Left: Key features in and around the Gulf of Alaska. A black rectangle outlines our 2016 study area along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault. Red arrows indicate relative tectonic plate motions. Right: A shaded relief map of the 2016 study area. Rainbow colors show seafloor depths acquired by the USGS in 2015 and 2016. Red indicates shallower depths.
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center images
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Maps with key features and shaded relief of the study area
Left: Key features in and around the Gulf of Alaska. A black rectangle outlines our 2016 study area along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault. Red arrows indicate relative tectonic plate motions. Right: A shaded relief map of the 2016 study area. Rainbow colors show seafloor depths acquired by the USGS in 2015 and 2016. Red indicates shallower depths.
Pilots and Politics
USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments.
USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments.
Drone demo at Woods Hole Science Stroll
USGS WHCMSC pilot, Emily Sturdivant at a public outreach event using a 3DR Solo Quadcopter and a Gopro camera.
USGS WHCMSC pilot, Emily Sturdivant at a public outreach event using a 3DR Solo Quadcopter and a Gopro camera.
Scientific Research in Great South Bay, NY
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
Map of Marsh shoreline change rates
Map of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, N.J., marsh shoreline change rates.
Map of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, N.J., marsh shoreline change rates.
Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor Study Site
Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor Study Site
Basemap image of the survey locations, south of Long Island, NY
Basemap image of the survey locations south of Long Island Sound
Basemap image of the survey locations south of Long Island Sound
Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone
Overview of the 4 Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf
Overview of the 4 Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf
Ice-like gas hydrates under capping rock encrusted with mussels
Ice-like gas hydrates under capping rock encrusted with mussels on the sea floor of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Ice-like gas hydrates under capping rock encrusted with mussels on the sea floor of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Piping Plovers
An interdisciplinary USGS team is conducting research and developing tools to identify suitable coastal habitats for species of concern, such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under a variety of sea-level rise scenarios.
An interdisciplinary USGS team is conducting research and developing tools to identify suitable coastal habitats for species of concern, such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under a variety of sea-level rise scenarios.
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Elevation Model
Basemap of the United States with an overview image of elevation models
Basemap of the United States with an overview image of elevation models
Browse graphic of data
Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA
Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA
Cenote Bang
Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary
Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary
Location Map of HARS site
Location map of HARS site
Lake Powell Geophysical Survey
USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ. A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.
USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ. A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.
Location map of the survey area for Hudson Canyon
Location map of the Hudson Canyon survey area.
Location map of the Hudson Canyon survey area.
Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York
Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York
Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York
Location Map for Sandy Hook artificial reef
Location map for Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey, data release.
Location map for Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey, data release.
Cassandra Ladino receives the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award
From left to right: Associate Director for Core Science Systems Kevin Gallagher, Physical Scientist Cassandra Ladino, and Chief, Office of Enterprise Information/Associate Chief Information Officer Tim Quinn.
From left to right: Associate Director for Core Science Systems Kevin Gallagher, Physical Scientist Cassandra Ladino, and Chief, Office of Enterprise Information/Associate Chief Information Officer Tim Quinn.