Publications

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2016

Ackerman, S.D., Brothers, L.L., Foster, D.S., Andrews, B.D., Baldwin, W.E., and Schwab, W.C., 2016, High-Resolution Geophysical Data From the Inner Continental Shelf: South of Marthas Vineyard and North of Nantucket, Massachusetts: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161168.

Andrews, B., Chaytor, J., ten Brink, U., Brothers, D., Gardner, J., and Lobecker, E., 2016, Bathymetric Terrain Model of the Atlantic Margin for Marine Geological Investigations, version 2.0: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1266 version 2.0, doi: 10.3133/ofr20121266.

Andrews, B.D., Chaytor, J.D., ten Brink, U.S., Brothers, D.S., Gardner, J.V., Lobecker, E.A., and Calder, B.R., 2016, Bathymetric terrain model of the Atlantic margin for marine geological investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, doi: 10.3133/ofr20121266.

Baldwin, W., Foster, D., Pendleton, E., Barnhardt, W., Schwab, W., Andrews, B., and Ackerman, S., 2016, Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, and Physiographic Zones of Vineyard and western Nantucket Sounds, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1119, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161119.

Barnard, P., Erikson, L., Foxgrover, A., O'Neill, A., and Herdman, L., 2016, CoSMoS (Coastal Storm Modeling System) Southern California v3.0 Phase 2 storm-hazard projections: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7T151Q4.

Beeson, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., Goldfinger, C., and Hartwell, S.R., 2016, Marine Geophysical Data - Point Arena to Cape Mendocino: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7GT5K8R.

Bernier, J.C., Stalk, C., A., Kelso, K.W., Miselis, J.L., Tunstead, R., 2016, Sediment data collected in 2014 from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds985.

Bernier, J.C., Zaremba, N.J., Wheaton, C.J., Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., 2016, Sedimentologic characteristics of recent washover deposits from Assateague Island, Maryland: Data Series, doi: 10.3133/ds999.

Bilskie, M.V., Hagen, S.C., Alizad, K., Medeiros, S.C., Passeri, D.L., Needham, H.F., Cox, A., 2016, Dynamic simulation and numerical analysis of hurricane storm surge under sea level rise with geomorphologic changes along the northern Gulf of Mexico: Earth's Future, Earth's Future, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1002/2015ef000347.

Bishop, J.M., Richmond, B.M., Zaremba, N.J., Lunghino, B.D., and Kane, H.H., 2016, Hurricane Sandy washover deposit data from southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey: Grain-size, elevations, and graphic core logs: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7PK0D7S.

Bishop, J.M., Richmond, B.M., Zaremba, N.J., Lunghino, B.D., Kane, H.H., 2016, Hurricane Sandy washover deposits on southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey: Reston, VA, pp. 1–14, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161090.

Bishop, J.M., Richmond, B.M., Zaremba, N.J., Lunghino, B.D., and Kane, H.H., 2016, Hurricane Sandy washover deposit data from southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey: Grain-size, elevations, and graphic core logs: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7PK0D7S.

Bishop, J.M., Richmond, B.M., Zaremba, N.J., Lunghino, B.D., and Kane, H.H., 2016, Hurricane Sandy washover deposits on southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1090, 21 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161090.

Brenner, O.T., Hapke, C.J., Lee, K.G., and Kimbrow, D.R., 2016, Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, May 2015: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7862DKH.

Brenner, O.T., Hapke, C.J., Lee, K.G., Kimbrow, D.R., 2016, Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, June 2014: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds980.

Brothers, D.S., Haeussler, P.J., Liberty, L., Finlayson, D., Geist, E., Labay, K., and Byerly, M., 2016, A submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami, southern Alaska: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 438, pp. 112–121, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.008, download PDF.

Brothers, L.L., Herman, B.E., Hart, P.E., and Ruppel, C.D, 2016, Subsea ice-bearing permafrost on the U.S. Beaufort Margin: 1. Minimum seaward extent defined from multichannel seismic reflection data: G3, , doi: 10.1002/2016GC006584.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Hughes-Clark, J.E., Signell, R.P., and Schwab, W.C., 2016, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor south of Long Island, New York: .

Carey, J.C., Tang, J., Templer, P.H., Kroeger, K.D., and others, 2016, Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 113 no. 48, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605365113.

Carey, J.C., Tang, T., Templer, P.H., Kroeger, K.D., etal, 2016, Data compilation of soil respiration, moisture, and temperature measurements from global warming experiments from 1994-2014: .

Catlin, D.Z., S., Fraser, J., Hunt, K., Bromberger-Brown, M., Dinan, L., Jorgensen, J.G., 2016, Metapopulation viability of an endangered shorebird depends on human-created habitats: piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and prairie rivers: Movement Ecology, v. 4 no. 6, doi: 10.1186%2Fs40462-016-0072-y.

Challener, R., Robbins, L.L., Mcclintock, J.B., 2016, Variability of the carbonate chemistry in a shallow, seagrass-dominated ecosystem: implications for ocean acidification experiments: Marine and Freshwater Research, v. 67 no. 2, pp. 163–172, doi: 10.1071/Mf14219.

