Western Coastal & Marine Geology Publications

Brocher, T., et al., 1999, Wide-angle seismic recordings from the 1998 seismic hazards investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), western Washington and British Columbia: USGS Open-File Report 99-314, pp. 1-110

Capiella, K., et al., 1999, Sedimentation and Bathymetry Changes in Suisun Bay: 1867-1990: USGS Open-File Report 99-563

Childs, J., et al., 1999, Permit application and approval chronology for a small airgun survey offshore southern California, June 1999: USGS Open-File Report 99-572

Cooper, A., et al., 1999, A seismic-reflection investigation of gas hydrates and sea-floor features of the upper continental slope of the Garden Banks and Green Canyon regions, northern Gulf of Mexico: USGS Open-File Report 99-570

Dartnell , P., and Gardner, J., 1999, Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada: USGS DDS-55

Fisher, M., et al., 1999, Seismic survey probes urban earthquake hazards in Pacific Northwest: EOS, Transactions AGU v. 104, pp. 13-17

Fisher, M., et al., 1999, Geologic processes of accretion: Cascadia subduction zone west of Washington State: Journal of Geodynamics v. 27, pp. 277-288

Gardner, J., et al., 1999, Multibeam Mapping of Long Beach, CA Continental Shelf: USGS Open-File Report 99-360

Geist, E.L., and Dmowska, R., 1999, Local tsunamis and distributed slip at the source: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 154, p. 485-512. [Download PDF (1465 K)]

Hein, J.R., Wong, F.L, and Mosier, D.L., 1999, Bathymetry of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Vicinity: USGS Map MF 2324

Lee, Homa, Locat, Jacques, Dartnell, Peter, Israel, Kenneth, and Wong, Florence, 1999, Regional variability of slope stability: application to the Eel margin, in The Formation of Continental Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154 i. 1-4, pp. 305-321 [Download PDF (1688 K)] doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00120-0

Normark, W., et al., 1999, Cruise Report for 01-99-SC: Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project: USGS Open-File Report 99-560

Parsons, T., and Hart, P. E., 1999, Dipping San Andreas and Hayward faults revealed beneath San Francisco Bay, California: Geology v.27, pp. 839-842 [Download PDF (387 K)]

Parsons, T., Wells, R. E., Flueh, E., T. Brink, U. S., and Fisher, M. A., 1999, Three-dimensional velocity structure of Siletzia and other accreted terranes in the Cascadia fore arc of Washington: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 104, pp. 18,015-18,039 [Download PDF (22 MB)]

Parsons, T., Stein, R. S., Simpson, R. W., and Reasenberg, P. A., 1999, Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 104, pp. 20,183-20,202 [Online article]

Ryan, H., et al., 1999, El Niño Sea-Level Rise Wreaks Havoc in California's San Francisco Bay Region: USGS Fact Sheet 175-99

Wolf, S., et al., 1999, The Washington and Oregon Mid-Shelf Silt Deposit and Its Relation to the late Holocene Colombia River Sediment Budget: USGS Open-File Report 99-173

Wolf, S., and Hamer, M., 1999, Turbidite Pathways in Cascadia Basin and Tufts Abyssal Plain, Part A, Astoria Channel, Blanco Valley, and Gorda Basin: USGS Open-File Report 99-157

Chin, J., et al., 1998, Multibeam Data and Socio-Economic Issues in West-Central San Francisco Bay: USGS Open-File Report 98-139 [formerly located at http://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/access/mapping/multibeam/ ; see http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2004/c1259/]

Cochrane, G., et al., 1998, Physical Characteristics of Dungeness Crab and Halibut Habitats in Glacier Bay, Alaska: USGS Open-File Report 98-791

Field, M., et al., 1998, High-Resolution Multibeam Survey of the Insular Shelf and Slope of Windward and Southern Oahu, Hawaii (See Field 98)

Flueh, E., et al., 1998, New seismic images of the Cascadia subduction zone from Cruise SO108- ORWELL: Tectonophysics v. 293, pp. 69-84

Gardner, J., et al., 1998, Cruise Report IS-98, Bathymetry of Lake Tahoe, CA-NV: USGS Open-File Report 98-509

Gardner, J., Mayer, L., 1998, Cruise Report A2-98-SC, Mapping the Southern CA Continental Margin: USGS Open-File Report 98-475

