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2022 Annual Report

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Mapping methane reduction potential of tidal wetland restoration in the United States

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Opportunities to improve alignment with the FAIR Principles for U.S. Geological Survey data

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Herring River, Wellfleet, MA

Calibrating optical turbidity measurements with suspended-sediment concentrations from the Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, from November 2018 to November 2019

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center—2022 Annual Report.  The 2022 annual report highlights accomplishments, includes a list of publications, and summarizes the work of the center and each of the science groups.

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Historical Shoreline Changes at Rincon, Puerto Rico, 1936-2006

The coast from Punta Higuero to Punta Cadena in Rincon, Puerto Rico is experiencing long-term erosion. This study documents historical shoreline changes at Rincon for the period 1936-2006 and constitutes a significant expansion and revision of previous work. The study area extends approximately 8 km from Punta Higuero to Punta Cadena. Fourteen historical shoreline positions were compiled from exis
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E. Robert Thieler, Rafael W. Rodriguez, Emily A. Himmelstoss
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Potential for shoreline changes due to sea-level rise along the U.S. mid-Atlantic region

Sea-level rise over the next century is expected to contribute significantly to physical changes along open-ocean shorelines. Predicting the form and magnitude of coastal changes is important for understanding the impacts to humans and the environment. Presently, the ability to predict coastal changes is limited by the scientific understanding of the many variables and processes involved in coasta
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Benjamin T. Gutierrez, S. Jeffress Williams, E. Robert Thieler
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Submarine slides north of Puerto Rico and their tsunami potential

New multibeam bathymetry of the entire Puerto Rico trench reveals numerous retrograde slope failures at various scales at the edge of the carbonate platform north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The slumped material comprises carbonate blocks, which fail, at least in initial stages, as a coherent rock mass. This, combined with the fact that the edge of the carbonate platform is steeper than

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Uri S. ten Brink, Eric L. Geist, Patrick J. Lynett, Brian D. Andrews
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Economic geology of natural gas hydrate

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Michael D. Max, Arthur H. Johnson, William P. Dillon
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Seafloor character and sedimentary processes in eastern Long Island Sound and western Block Island Sound

Multibeam bathymetric data and seismic-reflection profiles collected in eastern Long Island Sound and western Block Island Sound reveal previously unrecognized glacial features and modern bedforms. Glacial features include an ice-sculptured bedrock surface, a newly identified recessional moraine, exposed glaciolacustrine sediments, and remnants of stagnant-ice-contact deposits. Modern bedforms inc
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Lawrence J. Poppe, M. L. Cohen-DiGiacomo, S. M. Smith, H.F. Stewart, N.A. Forfinski
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS Science in Long Island Sound and its Watershed

Physical properties of pressurized sediment from hydrate ridge

As part of an ongoing laboratory study, preliminary acoustic, triaxial strength, and electrical resistivity results are presented from a test performed on a clayey silt sediment sample recovered from Site 1249 at the summit of southern Hydrate Ridge during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 204. The test specimen was stored and transported in two different methane-charged pressure vessels until it was tes
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William J. Winters, William F. Waite, David H. Mason, Lauren Gilbert
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Textural analysis of marine sediments at the USGS Woods Hole Science Center; methodology and data on DVD

Marine sediments off the eastern United States vary markedly in texture (i.e., the size, shape, composition, and arrangement of their grains) due to a complex geologic history. For descriptive purposes, however, it is typically most useful to classify these sediments according to their grain-size distributions. In 1962, the U.S. Geological Survey began a program to study the marine geology of the
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Lawrence J. Poppe, S. Jeffress Williams, Valerie F. Paskevich
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Oceanic gas hydrate character, distribution, and potential for concentration

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William P. Dillon
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Continuous resistivity profiling data from the upper Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, 2004-2005

The Neuse River Estuary in North Carolina has suffered impacts of eutrophication in recent years. As part of a larger project to better constrain nutrient budgets in the estuary, field investigations were performed to study occurrence and discharge of fresh and brackish ground water and nutrients beneath the estuary itself (fig. 1). A Continuous Resistivity Profiling (CRP) system (Manheim and othe
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VeeAnn A. Cross, John F. Bratton, Emile M. Bergeron, Jeff K. Meunier, John Crusius, Dirk Koopmans
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf: Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts

This report presents the surficial geologic framework data and information for the sea floor of Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts (fig. 1.1). This mapping was conducted as part of a cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The primary objective
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Seth D. Ackerman, Bradford Butman, Walter A. Barnhardt, William W. Danforth, James M. Crocker
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study: Data report for observations, October 2003 - April 2004

Oceanographic observations have been made at nine locations in Long Bay, South Carolina from October 2003 through April 2004. These sites are centered around a shore-oblique sand feature that is approximately 10 km long, 2 km wide, and in excess of 3 m thick. The observations were collected through a collaborative effort with the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of South Carolina, and Georgi
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Charlene M. Sullivan, John C. Warner, Marinna A. Martini, George Voulgaris, Paul Work, Kevin A. Haas, Daniel Hanes
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Water Resources Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound

Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam echosounder (MBES) bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations (e.g. Todd and others, 1999; Mosher and Thomson, 2002; ten Brink and others, 2004; Poppe and others, 2006a,b). These maps help define the geological variability of the sea floor (one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity); improve
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Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth D. Ackerman, Elizabeth F. Doran, Marc S. Moser, Helen F. Stewart, Nicholas A. Forfinski, Uther L. Gardner, Jennifer A. Keene
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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center