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List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

  • Armstrong, B.N., Warner, J.C., List, J.H., Thieler, E.R., Martini, M.A., Voulgaris, G., McNinch, J., Book, J.W., Haas, K., and Montgomery, E., 2013, Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project data report for nearshore observations at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, February, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1219 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1219/]. 

  • Bogus, K., Bouimetarhan, I., and Richey, J., 2013, Early career scientists meet to discuss paleoclimate research and future directions for the field: EOS (American Geophysical Union Transactions), v. 94, no. 26, p. 233, doi:10.1002/2013EO260007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013EO260007].

  • Carkin, B.A., and Kayen, R.E., 2013, Settlement of the USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5096, v. 1.1, 154 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5096/].

  • Cohn, T., Thomas, W., Giacinto, J., McBride, M., and Fedors, R., 2013, State of the practice in identifying and quantifying extreme flood hazards, chap. 3 of Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, p. 3-1– 3-6 [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/].

  • Cross, V.A., Bratton, J.F., Kroeger, K.D., Crusius, J., and Worley, C.W., 2013, Continuous resistivity profiling data from Great South Bay, Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1040 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1040/]. 

  • Geist, E.L., Jones, H., McBride, M., and Fedors, R., 2013, Tsunami flooding, chap. 6 of Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, p. 6-1–6-7 [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/].

  • Geist, E.L., Parsons, T., and ten Brink, U.S., 2013, Statistical testing of hypotheses and assumptions inherent to Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis (PTHA) [extended abs.], in Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, p. 6-23–6-26 [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/].

  • Griffin, D.W., 2013, The quest for extraterrestrial life—What about the viruses?: Astrobiology, v. 13, no. 8, p. 774–783, doi:10.1089/ast.2012.0959 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2012.0959]. 

  • Haines, S., Hart, P., and Ruppel, C., 2013, New seismic data acquired over known gas hydrate occurrences in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Fire in the Ice, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory Newsletter, v. 13, no. 2,  p. 3–6 [http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/FutureSupply/MethaneHydrates/newsletter/newsletter.htm]. 

  • Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O., Hehre, R., and Reynolds, B.J., 2013, Coastal change from Hurricane Sandy and the 2012–13 winter storm season—Fire Island, NY: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1231, 37 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1231/].

  • Hapke, C.J., Kratzmann, M.G., and Himmelstoss, E.A., 2013, Geomorphic and human influence on large-scale coastal change: Geomorphology, v. 199, p. 160–170, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.025 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.025].

  • Hough, S.E., Munsey, J., and Ward, S.N., 2013, Reverberations on the watery element—A significant, tsunamigenic historical earthquake offshore the Carolina coast: Seismological Research Letters, v. 84, no., 5, p. 891–898, doi:10.1785/0220120152 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220120152].

  • Howarth, R.W., Hayn, M., Marino, R.M., Ganju, N.K., Foreman, K., McGlathery, K., Giblin, A.E., Berg, P., and Walker, J.D., 2013, Metabolism of a nitrogen-enriched coastal marine lagoon during the summertime: Biogeochemistry, published online September 1, 2013, doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9901-x [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-013-9901-x].

  • Hughes, B.B., Eby, R., Van Dyke, E., Tinker, M.T., Marks, C.I., Johnson, K.S., and Wasson, K.W., 2013, Recovery of a top predator mediates negative eutrophic effects on seagrass: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, published online August 27, 2013, 6 p., doi:10.1073/pnas.1302805110 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1302805110]. 

  • Jayko, A.S., Hart, P.E., Childs, J.R., Cormier, M.H., Ponce, D.A., Athens, N.A., and McClain, J.S., 2013, Methods and spatial extent of geophysical investigations, Mono Lake, California, 2009 to 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1113, 18 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1113/]. 

  • Johnson, L.A., and Real, C.R., 2013, Public-policy issues associated with the SAFRR tsunami scenario, chap. M of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 39 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/m/].

  • Jones, J.W., Hall, A., Foster, A.M., and Smith, T.J., III, 2013, Everglades fire scar monitoring and analysis using archival Landsat data for the Everglades: Fire Ecology, v. 9, no.1, p. 133–150, doi:10.4996/fireecology.0901133 [http://dx.doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.0901133]. 

  • Karamperidou, C., Engel, V., Lall, U., Stabenau, E., and Smith, T.J., III, 2013, Implications of multi-scale sea level and climate variability for coastal resources—A case study for south Florida and Everglades National Park, USA: Regional Environmental Change, v. 13, Suppl. 1, p. S91–S100, doi:10.1007/s10113-013-0408-8 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-013-0408-8].