Gardner, J., and Clarke, 1998, Cruise Report A1-98-HW, Mapping Hawaii Insular Slopes: USGS Open-File Report 98-212

Jaffe, B., Smith, R., and Torresan, L., 1998, Sedimentation and Bathymetric Change in San Pablo Bay: 1856-1983: USGS Open-File Report 98-759

Jaffe, B., et al., 1998, Popular Beach Disappears Underwater in Huge Coastal Landslide - Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan: USGS Fact Sheet 020-98

Normark, W., and Piper, D., 1998, Preliminary evaluation of recent movement on structures within the Santa Monica Basin, offshore southern California: USGS Open-File Report 98-518

Parsons, T., 1998, Seismic-reflection evidence that the Hayward fault extends into the lower crust of the San Francisco Bay area, California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America v. 88, pp. 1,212-1,223

Parsons, T., G. A. Thompson, and R. P. Smith, 1998, More than one way to stretch: a tectonic model for extension along the plume track of Yellowstone hotspot and adjacent Basin and Range Province: Tectonics v. 17, pp. 221-234 [Download PDF (19 MB)]

Parsons, T., et al., 1998, A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin: Geology v. 26, pp. 199-201 [Download PDF (363 K)]

Rubin, D.M., Nelson, J.M., and Topping, D.J., 1998, Relation of inversely graded deposits to suspended-sediment grain-size evolution during the 1996 flood experiment in Grand Canyon: Geology v. 26, pp. 99-102 [Download PDF (452 K)]

Flueh, E., et al. 1997, Scientific teams analyze earthquake hazards of the Cascadia subduction zone: EOS, Transactions AGU v. 78, pp. 153-157

Hampton, M., et al., 1997, Sea-Floor Geology of a part of Mamala Bay, Hawaii (See Hampton 97)

Parsons, T., and M. L. Zoback, 1997, Three-dimensional upper crustal velocity structure beneath San Francisco Peninsula, California: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 102, pp. 5,473-5,490

Drake, D., 1996, Fecal Pellets in Effluent-Affected Sediment on Palos Verdes Margin (See Drake 96)

Edwards, B., and Chezar, H., 1996, Camera Surveys of Effluent-Affected Sediment on Continental Margin near Los Angeles (See Edwards 96)

Geist, E.L., 1996, Relationship between the present-day stress field and plate boundary forces in the Pacific Northwest: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 23, no. 23, p. 3381-3384. [Download PDF (317 K)]

Kayen, et al., 1996, Geotechnical Properties of Effluent-Affected Sediment, Palos Verdes Margin (See Kayen 96)

Lee, et al., 1996, Contaminated, Effluent-Affected Sediment on the Continental Margin near Los Angeles, California (See Lee 96)

McCarthy, J., P. E. Hart, R. Anima, D. Oppenheimer, and T. Parsons, 1996, Seismic evidence for faulting in the western Sacramento Delta region, Pittsburgh, California, chapter in Toward assessing the seismic risk associated with blind faults, San Francisco Bay region, California, Jayko and Lewis, eds.: USGS Open File Report 96-267, pp. 134-143

Noble, et al. 1996, Currents and Sediments Moved in Monterey Canyon (See Noble 96-a)

Noble, et al. 1996, Statistical Characterization of Current and Wave Patterns on Southern California Shelf off Palos Verdes (See Noble 96-b)

Parsons, T., and J. McCarthy, 1996, Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure of the Salton Trough, southeast California: Tectonics v. 15, pp. 456-471 [Download PDF (6534 K)]

Parsons, T., et al., 1996, The crustal structure of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Application of new long-offset seismic data analysis techniques: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 101, pp. 11,173-11,194 [Download PDF (37 MB)]

Snavely, Parke D., Jr., Niem, Alan, Wong, Florence L., MacLeod, Norman S., and Calhoun, Tracy K., with major contributions by Minasian, Diane L., and Niem, Wendy, 1996, Geologic map of the Cascade Head area, northwestern Oregon Coast Range (Neskowin, Nestucca Bay, Hebo, and Dolph 7.5-minute quadrangles): USGS Open-File Report 96-0534, 16 pages; 2 map sheets, scale 1:24,000

Wong, et al. 1996, Bottom Characteristics of an Ocean Disposal Site of Honolulu, Hawaii (See Wong 96-a)