Chang, C.-C., Burr, G.S., Jull, A.J.T., Russell, J.L., Biddulph, D., White, L., Prouty, N.G., Chen, Y.-G., Shen, C.-C., Zhou, W., and Lam, D.D., 2016, Reconstructing surface ocean circulation with ¹²⁹I time series records from corals: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 165, pp. 144–150, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.09.016.

Chavez, J., P.S., Isbrecht, J., Velasco, M.G., and Cochran, S.A., 2016, Digital image mosaics of the nearshore coastal waters of selected areas on the Hawaiian Islands of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu generated using aerial photographs and airborne lidar bathymetry data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7NZ85SK.

Chaytor, J.D., Demopoulos, A.W.J., ten Brink, U.S., Baxter, C., Quattrini, A.M., and Brothers, D.S., 2016, Assessment of Canyon Wall Failure Process from Multibeam Bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Observations, U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin: , Springer Book, Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (7th International Symposium). , pp. 103–113, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_10.

Chaytor, J.D., Demopoulos, A.W.J., ten Brink, U.S., Baxter, C., Quattrini, A.M., and Brothers, D.S., 2016, Assessment of Canyon Wall Failure Process from Multibeam Bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Observations, U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin: In: Lamarche, G., Mountjoy, J., Bull, S., Hubble, T., Krastel, S., Lane, E., Micallef, A., Moscardelli, L., Mueller, C., Pecher, I., Woelz, S. (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences: 7th International Symposium. Springer International Publishing, pp. 103–113 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_10.

Chaytor, J.D., Geist, E.L., Paull, C.K., Caress, D.W., Gwiazda, R., Fucugauchi, J.U., and Vieyra, M.R., 2016, Source Characterization and Tsunami Modeling of Submarine Landslides Along the Yucatán Shelf/Campeche Escarpment, Southern Gulf of Mexico: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 173 no. 12, 4101–4116 p., doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1363-3, download PDF.

Chaytor, J., 2016, Marine Sediment Core Collection Methods and Analytical Techniques for Shallow Water Sub-Seafloor Acoustic Characterization: , 2016 Acoustical Society of America Meeting.

Cheriton, O.M., Storlazzi, C.D., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2016, Observations of wave transformation over a fringing coral reef and the importance of low-frequency waves and offshore water levels to runup, overwash, and coastal flooding: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 121 no. 5, pp. 3121–3140, doi: 10.1002/2015jc011231, download PDF.

Chian, J., Hutchinson, Shimeld, Oakey, Lebedeva-Ivanova, Li, Saltus, and Mosher, 2016, Distribution of crustal types in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean: Tectonophysics, , doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.01.038.

Clift, P.D., Giosan, L., and East, A.E., 2016, Comment on Geochemistry of buried river sediments from Ghaggar Plains, NW India: Multi-proxy records of variations in provenance, paleoclimate, and paleovegetation patterns in the late quaternary by Ajit Singh, Debajyoti Paul, Rajiv Sinha, Kristina J. Thomsen, Sanjeev Gupta: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 455, pp. 65–67, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.001.

Cochran, S.A., Gibbs, A.E., D'Antonio, N.L., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2016, Benthic habitat map of U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Fagaʻalu Bay priority study area, Tutuila, American Samoa: Open-File Report 2016-1077, 41 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161077.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Greene, H.G., Dieter, B.E., Hartwell, S.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Endris, C.A., Watt, J.T., Davenport, C.W., Sliter, R.W., Maier, K.L., and Krigsman, L.M., 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Santa Cruz, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1024, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161024.

Cochrane, G.R., Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Maier, K.L., Endris, C.A., Davenport, C.W., Watt, J.T., Sliter, R.W., Finlayson, D.P., and Krigsman, L.M., 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Aptos, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1025, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161025.

Cohen, A.S., Gergurich, E.L., Kraemer, B.M., McGlue, M.M., McIntyre, P.B., Russell, J.M., Simmons, J.D., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2016, Climate warming reduces fish production and benthic habitat in Lake Tanganyika, one of the most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 113 no. 34, pp. 9563–9568, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1603237113, download PDF.

Conrad, T., Hein, J.R., Paytan, A., and Clague, D.A., 2016, Formation of Fe-Mn crusts within a continental margin environment: Ore Geology Reviews, v. In press, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.09.010.

Craddock, W.H., and Houseknecht, D.W., 2016, Cretaceous–Cenozoic burial and exhumation history of the Chukchi shelf, offshore Arctic Alaska: AAPG Bulletin, v. 100 no. 1, pp. 63–100, doi: 10.1306/09291515010, download PDF.

Curran, C.A., Grossman, E.E., Magirl, C.S., and Foreman, J.R., 2016, Suspended sediment delivery to Puget Sound from the lower Nisqually River, western Washington, July 2010–November 2011: Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5062, doi: 10.3133/sir20165062.

