Research by State/Region

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Where on Earth are we working today? See the list of active field work, where USGS Coastal & Marine scientists are at this very minute!

California   Oregon   Washington   Alaska   Hawaii   USA   International

California

• Applied Sediment Transport
• California Seafloor Mapping Program
• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Human Impacts and Geological Processes in Southern California Urban Ocean
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • California Seafloor Mapping Program
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects
• Sources, Transportation, and Fate of Natural Oil and Gas Seepages
  • USGS Seeps Page
• Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record
• San Francisco Bay Studies
• San Francisco Bay Coastal System
• Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS)

Oregon

• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Global Geoengineering Research
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

Washington

• Effects of Elwha dam removal on nearshore habitats:
  USGS Science to support the Elwha River Restoration Project
• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound
• Global Geoengineering Research
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

Alaska

• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects

Hawaii

• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Coral Reef Studies
• Global Geoengineering Research
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography
• Pacific EEZ Minerals

Other US Areas

• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography
  • Coral Reef Studies
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

International

• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography
• South China Sea Deep
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

Archived Studies