Wong, et al. 1996, Heavy Mineralogy of Effluent-Affected Sediment, Palos Verdes, Southern California (See Wong 96-b)

Bohannon, R. G., and T. Parsons, 1995, Tectonic implications of post-30 Ma Pacific and North American relative plate motions: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 107, pp. 937-959 [Download PDF (1297 K)]

Dean & Gardner, 1995, Geochemistry of surface sediments in the Gulf of the Farallones: USGS Open-File Report 95-527

Karl, et al., 1995, Regional-scale Seafloor Mapping and Characterization: Application to Fisheries Resource Management (See Karl 95-a)

Karl, et al., 1995, Acoustic and Visual Remote Sensing of Barrels of Radioactive Waste: Application of Civilian and Military Technology to Environmental Management of the Oceans (See Karl 95-b)

Kinoshita & Noble, 1995, Monterey Submarine Canyon, California Moored Array Data Report: USGS Open-File Report 95-838

Nelson & Bacon, 1995, Crater Lake National Park: Presently Tranquil: USGS Fact Sheet

Parsons, T., 1995, The Basin and Range Province, in K. Olsen ed., Continental Rifts: evolution, structure and tectonics, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 277-324

Parsons, T., N. I. Christensen, and H. G. Wilshire, 1995, Velocities of southern Basin and Range xenoliths: Insights on the nature of lower crustal reflectivity and composition: Geology v. 23, pp. 129-132 [Download PDF (396 K)]

Parsons, T., and J. McCarthy, 1995, The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau: Uplift of mantle origin: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 107, pp. 139-147 [Download PDF (658 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and McDonald, R.R., 1995, Nonperiodic eddy pulsations: Water Resources Research v.31 no. 6 pp. 1595-1605 [Download PDF (1405 K)]

Torresan, et al., 1995, Acoustic Mapping of Dredged Material Disposal Sites in Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii: USGS Open-File Report 95-17

Torresan, et al., 1995, K1-95-HW Cruise Report: Sediment Chemistry and Biological Sampling Survey: USGS Open-File Report 95-839

Wong, F.L., 1995, Sediment distribution on a stream-dominated continental margin, northern California: Implications from heavy-mineral studies: USGS Open-file report 95-614, 21 p.

Geist, E.L., and Scholl, D.W., 1994, Large-scale deformation related to the collision of the Aleutian Arc with Kamchatka: Tectonics, v. 13, no. 2, p. 538-560 [Download PDF (1578 K)]

McCarthy, J., and T. Parsons, 1994, Insights into the kinematic Cenozoic evolution of the Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau transition from coincident seismic refraction and reflection data: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 106, pp. 747-759 [Download PDF (1649 K)]

Noble, M., et al., 2004, Currents and Sediment Movement in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR

Parsons, T., G. A. Thompson, and N. H. Sleep, 1994, Mantle plume influence on the Neogene uplift and extension of the U.S. western Cordillera?: Geology v. 23, pp. 83-86 [Download PDF (347 K)]

Geist, Eric. L., Michael A. Fisher, and David W. Scholl, 1993, Large-scale deformation associated with ridge subduction: Geophysical Journal International v. 115 i. 2 pp. 344-366 [Download PDF (2095 K)]

Hampton, et al., 1993, Map of seafloor declivity and fall lines on the continental slope, Gulf of Farallones, Central California: USGS Open-File Report 93-298 (also see http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr93298)

Karl, et al., 1993, Gulf of the Farallones Geologic Inventory Investigation: A Prototype for Environmental Studies on Continental Margins Off Major Urban Areas (See Karl 93-a)

Karl, et al., 1993, Seafloor Mapping and Characterization: Application of Basic Marine Research to Environmental Management of the Urban Ocean (See Karl 93-b)

Kinoshita, et al., 1993, The Farallones moored array data report: USGS Open-File Report 93-11

Maher, Norman M., Jere A. Swanson, Herman A. Karl, and John L. Chin, 1993, Computer generated shaded relief and perspective view images of the seafloor offshore Central California: abs., 1993 Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference at Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, California (See the abstract)

Noble, Marlene A., and Steven R. Ramp, 1993, The Subtidal Current Field Observed over the Continental Slope near the Farallon Islands, CA: abs., 1993 Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference at Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, California (See the abstract)

Parsons, T., and G. A. Thompson, 1993, Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting?: Geology v. 21, pp. 247-250 [Download PDF (458 K)]