D'Antonio, N.L., and Gibbs, A.E., 2016, Still-image frame grabs and benthic habitat interpretation of underwater video footage, March 2014, Faga`alu Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7N877V1.

Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R.,, Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M., 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Monterey Canyon and vicinity, California: In: Dartnell, P., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161072.

Dartnell, P., and Cochrane, G.R., 2016, High-resolution multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data collected in 2004 for the northern Channel Islands region, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Data release, doi: 10.5066/F7S46Q1J.

DeWitt, N.T., Fredericks, J.J., Flocks, J.G., Miselis, J.L., Locker, S.D., Kindinger, J.G., Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., Reynolds, B.J., Wiese, D.S., Browning, T., 2016, Archive of bathymetry and backscatter data collected in 2014 nearshore Breton and Gosier Islands, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds1005.

Defne, Z., Ganju, N., 2016, Conceptual salt marsh units (polygon features) in Edwin B. Forsythe (EBF) National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey: .

Defne, Z., Ganju, N., and Aretxabaleta, A, 2016, Estimating time-dependent connectivity in marine systems: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 43 no. 3, pp. 1193–1201, doi: 10.1002/2015GL066888.

Defne, Z., Ganju, Neil, K., 2016, Mean tidal range in salt marsh units of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey: .

Dimova, N., Swarzenski, P.W., Izbicki, J.A., OLeary, D., and Ganguli, P.M., 2016, Hydrogeologic controls on chemical transport at Malibu Lagoon, CA: Implications for land to sea exchange in coastal lagoon systems: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, v. In press, doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.08.003.

Doran, K.S., Birchler, J., Stockdon, H.F., Thompson, D.M. Morgan, K.L.M., and Brenner, O.T., 2016, National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: South Carolina through New Hampshire update: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7RF5S44.

Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Birchler, J.J., and Weber, K.M., 2016, Beach Slopes of Massachusetts: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7B8568F.

Doran, K.S., Stockdon, H.F., Thompson, D.M., Birchler, J., Plant, N.G., and Overbeck, J.R., 2016, National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico Update: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7QC01KZ.

Duda, J.J., Wieferich, D.J., Bristol, R.S., Bellmore, J.R., Hutchison, V.B., Vittum, K.M., Craig, L., and Warrick, J.A., 2016, Dam Removal Information Portal (DRIP)—A map-based resource linking scientific studies and associated geospatial information about dam removals: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1132, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161132.

Eidam, E.F., Ogston, A.S., Nittrouer, C.A., and Warrick, J.A., 2016, Tidally dominated sediment dispersal offshore of a small mountainous river: Elwha River, Washington State: Continental Shelf Research, v. 116, pp. 136–148, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.01.009.

Ellings, C.S., Davis, M.J., Grossman, E.E., Woo, I., Hodgson, S., Turner, K.L., Nakai, G., Takekawa, J.E., and Takekawa, J.Y., 2016, Changes in habitat availability for outmigrating juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) following estuary restoration: Restoration Ecology, v. 24 no. 3, pp. 415–427, doi: 10.1111/rec.12333, download PDF.

Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., Smith, C.G., 2016, A seasonal comparison of surface sediment characteristics in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, USA: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151219.

Erikson, L.H., Hegermiller, C.E., Barnard, P.L., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2016, Wave projections for United States mainland coasts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7D798GR.

Fandel, C.L., Lippman, T.C., Foster, D.L., and Brothers, L.L., 2016, Observations of Pockmark Flow Structure in Belfast Bay, Maine, Part 1: Mixing: Geo-Marine Letters, , doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0472-4.

Fandel, C.L., Lippman, Thomas C., Foster, Diane L., and Brothers, Laura, 2016, Observations of Pockmark Flow Structure in Belfast Bay, Maine, Part 3: Implications for Sediment Transport: Geo-Marine Letters, , doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0474-2.

Fandel, C.L., Lippman, Thomas C., Foster, Diane L., and Brothers, Laura L, 2016, Observations of Pockmark Flow Structure in Belfast Bay, Maine, Part 2: Evidence for Cavity Flow: Geo-Marine Letters, , doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0473-3.

Figurski, J.D., Freiwald, J., Lonhart, S.I., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2016, Seasonal sediment dynamics shape temperate bedrock reef communities: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 552, pp. 19–29, doi: 10.3354/meps11763, download PDF.

Flannery, J.A., J.N. Richey, K. Thirumalai, R.Z. Poore, and K.L. DeLong, 2016, Multi-species Coral Sr/Ca Based Sea-Surface Temperature Reconstruction Data Using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7CC0XS9.

Flocks, J.G., Terrano, J.F., 2016, Analysis of seafloor change at Breton Island, Gosier Shoals, and surrounding waters, 1869–2014, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana: Reston, VA, 34 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161069.

Flores, C.H., ten Brink, U.S., McGuire, J., and Collins, J, 2016, Observations of Seismicity and Ground Motion in the Northeast U.S. Atlantic Margin from Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Data: Seismological Research Letters, v. 88 no. 1, doi: 10.1785/0220160079.

