Western Coastal & Marine Geology Publications
Listed by Year and by USGS Publication Number or Non-USGS Publication Title
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 and earlier
| 1999 |
| USGS DDS-55 |
Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada |
Dartnell & Gardner |
USGS Fact Sheet
175-99 |
El Niño Sea-Level Rise Wreaks Havoc in California's San Francisco Bay Region |
Ryan, et al. |
| USGS Map MF 2324 |
Bathymetry of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Vicinity |
Hein, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-572 |
Permit application and approval chronology for a small airgun survey offshore southern California, June 1999 |
Childs, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-570 |
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 |
Cooper, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-563 |
Sedimentation and Bathymetry Changes in Suisun Bay: 1867-1990 |
Capiella, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-560 |
Cruise Report for 01-99-SC: Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project |
Normark, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-360 |
Multibeam Mapping of Long Beach, CA Continental Shelf |
Gardner, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-314 |
Wide-angle seismic recordings from the 1998 seismic hazards investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), western Washington and British Columbia |
Brocher, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-173 |
The Washington and Oregon Mid-Shelf Silt Deposit and Its Relation to the late Holocene Colombia River Sediment Budget |
Wolf et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 99-157 |
Turbidite Pathways in Cascadia Basin and Tufts Abyssal Plain, Part A, Astoria Channel, Blanco Valley, and Gorda Basin |
Wolf & Hamer |
EOS Transactions AGU
v. 104 pp. 13-17 |
Seismic survey probes urban earthquake hazards in Pacific Northwest |
Fisher, et al. |
Geology
v.27 pp. 839-842 |
Dipping San Andreas and Hayward faults revealed beneath San Francisco Bay, California
[Download PDF (387 K)] |
Parsons & Hart |
Journal of Geodynamics
v. 27 pp. 277-288 |
Geologic processes of accretion: Cascadia subduction zone west of Washington State
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Fisher, et al. |
Journal of Geophysical Research
v. 104 pp. 18,015-18,039 |
Three-dimensional velocity structure of Siletzia and other accreted terranes in the Cascadia fore arc of Washington
[Download PDF (22 MB)] |
Parsons, et al. |
Journal of Geophysical Research
v. 104 pp. 20,183-20,202 |
Stress sensitivity of fault seismicity: A comparison between limited-offset oblique and major strike-slip faults
[Online article] |
Parsons, Stein, Simpson, & Reasenberg |
| Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 154, p. 485-512 |
Local tsunamis and distributed slip at the source:
[Download PDF (1465 K)] |
Geist & Dmowska |
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| 1998 |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-518 |
Preliminary evaluation of recent movement on structures within the Santa Monica Basin, offshore southern California |
Normark & Piper |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-791 |
Physical Characteristics of Dungeness Crab and Halibut Habitats in Glacier Bay, Alaska |
Cochrane, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-759 |
Sedimentation and Bathymetric Change in San Pablo Bay: 1856-1983 |
Jaffe, Smith, & Torresan |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-509 |
Cruise Report IS-98
Bathymetry of Lake Tahoe, CA-NV |
Gardner, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-475 |
Cruise Report A2-98-SC
Mapping the Southern CA Continental Margin |
Gardner & Mayer |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-212 |
Cruise Report A1-98-HW
Mapping Hawaii Insular Slopes |
Gardner & Clarke |
| USGS Open-File Report 98-139 |
Multibeam Data and Socio-Economic Issues in West-Central San Francisco Bay |
Chin, et al. |
USGS Fact Sheet
020-98 |
Popular Beach Disappears Underwater in Huge Coastal Landslide - Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan |
Jaffe, et al. |
| Field 98 |
High-Resolution Multibeam Survey of the Insular Shelf and Slope of Windward and Southern Oahu, Hawaii |
Field, et al. |
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
v. 88 pp. 1,212-1,223 |
Seismic-reflection evidence that the Hayward fault extends into the lower crust of the San Francisco Bay area, California |
Parsons |
Geology
v. 26 pp. 99-102 |
Relation of inversely graded deposits to suspended-sediment grain-size evolution during the 1996 flood experiment in Grand Canyon
[Download PDF (452 K)] |
Rubin, Nelson, & Topping |
Geology
v. 26 pp. 199-201 |
A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin
[Download PDF (363 K)] |
Parsons, et al. |
Tectonics
v. 17 pp. 221-234 |
More than one way to stretch: a tectonic model for extension along the plume track of Yellowstone hotspot and adjacent Basin and Range Province
[Download PDF (19 MB)] |
Parsons, Thompson, & Smith |
Tectonophysics
v. 293 pp. 69-84 |
New seismic images of the Cascadia subduction zone from Cruise SO108- ORWELL |
