Western Coastal & Marine Geology Publications

Barnard, Patrick L., Revell, David L., Eshleman, Jodi L., and Mustain, Neomi , 2008, Carpinteria Coastal Processes Study, 2005-2007; Final Report: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1412, 129 p.

Cochrane, Guy R., Warrick, Jonathan A, Sagy, Yael, Finlayson, David, and Harney, Jodi, 2008, Sea-floor mapping and benthic habitat GIS for the Elwha River Delta nearshore, Washington: USGS Data Series 320

Geist, E. L., and T. Parsons, 2008, Distribution of tsunami inter-event times, Geophysical Research Letters, v.35, L02612, doi:10.1029/2007GL032690 [Download PDF (518 K)]

Parsons, T., 2008, Monte Carlo method for determining earthquake recurrence parameters from short paleoseismic catalogs: Example calculations for California, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, B03302 doi:10.1029/2007JB004998 [Download PDF (2633 K)]

Parsons, T., 2008, Persistent earthquake clusters and gaps from slip on irregular faults: Nature Geoscience, v. 1, p. 59-63, doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.36 [Download PDF (811 K)]

Stevens, Andrew W., Lacy, Jessica R., Finlayson, David P., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, 2008, Evaluation of a single-beam sonar system to map seagrass at two sites in northern Puget Sound, Washington: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5009, 45 p.

Anima, Roberto, Wong, Florence L., Hogg, David, and Galanis, Peter, 2007, Side-scan sonar imaging of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1216, 15 p.

Barnard, Patrick L., Eshleman, Jodi, Erikson, Li, and Hanes, Daniel M., 2007, Coastal processes study at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA; summary of data collection 2004-2006: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1217, 165 p.

Barnard, P.L. and Hanes, D.M., 2007, Cover Photograph: San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A.: Journal of Coastal Research, cover photograph w/ extended caption, v. 23 no. 3., pp. ii. [Download PDF (287 K)]

Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Lescinski, J., and Elias, E., 2007, Monitoring and modeling nearshore dredge disposal for indirect beach nourishment, Ocean Beach, San Francisco: In: Smith, J.M. (ed.), Coastal Engineering 2006, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference, Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, USA, 3-8 September 2006, Volume 4, pp. 4192-4204 [Download PDF (1002 K)]

Barnard, P.L., Rubin, D.M., Harney, J. and Mustain, N., 2007, Field test comparison of an autocorrelation technique for determining grain size using a digital 'beachball' camera versus traditional methods: Sedimentary Geology v. 201 no. 1-2, pp. 180-195 [Download PDF (2467 K)]

Cochran, Susan A., Gibbs, Ann E., and Logan, Joshua B., 2007, Geologic resource evaluation of Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawai`i, part II, benthic habitat mapping: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5258

Collins, Brian D., Kayen, Robert, Reiss, Thomas, and Sitar, Nicholas, 2007, Terrestrial LIDAR investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 activations of the Northridge Bluff landslide, Daly City, California: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1079

Cooper, Alan, Raymond, Carol, and the ISAES Editorial Team, 2007, Antarctica; A keystone in a changing world--online proceedings for the tenth international symposium on Antarctic earth sciences: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047

Dartnell, Peter, William R. Normark, Neal W. Driscoll, Jeffrey M. Babcock, James V. Gardner, Rikk G. Kvitek, and Pat J. Iampietro, 2007, Multibeam Bathymetry and Selected Perspective Views Offshore San Diego, California: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2959

Dingler, John R., and Anima, Roberto J., 2007, Investigation of wind and water level for the Giacomini wetland restoration project, Point Reyes National Seashore: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1151, 31 p.

Draut, Amy E., Bothner, Michael H., Reynolds, Richard L., Buchan, Olivia C., Cochran, Susan A., Casso, Michael A., Baldwin, Sandra M., Goldstein, Harland, Xiao, Jiang, Field, Michael E., and Logan, Joshua B., 2007, Sedimentary properties of shallow marine cores collected in June and September 2006, Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawai'i: USGS Data Series 289

Draut, Amy E., and Rubin, David M., 2007, The role of aeolian sediment in the preservation of archaeological sites in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona; final report on research activities, 2003-2006: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1001, 141 p.

