Western Coastal & Marine Geology Publications

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2007 USGS Publications | Outside Publications (journal articles, etc.)
2007 USGS Publication	Title	Author
USGS Data Series 289	Sedimentary properties of shallow marine cores collected in June and September 2006, Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawai'i [HTML and download information]	Draut, et al.
USGS Data Series 260	Beach morphology monitoring in the Columbia River littoral cell; 1997-2005 report [HTML and download information]	Ruggiero, et al.
USGS Fact Sheet 2007–3025	The Marine Realms Information Bank Family of Digital Libraries: Access to Free Online Information for Coastal and Marine Science [HTML and download information]	Lightsom & Allwardt
USGS General Information Product 54 [Postcard]	Sand Waves at the Mouth of San Francisco Bay, California [HTML and download information]	Gibbons
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1305	Bathymetry, substrate and circulation in Westcott Bay, San Juan Islands, Washington [HTML and download information]	Grossman, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1270	High-resolution topographic, bathymetric, and oceanographic data for the Pleasure Point area, Santa Cruz County, California; 2005-2007 [HTML and download information]	Storlazzi, et al.
USGS Open File Report 2007-1219	Science and management in the Hanalei watershed; a trans-disciplinary approach [HTML and download information]	Field, Berg, & Cochran
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1217	Coastal processes study at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA; summary of data collection 2004-2006 [HTML and download information]	Barnard, Eshleman, Erikson, & Hanes
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1169	2005 Hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California [HTML and download information]	Foxgrover, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1151	Investigation of wind and water level for the Giacomini wetland restoration project, Point Reyes National Seashore [HTML and download information]	Dingler & Anima
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1133	National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 4; historical coastal cliff retreat along the California coast [HTML and download information]	Hapke & Reid
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1112	The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; a GIS compilation of vector cliff edges and associated cliff erosion data for the California coast [HTML and download information]	Hapke, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1079	Terrestrial LIDAR investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 activations of the Northridge Bluff landslide, Daly City, California [HTML and download information]	Collins, Kayen, Reiss, & Sitar
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047	A keystone in a changing world--online proceedings for the tenth international symposium on Antarctic earth sciences [HTML and download information]	Cooper, Raymond, & the ISAES Editorial Team, 2007, Antarctica
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1011	Circulation and physical processes within the San Gabriel River estuary during Summer 2005 [HTML and download information]	Rosenberger, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2007-1001	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 [HTML and download information]	Draut & Rubin
USGS Professional Paper 1661-E	Seismic stability of the Duwamish River delta, Seattle, Washington [HTML and download information]	Kayen & Barnhardt
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2987	High-resolution bathymetry and topography of south San Francisco Bay, California [HTML and download information]	Foxgrover, et al.
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2959	Multibeam Bathymetry and Selected Perspective Views Offshore San Diego, California [HTML and download information]	Dartnell, et al.
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5120	Nearshore circulation and water column properties in the Skagit River Delta, northern Puget Sound, Washington - Juvenile Chinook salmon habitat availability in the Swinomish Channel	Grossman, Stevens, Gelfenbaum, & Curran

2007 Outside Publication	Title	Author
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, p. 4192-4204	Monitoring and modeling nearshore dredge disposal for indirect beach nourishment, Ocean Beach, San Francisco [Download PDF (1002 K)]	Barnard, Hanes, Lescinski, & Elias
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, p. 909-921	Swash zone characteristics at Ocean Beach, CA [Download PDF (371 K)]	Erikson, Hanes, Barnard, & Gibbs
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America v. 97, p. S249-S270	Implications of the 26 December Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on tsunami forecast and assessment models for great subduction-zone earthquakes [Download PDF (1785 K)]	Geist, et al.
International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication Number 37	Continental Margin Sedimentation: from Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy [http://www.iasnet.org/publications/index.asp] [See Table of Contents, PDF file]	Nittrouer, et al.
Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, v. 43, p. 75–90	Why the Sacramento Delta Area Differs from Other Parts of the Great Valley: Numerical Modeling of Thermal Structure and Thermal Subsidence of Forearc Basins [Download PDF (448 K)]	Mikhailov, Parsons, Simpson, Timoshkina, & Williams
Journal of Coastal Research v. 23 no. 3., pp. ii.	Cover Photograph: San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. [Download PDF of cover photograph w/ extended caption (287 K)]	Barnard & Hanes
Journal of Geophysical Research v. 112	Forecast experiment: Do temporal and spatial b-value variations along the Calaveras fault portend M≥4.0 earthquakes? [Download PDF of (3095 K)]	Parsons
Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface v. 112 F02018 doi:10.1029/2006JF000662	Suspended-sediment rating-curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California [Download PDF (1130 K)]	Warrick & Rubin
Sedimentary Geology v. 201 no. 1-2, p. 180-195	Field test comparison of an autocorrelation technique for determining grain size using a digital 'beachball' camera versus traditional methods [Download PDF (2467 K)]	Barnard, Rubin, Harney, & Mustain

