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!

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California

• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Human Impacts and Geological Processes in Southern California Urban Ocean
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • 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
• San Francisco Bight Coastal Processes Study
• Santa Barbara/Ventura Coastal Processes Study
• Southern California Coastal Hazards: A multi-hazards demonstration project
• Santa Barbara Channel
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Central California/San Francisco Bay Earthquake Hazards Project, through 2002
• El Niño Coastal Erosion Photos, 1999
• San Mateo County Coastal Erosion, 1998
• San Francisco Landslides, 1998
• Studies of Polluted Sediment, Offshore Los Angeles, 1997-1998
• Monterey Bay Studies, through 1999
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Project, through 1999
• Hydrocarbons in Monterey Bay, 1997
• Seafloor Morphology between Año Nuevo and Santa Cruz, 1997
• Gulf of the Farallones Disposal Issues, 1990-1995
• GLORIA Imagery off California (GLORIA program completed in ~1991)
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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
• Tsunamis & Earthquakes
• Erosion of a Sea Stack
• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards Studies, 1998
• Cascadia Tectonic Stress, 1996
• Gorda Ridge Hydrothermal Studies, 1996
• GLORIA Imagery off Oregon (GLORIA program completed in ~1991)
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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
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Tsunamis & Earthquakes
• Seismic Hazards in Puget Sound, 1998
• Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Studies, 1998
• Cascadia Tectonic Stress, 1996
• West Coast Flood Deposits, 1995
• GLORIA Imagery off Washington (GLORIA program completed in ~1991)
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Alaska

• Alaska Earthquakes Pose U.S. Tsunami Risk (Huffington Post)
• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Giant earthquakes off Alaska pose big US tsunami risk:
  Scientists concentrate on Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone, which could cause deadly waves (MSNBC)
• 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
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Geological characterization and sedimentary processes of nearshore habitats in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, completed in 2008
• GLORIA Imagery of the Bering Sea (GLORIA program completed in ~1991)
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Hawaii

• Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography
• Coastal and Marine Earthquake, Tsunami, and Landslide Active Margin Field Studies
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Pacific EEZ Minerals
• National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (Project overview)
  • Nearshore benthic habitat studies
  • Seafloor Mapping
  • usSEABED
• Coral Reef Studies
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Pollution Offshore of Honolulu
• Hawaii Beach Loss
• Giant Hawaiian Underwater Landslides
• GLORIA Imagery around Hawaiian Islands (GLORIA program completed in ~1991)
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Other US Areas

• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• 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
• Grand Canyon Studies
• Global Geoengineering Research
• USGS Open-File Report: Bathymetry and selected perspective views of 6 reef and coastal areas in Northern Lake Michigan
• USGS Fact Sheet: Popular Beach Disappears Underwater in Huge Coastal Landslide--Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
• Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates, 1998
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International

• South China Sea Deep
• Tsunamis & Earthquakes
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography
• Antarctic Seismic Data Library -- Operated and administered at the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) by Nigel Wardell: http://sdls.ogs.trieste.it/
• Global Inventory of Natural Gas Hydrate, 2000
• Chile Margin Triple Junction, a seismic analogue to Cascadia? 1992-1993
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