  • Kirby, S., Scholl, D., von Huene, R., and Wells, R., 2013, Alaska earthquake source for the SAFRR tsunami scenario, chap. B of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 40 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/b/].

  • Kuffner, I.B., Morrison, J.M., Hickey, T.D., and Reich, C.D., 2013, A calcification monitoring network in the Florida Keys [abs.]: U.S. Ocean Acidification Principal Investigators’ Meeting, 2nd, Washington, D.C., September 18–20, 2013 [http://www.whoi.edu/fileserver.do?id=163945&pt=2&p=162109].

  • McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Lewit, P.G., and Parker, C.E., 2013, Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1003, DVD-ROM [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/].

  • Meighan, H.E., ten Brink, U., and Pulliam, J., 2013, Slab tears and intermediate-depth seismicity: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40, no. 16, p. 4244–4248, doi:10.1002/grl.50830 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50830].

  • Miller, K., and Long, K., 2013, Emergency management response to a warning-level Alaska-source tsunami impacting California, chap. J of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 245 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/j/].

  • Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, 241 p. [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/]. 

  • Obelcz, J., Brothers, D., Chaytor, J., ten Brink, U., Ross, S.W., and Brooke, S., 2013, Geomorphic characterization of four shelf-sourced submarine canyons along the U.S. mid-Atlantic continental margin: Deep Sea Research Part II—Topical Studies in Oceanography, published online September 25, 2013, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.013 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.013].

  • O’Connor, J., 2013, Quantitative paleoflood hydrology [extended abstract], in Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, p. 3-13–3-19 [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/].

  • Pendleton, E.A., Baldwin, W.E., Barnhardt, W.A., Ackerman, S.D., Foster, D.S., Andrews, B.A., and Schwab, W.C., 2013, Shallow geology, sea-floor texture, and physiographic provinces of the inner continental shelf from Nahant to northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1157, 53 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1157/]. 

  • Perry, S., 2013, Communication products for the Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR) tsunami scenario, chap. K of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 12 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/k/].

  • Plumlee, G.S., Morman, S.A., and San Juan, C., 2013, Potential environmental and environmental-health implications of the SAFRR tsunami scenario in California, chap. F of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 34 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/f/].

  • Porter, K., Byers, W., Dykstra, D., Lim, A., Lynett, P., Ratliff, J., Scawthorn, C., Wein, A., and Wilson, R., 2013, The SAFRR tsunami scenario—Physical damage in California, chap. E of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 168 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/e/].

  • Ralston, D.K., Warner, J.C., Rockwell-Geyer, W., and Wall, G.R., 2013, Sediment transport due to extreme events—The Hudson River estuary after Tropical Storms Irene and Lee: Geophysical Research Letters, published online October 18, 2013, doi:10.1002/2013GL057906 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL057906].

  • Reynolds, C.E., and Poore, R.Z. 2013, Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008–11: U.S. Geological Survey Open–File Report 2013–1158, 11 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1158/].

  • Richwine, K.A., Marot, M., Smith, C.G., Osterman, L.E., and Adams, C.S., 2013, Biological and geochemical data of gravity cores from Mobile Bay, Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1240, 20 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1240/].

  • Robbins, L.L., Wynn, J.G., Lisle, J.T., Yates, K.K., Knorr, P.O., Byrne, R.H., Liu, X., Patsavas, M.C., Azetsu-Scott, K., and Takehashi, T., 2013, Baseline monitoring of the western Arctic Ocean estimates 20% of Canadian Basin surface waters are undersaturated with respect to aragonite: PLOS ONE, v. 8, no. 9, e73796, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073796 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073796].

  • Ross, S.L., Jones, L.M., Miller, K., Porter, K.A., Wein, A., Wilson, R.I., Bahng, B., Barberopoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., Brosnan, D.M., Bwarie, J.T., Geist, E.L., Johnson, L.A., Kirby, S.H., Knight, W.R., Long, K., Lynett, P., Mortensen, C.E., Nicolsky, D.J., Perry, S.C., Plumlee, G.S., Real, C.R., Ryan, K., Suleimani, E., Thio, H., Titov, V.V., Whitmore, P.M., and Wood, N.J., 2013, The SAFRR tsunami scenario—Improving resilience for California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3081, 4 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3081/].