2006 USGS Publications | Outside Publications (journal articles, etc.)
2006 USGS Publication	Title	Author
USGS Digital Series 236	Seaside, Oregon, tsunami pilot study--Modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps; GIS Data [HTML and download information]	Wong, Venturato, & Geist
USGS Data Series 182	usSEABED: Pacific coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release [HTML and download information]	Reid, et al.
USGS Data Series 180	Capitol Lake, Washington, 2004 data summary [HTML and download information]	Eshleman, et al.
USGS Data Series 146	usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) Offshore Surficial Sediment Data Release [HTML and download information]	Buczkowski, et al.
USGS Fact Sheet 2006-3111	Land-based lidar mapping; a new surveying technique to shed light on rapid topographic change [HTML and download information]	Collins & Kayen
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1377	Distribution, thickness, and volume of fine-grained sediment from precipitation of metals from acid-mine waters in Keswick Reservoir, Shasta County, California [HTML and download information]	Bruns, Alpers, & Carlson
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1373	High-resolution boomer seismic-reflection profiles of the shelf off southern California from cruise A-1-00-SC: Santa Monica Bay to San Diego [HTML and download information]	Gutmacher, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1360	Underwater microscope for measuring spatial and temporal changes in bed-sediment grain size [HTML and download information]	Rubin, Chezar, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1346	Swath bathymetric survey of Englebright Lake, Yuba-Nevada Counties, California [HTML and download information]	Childs & Stevenson
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1318	Deschutes Estuary Feasibility Study; hydrodynamics and sediment transport modeling [HTML and download information]	George, Gelfenbaum, Lesser, & Stevens
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1293	Reconnaissance investigation of Caribbean extreme wave deposits; preliminary observations, interpretations, and research directions [HTML and download information]	Morton, Richmond, Jaffe, & Gelfenbaum
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1287	Sediment deposition and erosion in South San Francisco Bay, California from 1956 to 2005 [HTML and download information]	Jaffe & Foxgrover
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1262	A history of intertidal flat area in South San Francisco Bay, California; 1858 to 2005 [HTML and download information]	Jaffe & Foxgrover
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1251	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 [HTML and download information]	Hapke & Reid
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1247	High-resolution chirp seismic reflection data acquired from the Cap de Creus shelf and canyon area, Gulf of Lions, Spain in 2004 [HTML and download information]	Grossman, Hart, Field, & Triezenberg
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1234	Seaside, Oregon tsunami pilot study; modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps [HTML and download information]	Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1219	National Assessment of Shoreline Change part 3; Historical shoreline change and associated coastal land loss along sandy shorelines of the California coast [HTML and download information]	Hapke, Reid, Richmond, Ruggiero, & List
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1195	Surficial Sediment Character of the Louisiana Offshore Continental Shelf Region: A GIS Compilation [HTML and download information]	Williams, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1188	Measurements of wind, aeolian sand transport, and precipitation in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona; January 2005 to January 2006 [HTML and download information]	Draut & Rubin
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1180	Digital single-channel seismic-reflection data from western Santa Monica Basin [HTML and download information]	Normark, Piper, Sliter, Triezenberg, & Gutmacher
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1177	Benthic habitat and geologic mapping of the outer continental shelf of north-central California [HTML and download information]	Anima, Chin, Conrad, & Golden
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1147	Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, part III, studies of sediment toxicity [HTML and download information]	Carr, Nipper, Marion, Field, & Biedenbach
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1140	Coastal monitoring of the May 2005 dredge disposal offshore of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California [HTML and download information]	Barnard & Hanes
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1125	Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, part II, tracking recent fluvial sedimentation; isotope stratigraphy obtained in summer 2005 [HTML and download information]	Draut, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1124	Field-trip guide to volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, south-central Alaska [HTML and download information]	Draut, Clift, & Blodgett
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1085, 35 p.	Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kauai. PART I: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity: June - August, 2005 [HTML and download information]	Storlazzi, Presto, Logan, & Field
USGS Open-file Report 2006-1081	Geologic characteristics of benthic habitats in Glacier Bay, southeast Alaska [HTML and download information]	Harney, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1046	Surficial Sediment Character of the New York-New Jersey Offshore Continental Shelf Region: a GIS Compilation [HTML and download information]	Williams, et al.
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1036	Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Mineralogy of Los Angeles Basin Core Samples [HTML and download information]	Hein, McIntyre, Edwards, & Lakota
USGS Open-File Report 2006-1001	Transport pathways in the lower reaches of Hood Canal [HTML and download information]	Noble, et al.
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5258	Geologic resource evaluation of Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawai`i, part II, benthic habitat mapping [HTML and download information]	Cochran, Gibbs, & Logan
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5256	Benthic habitats and offshore geological resources of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai`i [HTML and download information]	Gibbs, et al.
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2944, 5 plates	Sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, California [HTML and download information]	Barnard, Hanes, Kvitek, & Iampietro
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2917	Under the Golden Gate Bridge--Views of the Sea Floor Near the Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California [HTML and download information]	Dartnell, et al.