Erikson, L., Hanes, D.M., Barnard, P.L. and Gibbs, A.E., 2007, Swash zone characteristics at Ocean Beach, CA: In: Smith, J.M. (ed.), Coastal Engineering 2006, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference, Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, USA, 3-8 September 2006, Volume 1, pp. 909-921 [Download PDF (371 K)]

Farnsworth, Katherine L., Warrick, Jonathan A., 2007, Sources, dispersal, and fate of fine sediment supplied to coastal California: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5254, 77 p.

Field, Michael E., Berg, Carl J., and Cochran, Susan A., 2007, Science and management in the Hanalei watershed; a trans-disciplinary approach: USGS Open File Report 2007-1219

Fisher, Michael A., Geist, Eric L., Sliter, Ray, Wong, Florence L., Reiss, Carol, and Mann, Dennis M., 2007, Preliminary analysis of the earthquake (Mw 8.1) and tsunami of April 1, 2007, in the Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean: Science of Tsunami Hazards - International Journal of the Tsunami Society, v. 26, no. 1 [Download PDF (3779 K)]

Foxgrover, Amy C., Jaffe, Bruce E., Hovis, Gerald T., Martin, Craig A., Hubbard, James R., Samant, Manoj R., and Sullivan, Steve M., 2007, 2005 Hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1169, 113 p.

Foxgrover, Amy C., Dartnell, Peter, Jaffe, Bruce E., Takekawa, John Y, and Athearn, Nicole D., 2007, High-resolution bathymetry and topography of south San Francisco Bay, California: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2987, 1 sheet

Geist, E.L., Titov, V.V., Arcas, D., Pollitz, F.F., and Bilek, S.L., 2007, Implications of the 26 December Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on tsunami forecast and assessment models for great subduction-zone earthquakes: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 97, pp. S249-S270 [Download PDF (1785 K)]

Gibbons, Helen, 2007, Sand Waves at the Mouth of San Francisco Bay, California [Postcard]: USGS General Information Product 54

Gibbs, Ann E., Cochran, Susan A., Logan, Joshua B., and Grossman, Eric E., 2007, Benthic habitats and offshore geological resources of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai'i: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5256

Grossman, Eric, Stevens, Andrew, Curran, Chris, Smith, Collin, and Schwartz, Andrew, 2007, Bathymetry, substrate and circulation in Westcott Bay, San Juan Islands, Washington: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1305, 42 p.

Grossman, Eric E, Stevens, Andrew, Gelfenbaum, Guy, and Curran, Christopher, 2007, Nearshore circulation and water column properties in the Skagit River Delta, northern Puget Sound, Washington - Juvenile Chinook salmon habitat availability in the Swinomish Channel: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5120, 96 p.

Hapke, Cheryl, and Reid, Dave, 2007, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 4; historical coastal cliff retreat along the California coast: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1133

Hapke, Cheryl, Reid, Dave, and Borrelli, Mark, 2007, The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; a GIS compilation of vector cliff edges and associated cliff erosion data for the California coast: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1112

Johnson, Sam, and Gibbons, Helen, 2007, USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team: USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3050

Kayen, R.E., and Barnhardt, W.A., 2007, Seismic stability of the Duwamish River delta, Seattle, Washington: USGS Professional Paper 1661-E, 11 p.

