

December 1, 1998

Cruise report, RV ocean alert cruise A1-98-HW; January 30 through February 23, 1998, Honolulu to Honolulu, Hawaii

The major objective of cruise A1-98 was to map portions of the insular slopes of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Hawaii and to survey in detail US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) ocean dumping sites using a Simrad EM300 high-resolution multibeam mapping system. The cruise was a jointly funded project between the US Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE), USEPA, and the US Geological Survey (USGS)

Authors

James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center