  • Ross, S.L., Jones, L.M., Miller, K., Porter, K.A., Wein, A., Wilson, R.I., Bahng, B., Barberopoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., Brosnan, D.M., Bwarie, J.T., Geist, E.L., Johnson, L.A., Kirby, S.H., Knight, W.R., Long, K., Lynett, P., Mortensen, C.E., Nicolsky, D.J., Perry, S.C., Plumlee, G.S., Real, C.R., Ryan, K., Suleimani, E., Thio, H., Titov, V.V., Whitmore, P.M. and Wood, N.J., 2013, SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario—Executive summary and introduction, chap. A of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 17 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/a/].

  • SAFRR Tsunami Modeling Working Group, 2013, Modeling for the SAFRR tsunami scenario—Generation, propagation, inundation, and currents in ports and harbors, chap. D of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 136 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/d/].

  • Selman, C., Misra, V., Stefanova, L., Dinapoli, S., and Smith, T.J., III, 2013, On the twenty-first-century wet season projections over the Southeastern United States: Regional Environmental Change, v. 13, Suppl. 1, p. S153–S164, doi:10.1007/s10113-013-0477-8 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-013-0477-8].

  • Smith, T.J., III, Foster, A.M., Tiling-Range, G., and Jones, J.W., 2013, Dynamics of mangrove-marsh ecotones in subtropical coastal wetlands—Fire, sea-level rise, and water levels: Fire Ecology, v. 9, no. 1, p. 66–77, doi:10.4996/fireecology.0901066 [http://dx.doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.0901066].

  • Smith, T.L., Himmelstoss, E.A., and Thieler, E.R., 2013, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project—A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the 2013 update: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1183 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1183/]. 

  • Smoak, J.M., Breithaupt, J., Smith, T.J., III, and Sanders, C., 2013, Sediment accretion and organic carbon burial relative to sea-level rise and storm events in two mangrove forests in Everglades National Park: Catena, v. 104, p. 58–66, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.009].

  • Stockdon, H.F., Hapke, C.J., Thieler, E.R., and Plant, N.G., 2013, Assessing hazards along our Nation’s coasts: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3077, 2 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3077/].

  • ten Brink, U.S., Bakun, W.H., and Flores, C.H, 2013, Seismic hazard from the Hispaniola subduction zone—Correction to “Historical perspective on seismic hazard to Hispaniola and the northeast Caribbean region”: Journal of Geophysical Research, published online October 11, 2013, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50388 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50388].

  • ten Brink, U.S., Chaytor, J.D., Brothers, D.S., and Geist, E.L., 2013, Geological perspective on submarine landslide tsunami probability [extended abs.], in Nicholson, T.J., and Reed, W.A., 2013, Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA): U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP–0302, p. 6-13–6-17 [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/conference/cp0302/].

  • Troxler, T.G., Gaiser, E., Barr, J., Fuentes, J.D., Jaffe, R., Childers, D.L., Collado-Vides, L., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Anderson, W., Chambers, R., Chen, M., Coronado-Molina, C., Davis, S.E., Engel, V., Fitz, C., Fourqurean, J., Frankovich, T., Kominoski, J., Madden, C., Malone, S.L., Oberbauer, S.F., Olivas, P., Richards, J., Saunders, C., Schedlbauer, J., Sklar, F., Smith, T., Smoak, J.M., Starr, G., Twilley, R.R., and Whelan, K., 2013, Integrated carbon budget models for the Everglades terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient—Current status and needs for inter-site comparisons: Oceanography, v. 26, no. 3, p. 98–107, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2013.51 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.51].

  • Waite, W.F., and Spangenberg, E., 2013, Gas hydrate formation rates from dissolved-phase methane in porous laboratory specimens: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40, no. 16, p. 4310–4315, doi:10.1002/grl.50809 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50809].

  • Wein, A., Rose, A., Sue Wing, I., and Wei, D., 2013, Economic impacts of the SAFRR tsunami scenario in California, chap. H of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 50 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/h/].

  • Wilson, R., and Miller, K., 2013, Tsunami mitigation and preparedness activities in California, chap. L of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 10 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/l/].

  • Wood, N., Ratliff, J., Peters, J., and Shoaf, K., 2013, Population vulnerability and evacuation challenges in California for the SAFRR tsunami scenario, chap. I of Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M., eds., The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1170, 50 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1170/i/].

  • Yates, K.K., DuFore, C.M., and Robbins, L.L., 2013, Chemical and biological consequences of using carbon dioxide versus acid additions in ocean acidification experiments: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5063, 28 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5063/].

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