William W Danforth, M.S. Geology
Geologist with a demonstrated history in the marine industry and with 30+ years work experience at the U.S. Geological Survey. Skilled in Petrology/Minerology, Earth Science, Marine Science, Geophysical Surveying, GPS Navigation, and Computer Technology/Programming.
Career has focused on the advances in the technology and techniques used to collect, analyze, and publish marine remote sensing data (multibeam, sidescan, seismic reflection, navigation) over the last 30+ years.
Professional Experience
1988 - Present, Geologist, USGS Woods Hole
1986-1988, System Administrator, NOAA Anchorage OAD office
1985 -1986, Physical Science Technician, USGS Woods Hole
Education and Certifications
M.S. University of Rhode Island, Geology/Petrology
Science and Products
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Seismic-reflection surveys of the Blake Ridge, R/V Cape Hatteras 1992 and 1995: Data acquisition, navigation, and processing
As part of an ongoing study, seismic-reflection profiles were collected over the Blake Ridge in 1992 and 1995, in order to map the volume and distribution of methane hydrate. Faulting and seafloor instabilities appear to be related to methane hydrate processes at the Blake Ridge. Seismic profiles display a prominent collapse structure at the crest, which is inferred to have resulted from...
Authors
Michael H. Taylor, William P. Dillon, Christopher H. Anton, William W. Danforth
Evidence for faulting related to dissociation of gas hydrate and release of methane off the southeastern United States
This paper is part of the special publication Gas hydrates: relevance to world margin stability and climatic change (eds J.P. Henriet and J. Mienert). An irregular, faulted, collapse depression about 38 x 18 km in extent is located on the crest of the Blake Ridge offshore from the south- eastern United States. Faults disrupt the sea floor and terminate or sole out about 40-500 m below...
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William P. Dillon, W. W. Danforth, D. R. Hutchinson, R.M. Drury, M.H. Taylor, J.S. Booth
Sidescan-sonar imagery of the shoreface and inner continental shelf, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
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Authors
E. Robert Thieler, William C. Schwab, Mead A. Allison, Jane F. Denny, William W. Danforth
Mapping the sea floor geology offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan-sonar: Preliminary report
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William C. Schwab, W.P. Corso, M. Lee Allison, B. Butman, J. F. Denny, L. L. Lotto, W. W. Danforth, D.S. Foster, T.F. O'Brien, Douglas J. Nichols, B.J. Irwin, Kenneth F. Parolski
Maps showing topography, backscatter, and interpretation of seafloor features in the Massachusetts Bay disposal site region off Boston, Massachusetts
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Authors
Page C. Valentine, William W. Danforth, Edwin T. Roworth, Sara T. Stillman
Historical shoreline mapping (II): Application of the Digital Shoreline Mapping and Analysis Systems (DSMS/DSAS) to shoreline change mapping in Puerto Rico
A new, state-of-the-art method for mapping historical shorelines from maps and aerial photographs, the Digital Shoreline Mapping System (DSMS), has been developed. The DSMS is a freely available, public domain software package that meets the cartographic and photogrammetric requirements of precise coastal mapping, and provides a means to quantify and analyze different sources of error in...
Authors
E. Robert Thieler, William W. Danforth
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Seismic-reflection surveys of the Blake Ridge, R/V Cape Hatteras 1992 and 1995: Data acquisition, navigation, and processing
As part of an ongoing study, seismic-reflection profiles were collected over the Blake Ridge in 1992 and 1995, in order to map the volume and distribution of methane hydrate. Faulting and seafloor instabilities appear to be related to methane hydrate processes at the Blake Ridge. Seismic profiles display a prominent collapse structure at the crest, which is inferred to have resulted from...
Authors
Michael H. Taylor, William P. Dillon, Christopher H. Anton, William W. Danforth
Evidence for faulting related to dissociation of gas hydrate and release of methane off the southeastern United States
This paper is part of the special publication Gas hydrates: relevance to world margin stability and climatic change (eds J.P. Henriet and J. Mienert). An irregular, faulted, collapse depression about 38 x 18 km in extent is located on the crest of the Blake Ridge offshore from the south- eastern United States. Faults disrupt the sea floor and terminate or sole out about 40-500 m below...
Authors
William P. Dillon, W. W. Danforth, D. R. Hutchinson, R.M. Drury, M.H. Taylor, J.S. Booth
Sidescan-sonar imagery of the shoreface and inner continental shelf, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
No abstract available.
Authors
E. Robert Thieler, William C. Schwab, Mead A. Allison, Jane F. Denny, William W. Danforth
Mapping the sea floor geology offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan-sonar: Preliminary report
No abstract available.
Authors
William C. Schwab, W.P. Corso, M. Lee Allison, B. Butman, J. F. Denny, L. L. Lotto, W. W. Danforth, D.S. Foster, T.F. O'Brien, Douglas J. Nichols, B.J. Irwin, Kenneth F. Parolski
Maps showing topography, backscatter, and interpretation of seafloor features in the Massachusetts Bay disposal site region off Boston, Massachusetts
No abstract available.
Authors
Page C. Valentine, William W. Danforth, Edwin T. Roworth, Sara T. Stillman
Historical shoreline mapping (II): Application of the Digital Shoreline Mapping and Analysis Systems (DSMS/DSAS) to shoreline change mapping in Puerto Rico
A new, state-of-the-art method for mapping historical shorelines from maps and aerial photographs, the Digital Shoreline Mapping System (DSMS), has been developed. The DSMS is a freely available, public domain software package that meets the cartographic and photogrammetric requirements of precise coastal mapping, and provides a means to quantify and analyze different sources of error in...
Authors
E. Robert Thieler, William W. Danforth