Lightsom, F.L., and Allwardt, A.O., 2007, The Marine Realms Information Bank Family of Digital Libraries: Access to Free Online Information for Coastal and Marine Science: USGS Fact Sheet 2007–3025

Mikhailov, V. O., Parsons, T., R. W. Simpson, E. P. Timoshkina, and C. Williams, 2007, Why the Sacramento Delta Area Differs from Other Parts of the Great Valley: Numerical Modeling of Thermal Structure and Thermal Subsidence of Forearc Basins: Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, v. 43, pp. 75-90 [Download PDF (448 K)]

Nittrouer, C., Austin , J., Field, M., Kravitz, J., Syvitski, J., Wiberg, P., 2007, Continental Margin Sedimentation: from Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication Number 37 [http://www.iasnet.org/publications/index.asp] [See Table of Contents, PDF file]

Noble, Marlene A., Xu, Jingping, Kolak, Jon, Gartner, Anne L., and Rosenberger, Kurt J., 2007, Measurements of slope current and environmentalgeochemistry near the western boundary of the Gulfof the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1288

Parsons, T., 2007, Forecast experiment: Do temporal and spatial b-value variations along the Calaveras fault portend M≥4.0 earthquakes?: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112 [Download PDF (3095 K)]

Phillips, E.L., Storlazzi, C.D., Dartnell, P. and Edwards, B.D., 2007, Exploring rippled scour depressions offshore Huntington Beach, CA: ASCE Coastal Sediments 2007 Meeting Proceedings, v. 3, p. 1851-1864. [Download PDF (1772 K)]

Presto, M.K., Storlazzi, C.D., Logan, J.B., and Grossman, E.E., 2007, Submarine Ground Water Discharge and Fate Along the Coast of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, Hawai‘i; Part I: Time-Series Measurements of Currents, Waves, Salinity and Temperature: November, 2005–July, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1310, 47 p.

Rosenberger, Kurt J., Xu, Jingping, Stein, Eric D., Noble, Marlene A., and Gartner, Anne L., 2007, Circulation and physical processes within the San Gabriel River estuary during Summer 2005: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1011

Ruggiero, Peter, Eshleman, Jodi L., Kingsley, Etienne, Thompson, David M., Voigt, Brian, Kaminsky, George M., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, 2007, Beach morphology monitoring in the Columbia River littoral cell; 1997-2005 report: USGS Data Series 260

Storlazzi, Curt D., Barnard, Patrick L., Collins, Brian D., Finlayson, David P., Golden, Nadine E., Hatcher, Gerry A., Kayen, Robert E., and Ruggiero, Peter, 2007, High-resolution topographic, bathymetric, and oceanographic data for the Pleasure Point area, Santa Cruz County, California; 2005-2007: USGS Open-File Report 2007-1270, 23 p.

Storlazzi, Curt D., Reid, Jane A., and Golden, Nadine E., 2007, Wave-driven spatial and temporal variability in sea-floor sediment mobility in the Monterey Bay, Cordell Bank, and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5233, 76 p.

Vitousek, S., Fletcher, C.H., Merrifield, M.A., Pawlak, G., Storlazzi, C.D., 2007, Model scenarios of shoreline change at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii: Seasonal and extreme events: ASCE Coastal Sediments 2007 Meeting Proceedings, v. 2, p. 1227-1240. [Download PDF (752 K)]

Warrick, J.A., and D. Rubin, 2007, Suspended-sediment rating-curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California: Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 112, F02018, doi:10.1029/2006JF000662 [Download PDF (1130 K)]

Williams, S.J., Arsenault, M.A., Buczkowski, B.J., Reid, J.A., Flocks, J.G., Kulp, M.A., Penland, P.S., and Jenkins, C.J., 2007, Surficial Sediment Character of the Louisiana Offshore Continental Shelf Region: A GIS Compilation, USGS Open-File Report 2006-1195

Wingfield, D.K. and Storlazzi, C.D., 2007, Variability in oceanographic and meteorologic forcing along Central California and its implications on nearshore processes: Journal of Marine Systems, v. 68, p. 457-472. [Download PDF (851 K)]

Wong, F.L., Venturato, A.J., and Geist, E.L., 2007, GIS data for the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study to modernize FEMA flood hazard maps: Coastal Zone '07, Portland, Oreg., July 22-26, 2007, 5 p. [Download PDF (393 K) or from http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/2007/Coastal_Zone_07_Proceedings/PDFs/Monday_Abstracts/3029.Wong.pdf]