Foley, M.M., Mease, L.A., Martone, R.G., Prahler, E.E., Morrison, T.H., Murray, C.C., and Wojcik, D., 2016, The challenges and opportunities in cumulative effects assessment: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, , doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.06.008.

Forde, A.S., Flocks, J.G., Wiese, D.S., Fredericks, J.J., 2016, Archive of Digital Chirp Subbottom Profile Data Collected During USGS Cruise 14BIM05 Offshore of Breton Island, Louisiana, August 2014: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds972.

Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., Reynolds, B.J., 2016, Archive of ground penetrating radar data collected during USGS field activity 13BIM01—Dauphin Island, Alabama, April 2013: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds982.

Fredericks, X., ten Brink, U.S., Atwater, B.F., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., 2016, Coastal Topography - Anegada, British Virgin Islands, 2014: .

Fredericks, X., ten Brink, U.S., Atwater, B.F., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., 2016, Coastal Topography—Anegada, British Virgin Islands, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7GM85F3.

Fredericks, X., Hapke, C.J., and Lentz, E.E., 2016, Coastal Topography—Fire Island, New York, 07 May 2012: USGS data release, doi: 10.5066/F7513WBW.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Hardy, M.W., Nagle, D.B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Canyonlands and Upper Neches River Corridor Units, Texas, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F76971PM.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Hardy, M.W., and Nagle, D.B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Menard Creek Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7GH9G1S.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Lower Neches River Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F75D8PXQ.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., and Zawada, D.G., 2016, EAARL-B Submerged Topography—Crocker Reef, Florida, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7ZW1J25.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., and Nagle, D.B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Suncook River, New Hampshire, 5–6 November 2013: Seamless (Bare Earth and Submerged): data release, doi: 10.5066/F72Z13MK.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Big Sandy Creek Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7SF2T8H.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Little Pine Island Bayou Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release, URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7HX19S0/.

Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Hardy, Matthew W., Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Village Creek Corridor Unit, Texas, 2014: USGS data release, URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7NP22HQ/.

Fredericks, X., Plant, N.G, 2016, Coastal Topography—Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, Post-Hurricane Joaquin, 26 November 2015: data release, doi: 10.5066/F70P0X4G.

Fredericks, X., Plant, N.G., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 12-13 February 2011: Seamless (Bare Earth and Submerged): data release, doi: 10.5066/F7930R84.

Fredericks, X., Plant, N.G., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 4–5 September 2010: Seamless (Bare Earth and Submerged): data release, doi: 10.5066/F7W95785.

Ganju, N., Suttles, S., Beudin, A., Nowacki, D, Miselis, J., and Andrews, B, 2016, Quantification of storm-induced bathymetric change in a back-barrier estuary: Estuaries and Coasts, .

Ganju, N.K., Dickhudt, P.J., Montgomery, E.T., and Brosnahan, S.M., 2016, Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements in two Southern California Coastal Wetlands, 2013-2014: .

Ganju, N.K., Kirwan, M.L., Dickhudt, P.J., Guntenspergen, G.R., Cahoon, D.R., 2016, Sediment transport-based metrics of wetland stability: Geophysical Research Letters, , doi: 10.1002/2015GL065980.

Gawehn, M., van Dongeran, A., van Rooijen, A., Storlazzi, C., Cheriton, O., and Reniers, A., 2016, Identification and classification of very low frequency waves on a coral reef flat: Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans, v. 121, doi: 10.1002/2016jc011834.

Geist, E.L., 2016, Non-linear resonant coupling of tsunami edge waves using stochastic earthquake source models: Geophysical Journal International, v. 204 no. 2, pp. 878–891, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv489.

Geist, E.L., Fritz, H.M., Rabinovich, A.B., and Tanioka, Y., 2016, Introduction to Global Tsunami Science: Past and Future, Volume I: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 173 no. 12, 3663–3669 p., doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1427-4.

Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T., 2016, Reconstruction of Far-Field Tsunami Amplitude Distributions from Earthquake Sources: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 173 no. 12, 3703–3717 p., doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1288-x, download PDF.

Gibbs, A.E., and D'Antonio, N.L., 2016, Underwater video footage, March 2014, Faga`alu Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: data release, doi: 10.5066/F70V89V6.

Golden, N.E., Reid, J.A., Zimmermann, M., Lowe, E.N., and Hansen, A.S., 2016, Digitized seafloor characterization data from the Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Data release, doi: 10.5066/F7CV4FT9.

González, F.J., Somoza, L., Hein, J.R., Medialdea, T., León, R., Urgorri, V., Reyes, J., and Martín-Rubí, J.A., 2016, Phosphorites, Co-rich Mn nodules, and Fe-Mn crusts from Galicia Bank, NE Atlantic: Reflections of Cenozoic tectonics and paleoceanography: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 17 no. 2, pp. 346–374, doi: 10.1002/2015gc005861, download PDF.