Flueh, et al. |
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| 1997 |
| Hampton 97 |
Sea-Floor Geology of a part of Mamala Bay, Hawaii |
Hampton, et al. |
EOS, Transactions AGU
v. 78 pp. 153-157 |
Scientific teams analyze earthquake hazards of the Cascadia subduction zone |
Flueh, et al. |
Journal of Geophysical Research
v. 102 pp. 5,473-5,490 |
Three-dimensional upper crustal velocity structure beneath San Francisco Peninsula, California |
Parsons & Zoback |
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| 1996 |
USGS Open File Report
96-267 pp. 134-143 |
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. |
McCarthy, et al. |
| Drake 96 |
Fecal Pellets in Effluent-Affected Sediment on Palos Verdes Margin |
Drake |
| Edwards 96 |
Camera Surveys of Effluent-Affected Sediment on Continental Margin near Los Angeles |
Edwards & Chezar |
| Kayen 96 |
Geotechnical Properties of Effluent-Affected Sediment, Palos Verdes Margin |
Kayen, et al. |
| Lee 96 |
Contaminated, Effluent-Affected Sediment on the Continental Margin near Los Angeles, California |
Lee, et al. |
| Noble 96-a |
Currents and Sediments Moved in Monterey Canyon |
Noble, et al. |
| Noble 96-b |
Statistical Characterization of Current and Wave Patterns on Southern California Shelf off Palos Verdes |
Noble, et al. |
| Wong 96-a |
Bottom Characteristics of an Ocean Disposal Site of Honolulu, Hawaii |
Wong, et al. |
| Wong 96-b |
Heavy Mineralogy of Effluent-Affected Sediment, Palos Verdes, Southern California |
Wong |
Geophysical Research Letters
v. 23 no. 23, pp. 3381-3384 |
Relationship between the present-day stress field and plate boundary forces in the Pacific Northwest:
[Download PDF (317 K)] |
Geist |
Journal of Geophysical Research
v. 101 pp. 11,173-11,194 |
The crustal structure of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona: Application of new long-offset seismic data analysis techniques
[Download PDF (37 MB)] |
Parsons, et al. |
Tectonics
v. 15 pp. 456-471 |
Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure of the Salton Trough, southeast California
[Download PDF (6534 K)] |
Parsons & McCarthy |
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| 1995 |
| USGS Open-File Report 95-839 |
K1-95-HW Cruise Report: Sediment Chemistry and Biological Sampling Survey |
Torresan, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 95-838 |
Monterey Submarine Canyon, California Moored Array Data Report |
Kinoshita & Noble |
| USGS Open-File Report 95-527 |
Geochemistry of surface sediments in the Gulf of the Farallones |
Dean & Gardner |
| USGS Open-File Report 95-17 |
Acoustic Mapping of Dredged Material Disposal Sites in Mamala Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii |
Torresan, et al. |
| Fact Sheet |
Crater Lake National Park: Presently Tranquil |
Nelson & Bacon |
| Karl 95-a |
Regionl-scale Seafloor Mapping and Characterization: Application to Fisheries Resource Management |
Karl, et al. |
| Karl 95-b |
Acoustic and Visual Remote Sensing of Barrels of Radioactive Waste: Application of Civilian and Military Technology to Environmental Management of the Oceans |
Karl, et al. |
Elsevier
pp. 277-324 |
The Basin and Range Province, in K. Olsen ed., Continental Rifts: evolution, structure and tectonics, Amsterdam |
Parsons |
Geological Society of America Bulletin
v. 107 pp. 139-147 |
The active southwest margin of the Colorado Plateau: Uplift of mantle origin
[Download PDF (658 K)] |
Parsons & McCarthy |
Geological Society of America Bulletin
v. 107 pp. 937-959 |
Tectonic implications of post-30 Ma Pacific and North American relative plate motions
[Download PDF (1297 K)] |
Bohannon & Parsons |
Geology
v.23 no.2 pp. 129-132 |
Velocities of southern Basin and Range xenoliths: Insights on the nature of lower crustal reflectivity and composition
[Download PDF (396 K)] |
Parsons, Christensen, & Wilshire |
Water Resources Research
v.31 no. 6 pp. 1595-1605 |
Nonperiodic eddy pulsations
[Download PDF (1405 K)] |
Rubin & McDonald |
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| 1993 |
USGS Open-File Report
93-298 |
Map of seafloor declivity and fall lines on the continental slope, Gulf of Farallones, Central California |
Hampton, et al. |
USGS Open-File Report
93-11 |
The Farallones moored array data report |
Kinoshita, et al. |
| Karl 93-a |
Gulf of the Farallones Geologic Inventory Investigation: A Prototype for Environmental Studies on Continental Margins Off Major Urban Areas |
Karl, et al. |
| Karl 93-b |
Seafloor Mapping and Characterization: Application of Basic Marine Research to Environmental Management of the Urban Ocean |
Karl, et al. |
Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference
Stanford Sierra Camp
Fallen Leaf Lake, CA |
Computer generated shaded relief and perspective view images of the seafloor offshore Central CA |
Maher, et al. |
Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference
Stanford Sierra Camp
Fallen Leaf Lake, CA |
The Subtidal Current Field Observed over the Continental Slope near the Farallon Islands, CA |
Noble & Ramp |
Geology
v. 21 pp. 247-250 |
Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting?