Xu, J.P., Wong, F.L., Kvitek, Rikk, and Smith, D.P., 2008, Sandwave migration in Monterey Submarine Canyon, central California: Marine Geology, v. 248, p. 193-212, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.005 [Download PDF (3221 K)]

Download our 2006 Bibliography (RTF file; complete as of 12/1/2006)

Anima, Roberto J., Chin, John L., Conrad, J., James E., and Golden, Nadine E., 2006, Benthic habitat and geologic mapping of the outer continental shelf of north-central California: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1177

Barnard, Patrick L., and Hanes, Daniel M., 2006, Coastal monitoring of the May 2005 dredge disposal offshore of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Calif.: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1140

Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Kvitek, R.G., and Iampietro, P.J., 2006, Sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, California: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2944, 5 plates

Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Lescinski, J., and Elias, E., 2006, Monitoring and modeling nearshore dredge disposal for indirect beach nourishment, Ocean Beach, San Francisco: 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, 13 pp. [Download PDF (1002 K)]

Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M, Rubin, D.M. and Kvitek, R.G., 2006, Giant sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay: EOS Transactions, Volume 87, Number 29, pp. 285, 289 [Download PDF (314 K)]

Bothner, M.H., Reynolds, R.L., Casso, M.A., Storlazzi, C.D. and Field, M.E., 2006, Quantity, composition and source of sediment collected in sediment traps along the fringing coral reef off Molokai, Hawaii: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 52(9), pp. 1034-1047 [Download PDF (659 K)]

Bruns, Terry R., Alpers, Charles N., and Carlson, Paul, 2006, Distribution, thickness, and volume of fine-grained sediment from precipitation of metals from acid-mine waters in Keswick Reservoir, Shasta County, California: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1377

Carr, Robert S., Nipper, Marion, Field, Michael, and Biedenbach, James M., 2006, Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, part III, studies of sediment toxicity: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1147

Chezar, Henry, and Newman, Ivy, 2006, Overview, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1101
Contains details of the DVD-Videos' cruise locations, as well as information on how to order any of the 328 DVD-Videos, USGS Open-File Reports 2004-1102 through 2004-1188C

Childs, Jonathan R., and Stevenson, Andrew J., 2006, Swath bathymetric survey of Englebright Lake, Yuba-Nevada Counties, California: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1346

Collins, Brian D., and Kayen, Robert, 2006, Land-based lidar mapping; a new surveying technique to shed light on rapid topographic change: USGS Fact Sheet 2006-3111

Dartnell, Peter, Barnard, Patrick, Chin, John L., Hanes, Daniel, Kvitek, Rikk G., Iampietro, Pat J., and Gardner, James V., 2006, Under the Golden Gate Bridge--Views of the Sea Floor Near the Entrance to San Francisco Bay, CA: USGS Scientific Investgations Map 2917

Draut, Amy E., Clift, Peter D., and Blodgett, Robert B., 2006, Field-trip guide to volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, south-central Alaska: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1124

Draut, Amy E., et al., 2006, Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, part II, tracking recent fluvial sedimentation; isotope stratigraphy obtained in summer 2005: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1125

Draut, Amy E., and Rubin, David M., 2006, Measurements of wind, aeolian sand transport, and precipitation in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona; January 2005 to January 2006: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1188

Erikson, L., Hanes, D.M., Barnard, P.L. and Gibbs, A.E., 2006, Swash zone characteristics at Ocean Beach, CA: 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, 13 pp. [Download PDF (371 K)]

Eshleman, J., Ruggiero, P., Kingsley, E., Gelfenbaum, G., and George, D., 2006, Capitol Lake, Washington, 2004 data summary: USGS Data Series 180

Fildani, A., W. R. Normark, S. Kostic, and G. Parker, 2006, Channel formation by flow stripping: large-scale scour features along the Monterey East Channel and their relation to sediment waves: Sedimentology, v. 53, pp. 1265-1287 [Download PDF (1965 K)]