Gray, A.B., Pasternack, G.B., Watson, E.B., Goñi, M.A., Hatten, J.A., and Warrick, J.A., 2016, Conversion to drip irrigated agriculture may offset historic anthropogenic and wildfire contributions to sediment production: Science of The Total Environment, v. 556, pp. 219–230, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.018.

Griffin, D.W., 2016, Experimental PCR Data on Soil DNA Extracts: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7WW7FRJ.

Haeussler, P.J., Parsons, T., Lee, H.J., Ryan, H., Brothers, D.S., Liberty, L., Hart, P.E., Geist, E.L., Roland, E., Witter, R.C., and Kayen, R., 2016, A Synthesis of Characteristics of Submarine Landslides Generated by the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake in Seven Fjords: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v.48 no. 7, Denver, CO, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-284621.

Hamman, J.J., Hamlet, A.F., Lee, S.-Y., Fuller, R., and Grossman, E.E., 2016, Combined Effects of Projected Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and Peak River Flows on Water Levels in the Skagit Floodplain: Northwest Science, v. 90 no. 1, pp. 57–78, doi: 10.3955/046.090.0106.

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Kranenburg, C.J., Long, J.W., and Zawada, D.G., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Dauphin Island, 2010: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F74Q7S3M.

Kranenburg, C.J., Wright, C.W., and Klipp, E.S., 2016, EAARL-B Submerged Topography—Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F79S1P4S.

Kranenburg, C.J., Fredericks, Xan, and Nagle, David B., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, 2002: USGS data series, doi: 10.5066/F7NP22J5.

Kuffner, I.B., Roberts, K.E., Flannery, J.A., Morrison, J.M., and Richey, J.N., 2016, Data for evaluating the Sr/Ca temperature proxy with in-situ temperature in the western Atlantic coral Siderastrea siderea: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7XP732P.

Kuffner, I.B., Weinzierl, M.S., Reich, C.D., Bartlett, L.A., Flannery, J.A., 2016, Coral cores collected in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, U.S.A.: Photographs and X-rays: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7V69GQ2.

Kuffner, I.B., Toth, L.T., 2016, A geological perspective on the degradation and conservation of western Atlantic coral reefs: Conservation Biology, Conservation Biology, v. 30 no. 4, pp. 706–715, doi: 10.1111/cobi.12725.

Lacy, J.R., and Carlson, E.M., 2016, Wind-wave and suspended-sediment data from Liberty Island and Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F73R0R07.

Lacy, J.R., and MacVean, L.J., 2016, Wave attenuation in the shallows of San Francisco Bay: Coastal Engineering, v. 114, pp. 159–168, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.03.008, download PDF.

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Long, J., Morgan, K.L.M., and Doran, K., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama September 2006: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7765CF4.

Long, J., Morgan, K.L.M., and Doran, K., 2016, EAARL Coastal Topography—Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, March 2006: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7BZ6443.

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Maier, K.L., Paull, C.K., McGann, M.L., Lundsten, E.M., Anderson, K., Gwiazda, R., and Brothers, D.S., 2016, Sediment core data from the northern flank of Monterey Canyon, offshore California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7J67F2K.

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Meyers, P., and Kvenvolden, K., 2016, A tribute to Lloyd Snowdon: Organic Geochemistry, v. 91, pp. 1–2, doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.11.003.

Miller, N.C., Lizarralde, D., 2016, Finite-frequency wave propagation through outer-rise fault zones and seismic measurements of upper-mantle hydration: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 43 no. 15, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070083.

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Montgomery, E.T., Martini, M.A., Lightsom, F.L., and Butman, B., 2016, Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Measurement Database, version 2.0: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1194, URL: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2007-1194/.

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Morgan, K.L.M., 2016, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 18–19, 2015: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds1008.

Morgan, K.L.M., 2016, Post-hurricane Joaquin Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from the South Carolina/North Carolina Border to Montauk Point, New York, October 7–9, 2015: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds995.

Morgan, K.L.M., Karen A. Westphal,, 2016, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana, to Brownsville, Texas, September 9-10, 2008: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds991.

Morgan, K.L.M., Karen A. Westphal,, 2016, Post-Hurricane Isaac coastal oblique aerial photographs collected along the Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana barrier islands, September 2–3, 2012: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds988.

Morgan, K.L.M., Krohn, M.D., 2016, Post-Hurricane Irene coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, August 30-31, 2011: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds979.

Morgan, K.L.M., Krohn, M.D., Guy, K.K., 2016, Post-Hurricane Ike coastal oblique aerial photographs collected along the Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana barrier islands and the north Texas coast, September 14-15, 2008: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds990.

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Nagle, D.B., Wright, C.W., 2016, Algorithms used in the Airborne Lidar Processing System (ALPS): Reston, VA, 56 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161046.

Nelson, T.R., Miselis, J.L., Hapke, C.J., Wilson, K.E., Henderson, R.E., Brenner, O.T., Reynolds, B.J., Hansen, M.E., 2016, Coastal bathymetry data collected in June 2014 from Fire Island, New York—The wilderness breach and shoreface: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds1007.