[Download PDF (458 K)] |
Parsons & Thompson |
Geophysical Journal International
v. 115 i. 2 pp. 344-366 |
Large-scale deformation associated with ridge subduction
[Download PDF (2095 K)] |
Geist, Fisher, & Scholl |
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| 1992 |
| USGS Open-File Report 92-555 |
Currents over the Slope off San Francisco, California |
Noble and Kinoshita |
| USGS Open-File Report 92-382 |
Current patterns over the shelf and slope adjacent to the Gulf of the Farallones |
Noble, et al. |
| USGS Open-File Report 92-178 |
Detection of barrels that contain radiocative waste in Farallone Islands using side-scan sonar |
Karl, et al. |
| Karl 92-a |
Surficial Grain-size Distributions Across the Continental Margin, Gulf of the Farallones |
Karl, et al. |
| Karl 92-b |
Techniques of Basic Marine Geological Research: Application to Environmental Management |
Karl |
| Noble 92 |
Observations of Currents Over the Continental Slope near the Farallon Islands, CA |
Noble & Ramp |
| Chaos v.2 no. 4 pp. 525-535 |
Use of forecasting signatures to help distinguish periodicity, randomness, and chaos in ripples and other spacial patterns
[Download PDF (988 K)] |
Rubin |
Journal of Geophysical Research
v. 97 pp. 12391-12407 |
Seismic constraints on the nature of lower crustal reflectors beneath the extending southern transition zone of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona |
Parsons, Howie, & Thompson |
Tectonics
v. 11 pp. 1348-1356 |
Host rock rheology controls on the emplacement of tabular intrusions: Implications for underplating of continental crust |
Parsons, Sleep, & Thompson |
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| 1991 |
| USGS Open-File Report 91-375 |
Station locations and grain size analysis of surficial sediment samples from Gulf of Farallones cruise F2-89-NC |
Maher, et al. |
| Noble 91 |
Enhanced Diurnal tidal currents in the Gulf of the Farallones |
Noble |
Science
v. 253 pp. 1399-1402 |
The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: Worldwide examples
[Download PDF (1378 K)] |
Parsons & Thompson |
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| 1990 |
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
v.60 no. 6 pp. 982-991 |
Origin, Structure, and Evolution of a Reattachment Bar, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona
[Download PDF (948 K)] |
Rubin, Schmidt, & Moore |
Sedimentology
v.37 pp. 673-684 |
Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique, and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows
[Download PDF (1023 K)] |
Rubin & Ikeda |
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| 1989 |
| Houston, Texas Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science Series v.12 |
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 & Bruns, eds.
[Download PDF (2952 K)] |
Bruns, Vedder, & Cooper |
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| 1987 |
| 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. |
Geologic Diversity of Arizona and Its Margins: Excursions to Choice Areas: Field-Trip Guidebook
[Download PDF (18.9 MB)] |
Rubin & Hunter |
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
v.57 no. 1 pp.39-45 |
Formation of Scalloped Cross-Bedding without Unsteady Flows
[Download PDF (849 K)] |
Rubin |
| Science v.237 pp. 276-78 |
Bedform Alignment in Directionally Varying Flows
[Download PDF (413 K)] |
Rubin & Hunter |
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| 1985 |
USGS Open-File Report
91-375 |
Station locations and grain size analysis of surficial sediment samples from Gulf of Farallones cruise F2-89-NC |
Maher, et al. |
| Noble 91 |
Enhanced Diurnal tidal currents in the Gulf of the Farallones |
Noble |
Science
v. 253 pp. 1399-1402 |
The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: Worldwide examples
[Download PDF (1378 K)] |
Parsons & Thompson |
Sedimentology
v.32 pp. 147-157 |
Why deposits of longitudinal dunes are rarely recognized in the geology record
[Download PDF (1002 K)] |
Rubin & Hunter |
| 1983 |
Continental Shelf Research
v.1 no. 2 pp. 295-301 |
Sea-floor-mounted rotating side-scan sonar for making time-lapse sonographs
[Download PDF (517 K)] |
Rubin, McCulloch, & Hill |
| 1982 |
Sedimentology
v. 29 pp. 121-138 |
Bedform climbing in theory and nature
[Download PDF (1702 K)] |
Rubin & Hunter |
| 1980 |
Sedimentary Geology
v. 26 pp. 207-231 |
Single and Superimposed Bedforms: A Synthesis of San Francisco Bay and Flume Observations
[Download PDF (1548 K)] |
Rubin & McCulloch |
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