George, Douglas A., Gelfenbaum, Guy, Lesser, Giles, and Stevens, Andrew W., 2006, Deschutes Estuary Feasibility Study; hydrodynamics and sediment transport modeling: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1318

Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2006, Probabilistic analysis of tsunami hazards: Natural Hazards v. 37, pp. 277-314 [Download PDF (972 K)]

Geist, E.L., Bilek, S.L., Arcas, D., and Titov, V.V., 2006, Differences in tsunami generation between the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 Sumatra earthquakes: Earth Planets Space v. 58 pp. 185-193 [Download PDF (5123 K)]

Geist, E.L., Titov, V.V., and Synolakis, C.E., 2006, Tsunami: wave of change: Scientific American v. 294, pp. 56-63

Grossman, E., Barnhardt, W., Hart, P., Richmond, B., and Field, M., 2006, Shelf stratigraphy and the influence of antecedent substrate on Holocene reef development, south Oahu, Hawaii: Marine Geology v. 226 pp. 97– 114 [Download PDF (2613 MB)]

Grossman, E.E., Eittreim, S., Field, M., and Wong, F., 2006, Shallow stratigraphy and sedimentation history during high-frequency sea-level changes on the central California shelf: Continental Shelf Research v. 26 pp. 1217-1239 [Download PDF (2361 K)]

Grossman, E., Hart, P.E., Field, M.E., and Triezenberg, P., 2006, High-resolution chirp seismic reflection data acquired from the Cap de Creus shelf and canyon area, Gulf of Lions, Spain in 2004: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1247

Gutmacher, Christina E., Ross, Stephanie L., Triezenberg, Peter J., Sliter, Ray W., Normark, William R., Edwards, Brian D., 2006, High-resolution boomer seismic-reflection profiles of the shelf off southern California from cruise A-1-00-SC: Santa Monica Bay to San Diego: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1373

Hapke, Cheryl, and Reid, David, 2006, The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the sandy shorelines of the California coast: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1251

Hapke, Cheryl J., Reid, David, Richmond, Bruce M., Ruggiero Peter, and List, Jeff, 2006, National Assessment of Shoreline Change part 3; Historical shoreline change and associated coastal land loss along sandy shorelines of the California coast: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1219

Harney, J., Cochrane, G., Etherington, L., Dartnell, P., Golden, N., and Chezar, H., 2006, Geologic characteristics of benthic habitats in Glacier Bay, southeast Alaska: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1081

Hein, J., McIntyre, B., Edwards, B., and Lakota, O., 2006, Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Mineralogy of Los Angeles Basin Core Samples: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1036, 31 p.

Hein, J., Normark, W., McIntyre, B., Lorenson, T., and Powell, C. II, 2006, Methanogenic calcite, ¹³C-depleted bivalve shells, and gas hydrate from a mud volcano offshore southern California: Geology v. 34 no. 2, pp. 109-112 [Download PDF (228 K)]

Jaffe, Bruce, and Foxgrover, Amy, 2006, A history of intertidal flat area in South San Francisco Bay, California; 1858 to 2005: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1262

Jaffe, Bruce, and Foxgrover, Amy, 2006, Sediment deposition and erosion in South San Francisco Bay, California from 1956 to 2005: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1287

Morton, Robert A., Richmond, Bruce M., Jaffe, Bruce E., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, 2006, Reconnaissance investigation of Caribbean extreme wave deposits; preliminary observations, interpretations, and research directions: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1293

Nicholson, C., J. Kennett, C. Sorlien, S. Hopkins, R. Behl, W. Normark, R. Sliter, T. Hill, D. Pak, A. Schimmelmann, and K. Cannariato, 2006, Extending the High-Resolution Global Climate Record in Santa Barbara Basin: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 87, pp. 205-208 [Download PDF (406 K)]

Noble, M., Gartner, A., Paulson, A., Xu, J., Josberger, E., and Curran, C., 2006, Transport pathways in the lower reaches of Hood Canal: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1001

Normark, W. R., D.J.W. Piper, and R. Sliter, 2006, Sea-level and tectonic control of middle to late Pleistocene turbidite systems in Santa Monica Basin, offshore California: Sedimentology, v. 53, pp. 867-897 [Download PDF (3745 K)]