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Plant, N.G., Wahl, T., Long, J.W., 2016, Probabilistic assessment of erosion and flooding risk in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans, v. 121 no. 5, pp. 3029–3043, doi: 10.1002/2015jc011482.

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Prouty, N.G., Sahy, D., Condon, D., Roark, E.B., Ruppel, C., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2016, Geochemical analysis of authigenic carbonates and chemosynthetic mussels at Atlantic Margin seeps: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F77942SJ.

Prouty, N.G., Sahy, D., Ruppel, C.D., Roark, E.B., Condon, D., Brooke, S., Ross, S.W., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2016, Insights into methane dynamics from analysis of authigenic carbonates and chemosynthetic mussels at newly-discovered Atlantic Margin seeps: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 449, pp. 332–344, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.023.

Prouty, N.G., Swarzenski, P.W., Fackrell, J.K., Johannesson, K., and Palmore, C.D., 2016, Groundwater-derived nutrient and trace element transport to a nearshore Kona coral ecosystem: Experimental mixing model results: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, , doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.12.058, download PDF.

Reynolds, C.E., Richey, J.N., 2016, Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008–14: Reston, VA, 18 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161115.

Richey, J., Sachs, J.P., 2016, Precipitation changes in the western tropical Pacific over the past millennium: Geology, v. 8 no. 44, pp. 671–674, doi: 10.1130/G37822.1.

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Ruppel, C., Herman, B., Brothers, L., and Hart, P, 2016, Subsea Ice-bearing permafrost on the US Beaufort Margin, Part 2: Borehole Constraints: G3, , doi: 10.1002/2016GC006582.

Safak, I., 2016, Variability of bed drag in muddy waters under wave action: Water, v. 8 no. 4, doi: 10.3390/w8040131.

Safak, I., Warner, J., and List. J, 2016, Barrier island breach evolution: Alongshore transport and bay-ocean pressure gradient interactions: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, , doi: 10.1002/2016JC012029.

Salisbury, J., Vandemark, D., Jonsson, B., Balch, W., Chakraborty, S., Lohrenz, S., Chapron, B., Hales, B., Mannino, A., Mathis, J.T., Reul, N., Signorini, S., Wanninkhof, R., Yates, K.K., 2016, How can present and future satellite missions support scientific studies that address ocean acidification? Oceanography, v. 2 no. 28, pp. 108–121, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.35.

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Scanlon, K.M., and Buczkowski, B.J., 2016, High-resolution geophysical data collected in the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas, Gulf of Mexico in 2000, U.S. Geological Survey 2000-005-FA: .

Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., and Denny, J.F., 2016, Assessing the Impact of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on the Morphology and Modern Sediment Thickness on the Inner Continental Shelf Offshore of Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geologic Survey Open-File Report 2015-1238, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151238.

Segou, M., and Parsons, T., 2016, Prospective Earthquake Forecasts at the Himalayan Front after the 25 April 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha Mainshock: Seismological Research Letters, v. 87 no. 4, pp. 816–825, doi: 10.1785/0220150195.

Serena Moseman-Valtierra, K.K. and others, 2016, Carbon dioxide fluxes reflect plant zonation and belowground biomass in a coastal marsh: Ecosphere, .

Sherwood, C.R., 2016, Low-altitude aerial imagery and related field observations associated with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over Coast Guard Beach, Nauset Spit, Nauset Inlet, and Nauset Marsh, Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, Massachusetts on 1 March 2016: .

Sherwood, C.R., Montgomery, E.T., Suttles, S.E., and Brosnahan, S.M., 2016, Oceanographic, Atmospheric and Water-Quality Measurements Sandwich Town Neck Beach, 2016: .

Shimeld, J., Li, Q., Chian, D., Lebedeva-Ivanova, N., Jackson, R., Mosher, D., and Hutchinson, D., 2016, Seismic velocities within the sedimentary succession of the Canada Basin and southern Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge, Arctic Ocean: Evidence for accelerated porosity reduction: Geophysical Journal International, v. 204, pp. 1–20, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv416.

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Smith, C.G., Price, R.M., Swarzenski, P.W., and Stalker, J.C., 2016, The Role of Ocean Tides on Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange in a Mangrove-Dominated Estuary: Shark River Slough, Florida Coastal Everglades, USA: Estuaries and Coasts, pp. 1–17, doi: 10.1007/s12237-016-0079-z, download PDF.

Snyder, A., Stevens, A., Carlson, E., and Lacy, J., 2016, Digital Elevation Model of Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015: USGS Data Release, doi: 10.5066/F7RX9954.

Snyder, A.G., Lacy, J.R., Stevens, A.W., and Carlson, E.M., 2016, Bathymetric survey and digital elevation model of Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Open-File Report 2016-1093, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161093.

Steel, E., Simms, A.R., Warrick, J., and Yokoyama, Y., 2016, Highstand shelf fans: The role of buoyancy reversal in the deposition of a new type of shelf sand body: Geological Society of America Bulletin, , doi: 10.1130/B31438.1.