Karl, 1992, Techniques of Basic Marine Geological Research: Application to Environmental Management (See Karl 92-b)

Karl, et al., 1992, Surficial Grain-size Distributions Across the Continental Margin, Gulf of the Farallones (See Karl 92-a)

Karl, et al., 1992, Detection of barrels that contain radiocative waste in Farallone Islands using side-scan sonar: USGS Open-File Report 92-178

Noble, et al., 1992, Current patterns over the shelf and slope adjacent to the Gulf of the Farallones: USGS Open-File Report 92-382

Noble and Kinoshita, 1992, Currents over the Slope off San Francisco, California: USGS Open-File Report 92-555

Noble & Ramp, 1992, Observations of Currents Over the Continental Slope near the Farallon Islands, CA (See Noble 92)

Parsons, T., N. H. Sleep, and G. A. Thompson, 1992, Host rock rheology controls on the emplacement of tabular intrusions: Implications for underplating of continental crust: Tectonics v. 11, pp. 1348-1356

Parsons, T., J. M. Howie, and G. A. Thompson, 1992, Seismic constraints on the nature of lower crustal reflectors beneath the extending southern transition zone of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 97, pp. 12391-12407

Rubin, D.M., 1992, Use of forecasting signatures to help distinguish periodicity, randomness, and chaos in ripples and other spacial patterns: Chaos v.2 no. 4 pp. 525-535 [Download PDF (988 K)]

Maher, N. M., H. A. Karl, J. L. Chin, and W. C. Schwab, 1991, Station Locations and Grain-Size Analysis of Surficial Sediment Samples collected on the Continental Shelf, Gulf of the Farallones during Cruise F2-89-NC, January 1989: USGS Open-File Report 91-375 [View as HTML; information on ordering CD]

Noble, Marlene A., 1991, Enhanced Diurnal tidal currents in the Gulf of the Farallones: abs., 1991 Easten Pacific Ocean Conference at Lake Arrowhead, California (See Noble 91)

Parsons, T., and G. A. Thompson, 1991, The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: Worldwide examples: Science v. 253, pp. 1399-1402 [Download PDF (1378 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and Ikeda, H., 1990, Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique, and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows: Sedimentology v.37 pp. 673-684 [Download PDF (1023 K)]

Rubin, D.M., Schmidt, J.C., and Moore, J.N., 1990, Origin, Structure, and Evolution of a Reattachment Bar, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v.60 no. 6 pp. 982-991 [Download PDF (948 K)]

Bruns, T.R., Vedder, J.G., and Cooper, A.K., 1989, Geology of the Shortland Basin Region, Central Solomons Trough, Solomon Islands -- Review and New Findings, in Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs -- Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guines Regions, Vedder and Bruns, eds.: Houston, Texas Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science Series v.12 [Download PDF (2952 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and Hunter, R.E., 1987, Bedform Alignment in Directionally Varying Flows: Science v.237 pp. 276-78 [Download PDF (413 K)]

Rubin, D.M., 1987, Formation of Scalloped Cross-Bedding without Unsteady Flows: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v.57 no. 1 pp. 39-45 [Download PDF (849 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and Hunter, R.E., 1987, Geologic Diversity of Arizona and Its Margins: Excursions to Choice Areas: Field-Trip Guidebook, 100th Annual Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26-29, 1987: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, 15p. [Download PDF (18.9 MB)]

Parsons, T., and Thompson, 1985, The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: Worldwide examples: Science v. 253 pp. 1399-1402 [Download PDF (1378 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and Hunter, R.E., 1985, Why deposits of longitudinal dunes are rarely recognized in the geology record: Sedimentology v.32 pp. 147-157 [Download PDF (1002 K)]

Rubin, D.M., McCulloch, D.S., and Hill, H.R., 1983, Sea-floor-mounted rotating side-scan sonar for making time-lapse sonographs: Continental Shelf Research v.1 no. 2 pp. 295-301 [Download PDF (517 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and Hunter, R.E., Bedform climbing in theory and nature, Sedimentology v. 29 pp. 121-138 [Download PDF (1702 K)]

Rubin, D.M., and McCulloch, D.S., 1980, Single and Superimposed Bedforms: A Synthesis of San Francisco Bay and Flume Observations: Sedimentary Geology v. 26 pp. 207-231 [Download PDF (1548 K)]