Normark, W., Piper, D., Sliter, R., Triezenberg, P., and Gutmacher, C., 2006, Digital single-channel seismic-reflection data from western Santa Monica Basin: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1180

Parsons, T., 2006, M≥7.0 earthquake recurrence on the San Andreas fault from a stress renewal model: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111 [Download PDF (2148 K)]

Parsons, T., 2006, Tectonic stressing in California modeled from GPS observations: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 111 B03407 [Download PDF (5263 K)]

Parsons, T., Yeats, R., Yagi, Y., and Hussain, A., 2006, Static stress change from the 8 October, 2005 M = 7.6 Kashmir earthquake: Geophysical Research Letters v. 33 L06304 [Download PDF (2658 K)]

Parsons, T., G. A. Thompson, A. H. Cogbill, 2006, Earthquake and volcano clustering via stress transfer at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Geology, v. 34, pp. 785-788 [Download PDF (595 K)]

Presto, M., Ogston, A., Storlazzi, C., Field, M., 2006, Temporal and spatial variability in the flow and dispersal of suspended-sediment on a fringing reef flat, Molokai, Hawaii: Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science v. 67, pp. 67-81 [Download PDF (1137 K)]

Reid, J., Reid, J., Jenkins, C., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S., and Field, M., 2006, usSEABED: Pacific coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release: USGS Data Series 182

Richmond, Bruce M., Bruce E. Jaffe, Guy Gelfenbaum and Robert A. Morton, 2006, Geologic Impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, in Tsunamis, Hurricanes and Neotectonics as Driving Mechanisms in Coastal Evolution, Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006 (A contribution to IGCP 495), Scheffers, Anja; Kelletat, Dieter, eds.: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementbände v. 146, pp. 235-251 [Download PDF (1687 K)]

Rubin, D. M., 2006, Ripple Effect: Unforeseen Applications of Sand Studies: Eos v.87 no. 30 pp. 293 and 297 [Download PDF (2260 K)]

Rubin, David M., Chezar, Henry, Harney, Jodi N., Topping, David J., Melis, Theodore S., and Sherwood, Christopher R., 2006, Underwater microscope for measuring spatial and temporal changes in bed-sediment grain size: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1360

Stein, R. S., S. Toda, T. Parsons, and E. Grunewald, 2006, A new probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for greater Tokyo: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, v. 364, pp. 1965-1988 [Download PDF (3953 K)]

Storlazzi, C.D., Brown, E.K., and Field, M.E., 2006, The application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure the timing and patterns of coral larval dispersal: Coral Reefs, v. 25, pp. 369-381 [Download PDF (1560 K)]

Storlazzi, C., McManus, M., Logan, J., and McLaughlin, B., 2006, Cross-shore velocity shear, eddies and heterogeneity in water column properties over fringing coral reefs: West Maui, Hawaii: Continental Shelf Research v. 26, pp. 401-421 [Download PDF (1218 K)]

Storlazzi, C., Presto, M., Logan, J., and Field, M., 2006, Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kauai. PART I: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity: June - August, 2005: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1085, 35 p.

ten Brink, U. S., E. L. Geist, and B. D. Andrews, 2006, Size distribution of submarine landslides and its implication to tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico, Geophysical Research Letters v.33, L11307, doi:10.1029/2006GL026125 [Download PDF (1786 K)]

Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006, Seaside, Oregon tsunami pilot study; modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps: USGS Open-File Report 2006-1234

Williams, S.J., Arsenault, M.A., Poppe, L.J. Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., and C.J. Jenkins, 2006, Surficial Sediment Character of the New York-New Jersey Offshore Continental Shelf Region: A GIS Compilation, USGS Open-File Report 2006-1046

Wong, Florence L., Venturato, Angie J., and Geist, Eric L., 2006, Seaside, Oregon, tsunami pilot study--Modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps; GIS Data: USGS Digital Series 236