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Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2016, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, January 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7T151TG.

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2016, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, July 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7S75DG9.

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2016, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, July 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7GQ6VXX.

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2016, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7P55KN0.

Stewart, J.P. et al., 2016, Engineering Reconnaissance of the 24 August 2016 Central Italy Earthquake, Version 2: In: Zimmaro, P., and Stewart, J.P. (Eds.). Report No. GEER-050, Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association, 285 p., doi: 10.18118/G61S3Z.

Stewart, J.P., Kramer, S.L., Kwak, D.Y., Greenfield, M.W., Kayen, R.E., Tokimatsu, K., Bray, J.D., Beyzaei, C.Z., Cubrinovski, M., Sekiguchi, T., Nakai, S., and Bozorgnia, Y., 2016, PEER-NGL project: Open source global database and model development for the next-generation of liquefaction assessment procedures: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v. In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.07.009.

Storlazzi, C.D., Dartnell, P., Hatcher, G.A., and Gibbs, A.E., 2016, End of the chain? Rugosity and fine-scale bathymetry from existing underwater digital imagery using structure-from-motion (SfM) technology: Coral Reefs, v. 35 no. 3, pp. 889–894, doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1462-8, download PDF.

Sturdivant, E., Thieler.R., Zeigler, S., Hines, M., Winslow, L., Walker, J., Read, J., 2016, Biogeomorphic classification and images of shorebird nesting sites on the U.S. Atlantic coast: .

Sun, Y., Chen, C., Beardsley, R.C., Ullman, D., Butman, B., and Lin, H., 2016, Surface Circulation in Block Island Sound and Adjacent Coastal and Shelf Regions: a FVCOM-CODAR Comparison: Progress in Oceanography, v. 143, pp. 26–45, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.02.005.

Suttles, S., Ganju, N., Dickhudt, P., Brosnahan, S., Montgomery, E., Borden, J., and Martini, M., 2016, Oceanographic and Water Quality Measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, 2014-2015: .

Suttles, S.E., Ganju, N.K., Montgomery, E.T., Dickhudt, P., Borden, J., Brosnahan, S., Martini, M, 2016, Summary of Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, 2014-2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1149, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161149.

Swarzenski, P.W., Dulai, H., Kroeger, K.D., Smith, C.G., Dimova, N., Storlazzi, C.D., Prouty, N.G., Gingerich, S.B., and Glenn, C.R., 2016, Observations of nearshore groundwater discharge: Kahekili Beach Park submarine springs, Maui, Hawaii: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, v. In press, doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.12.056, download PDF.

Swarzenski, P.W., Johnson, C.D., Lorenson, T.D., Conaway, C.H., Gibbs, A.E., Erikson, L.H., Richmond, B.M., and Waldrop, M.P., 2016, Seasonal Electrical Resistivity Surveys of a Coastal Bluff, Barter Island, North Slope Alaska: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 21 no. 1, pp. 37–42, doi: 10.2113/Jeeg21.1.37, download PDF.

Sweeney, P., Ackerman, Andrews, Baldwin, Danforth, Foster, Thieler, Brothers, 2016, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-001-FA, version 2.0: .

Sweeney, P., Ackerman, Andrews, Baldwin, Danforth, Foster, Thieler, Brothers, 2016, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-001-FA, version 3.0: .

Szymczycha, B., Kroeger, K.D., and Pempkowiak, J., 2016, Significance of groundwater discharge along the coast of Poland as a source of dissolved metals to the southern Baltic Sea: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 109 no. 1.

Takesue, R.K., 2016, Environmental and eelgrass response to dike removal: Nisqually River Delta (2010–14): Open-File Report 2016-1169, 25 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161169.

Terrano, J.F., Flocks, J.G., and Smith, K.E.L., 2016, Topobathymetric Lidar Survey of Breton and Gosier Islands, Louisiana, January 16 and 18, 2014: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F70G3H6G.

Terrano, J.F., and Smith, K.E.L., 2016, Historical Shoreline for New Jersey (1839 to 1875): T-sheets and Vector Digital Data: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7KH0KFX.

Terrano, J.F., Flocks, J.G., Smith, K.E.L., 2016, Analysis of shoreline and geomorphic change for Breton Island, Louisiana, from 1869 to 2014: Reston, VA, 43 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20161039.

Thieler, E.R., Zeigler, S.L., Winslow, L.A., Hines, M.K., Read, J.S., Walker, J.I.,, 2016, Smartphone-Based Distributed Data Collection Enables Rapid Assessment of Shorebird Habitat Suitability: PLoS ONE, , doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164979.

Thompson, G.A., and Parsons. T., 2016, Vertical deformation associated with normal fault systems evolved over coseismic, postseismic, and multiseismic periods: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 121 no. 3, 2153–2173 p., doi: 10.1002/2015JB012240, download PDF.