2006 Outside Publication	Title	Author
Continental Shelf Research v. 26 p. 1217-1239	Shallow stratigraphy and sedimentation history during high-frequency sea-level changes on the central California shelf [Download PDF (2361 K)]	Grossman, Eittreim, Field, & Wong
Continental Shelf Research v. 26 p. 401-421	Cross-shore velocity shear, eddies and heterogeneity in water column properties over fringing coral reefs: West Maui, Hawaii [Download PDF (1218 K)]	Storlazzi, McManus, Logan, & McLaughlin
Coral Reefs v. 25, p. 369-381	The application of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure the timing and patterns of coral larval dispersal [Download PDF (1560 K)]	Storlazzi, Brown, & Field
Earth Planets Space v. 58 p. 185-193	Differences in tsunami generation between the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 Sumatra earthquakes [Download PDF (5123 K)]	Geist, Bilek, Arcas, & Titov
Eos v.87 no. 30 pp. 293 and 297	Ripple Effect: Unforeseen Applications of Sand Studies [Download PDF (2260 K)]	Rubin
Eos, Transactions v. 87 p. 205-208	Extending the High-Resolution Global Climate Record in Santa Barbara Basin [Download PDF (406 K)]	Nicholson, et al.
Eos, Transactions v. 87 no. 29 p. 285-289	Giant sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay [Download PDF (314 K)]	Barnard, Hanes, Rubin, & Kvitek
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science v. 67 p. 67-81	Temporal and spatial variability in the flow and dispersal of suspended-sediment on a fringing reef flat, Molokai, Hawaii [Download PDF (1137 K)]	Presto, Ogston, Storlazzi, & Field
Geology v. 34 no. 2, p. 109-112	Methanogenic calcite, 13C-depleted bivalve shells, and gas hydrate from a mud volcano offshore southern California [Download PDF (228 K)]	Hein, Normark, McIntyre, Lorenson, & Powell
Geology v. 34 p. 785-788	Earthquake and volcano clustering via stress transfer at Yucca Mountain, Nevada [Download PDF (595 K)]	Parsons, Thompson, & Cogbill
Geophysical Research Letters v.33 L11307	Size distribution of submarine landslides and its implication to tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico [Download PDF (1786 K)]	ten Brink, Geist, & Andrews
Geophysical Research Letters v. 33 L06304	Static stress change from the 8 October, 2005 M = 7.6 Kashmir earthquake [Download PDF (2658 K)]	Parsons, Yeats, Yagi, & Hussain
Journal of Geophysical Research v. 111	Tectonic stressing in California modeled from GPS observations [Download PDF (5263 K)]	Parsons
Journal of Geophysical Research v. 111	M≥7.0 earthquake recurrence on the San Andreas fault from a stress renewal model [Download PDF (2148 K)]	Parsons
Marine Geology v. 226 p. 97-114	Shelf stratigraphy and the influence of antecedent substrate on Holocene reef development, south Oahu, Hawaii [Download PDF (2613 MB)]	Grossman, Barnhardt, Hart, Richmond, & Field
Marine Pollution Bulletin v. 52(9) p. 1034-1047	Quantity, composition and source of sediment collected in sediment traps along the fringing coral reef off Molokai, Hawaii [Download PDF (659 K)]	Bothner, Reynolds, Casso, Storlazzi, & Field
Natural Hazards v. 37 p. 277-314	Probabilistic analysis of tsunami hazards [Download PDF (972 K)]	Geist & Parsons
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A v. 364, p. 1965-1988	A new probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for greater Tokyo [Download PDF (3953 K)]	Stein, Toda, Parsons, & Grunewald
Scientific American v. 294 p. 56-63	Tsunami: wave of change	Geist, Titov, & Synolakis
Sedimentology v. 53, p. 867-897	Sea-level and tectonic control of middle to late Pleistocene turbidite systems in Santa Monica Basin, offshore California [Download PDF (3745 K)]	Normark, Piper, & Sliter
Sedimentology v. 53, p. 1265-1287	Channel formation by flow stripping: large-scale scour features along the Monterey East Channel and their relation to sediment waves [Download PDF (1965 K)]	Fildani, Normark, Kostic, & Parker
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementbände v. 146, p. 235-251	Geologic Impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives [Download PDF (1687 K)]	Richmond, Jaffe, Gelfenbaum, & Morton

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