Todd, B.J., Shaw, J., and Valentine, P.C., 2016, Submarine glacial landforms on the Bay of Fundy-northern Gulf of Maine continental shelf: Geological Society of London, Memoirs, , URL: http://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/46/1/429.

Toro-Farmer, G., Muller-Karger, F.E., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Melo, N., Yates, K.K., Johns, E., Cerdeira-Estrada, S., Herwitz, S.R., 2016, Characterization of available light for seagrass and patch reef productivity in Sugarloaf Key, Lower Florida Keys: Remote Sensing, v. 8 no. 2, pp. 1–20, doi: 10.3390/rs8020086.

Toth, L.T., Stathakopoulos, A., Kuffner, I.B., 2016, The structure and composition of Holocene coral reefs in the Middle Florida Keys: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161074.

Turk, D., Yates, K.K., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Toro-Farmer, G., L'Esperance, C., Melo, N., Ramsewak, D., Estrada, S.C., Muller-Karger, F.E., Herwitz, S.R., McGillis, W., 2016, Community metabolism in shallow coral reef and seagrass ecosystems, lower Florida Keys: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 538, pp. 35–52, doi: 10.3354/meps11385.

Valentine, P.C., Carman, M.R., and Blackwood, D., 2016, Observations of recruitment and colonization by tunicates and associated invertebrates using giant one-meter2 recruitment plates at Woods Hole, Massachusetts: Management of Biological Invasions, v. 7, URL: http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2016/Issue1.aspx.

Vannucchi, P., Morgan, J.P., Silver, E.A., and Kluesner, J.W., 2016, Origin and dynamics of depositionary subduction margins: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 17 no. 6, pp. 1966–1974, doi: 10.1002/2016gc006259, download PDF.

Wang, X., Planavsky, N.J., Reinhard, C.T., Hein, J.R., and Johnson, T.M., 2016, A Cenozoic seawater redox record derived from 238U/235U in ferromanganese crusts: American Journal of Science, v. 316 no. 1, pp. 64–83, doi: 10.2475/01.2016.02, download PDF.

Wang, Z.A., Kroeger, K.D., Ganju, N.K., Eagle-Gonneea, M., and Chu, S.N., 2016, Intertidal Salt Marshes as an Important Source of Inorganic Carbon and Buffering Capacity to the Coastal Ocean: Limnology & Oceanography, v. 61 no. 5.

Warrick, J.A., and Farnsworth, K.L., 2016, Coastal River Plumes: Collisions and Coalescence: Progress in Oceanography, v. In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.11.008.

Watt, J., Ponce, D., Parsons, T., and Hart, P., 2016, Missing link between the Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults: Science Advances, v. 2 no. 10, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601441.

Watt, J.T., Hart, P.E., and Kluesner, J.W., 2016, Chirp seismic-reflection data: San Pablo Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Data release, doi: 10.5066/F74T6GF1.

Weinsten, N., Ruppel, Weber, Leonte, Kellermann, Arrington, Valentine, Scranton, Kessler, 2016, Determining the flux of methane into Hudson Canyon at the edge of methane clathrate hydrate stability: G3, , doi: 10.1002/2016GC006421.

Witter, R.C., Carver, G.A., Briggs, R.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Koehler, R.D., La Selle, S.P., Bender, A.M., Engelhart, S.E., Hemphill-Haley, E., and Hill, T.D., 2016, Unusually large tsunamis frequent a currently creeping part of the Aleutian megathrust: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 43 no. 1, pp. 76–84, doi: 10.1002/2015gl066083.

Wright, C.W., Kranenburg, C.J., Troche, R.J., Mitchell, R.W., Nagle, D.B., 2016, Depth calibration of the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar, EAARL-B: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ofr20161048.

Young, M., Cavanaugh, K., Bell, T., Raimondi, P., Edwards, C.A., Drake, P.T., Erikson, L., and Storlazzi, C., 2016, Environmental controls on spatial patterns in the long-term persistence of giant kelp in central California: Ecological Monographs, v. 86 no. 1, pp. 45–60, doi: 10.1890/15-0267.1, download PDF.

Zaremba, N.J., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., 2016, Raw and processed ground-penetrating radar and post processed differential global positioning system data collected from Assateague Island, Maryland, October 2014: Data Series, doi: 10.3133/ds989.

Zaremba, N.J., Smith, K.E.L., Bishop, J.M., Smith, C.G., 2016, Ground-penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected from Long Beach Island, New Jersey, April 2015: Data Series, doi: 10.3133/ds1006.

Zawada, D.G., Netchy, K.H., Resnick, J.P., 2016, Distribution of Benthic Habitats at Crocker Reef, Florida, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F77942T0.

Zawada, D.G., Thornton, L., Thompson, P., Resnick, J., 2016, ATRIS Seafloor Images – Crocker Reef, Florida, 2014: data release, doi: 10.5066/F7SF2T9Z.

van der Wegen, M., Jaffe, B., Foxgrover, A., and Roelvink, D., 2016, Mudflat Morphodynamics and the Impact of Sea Level Rise in South San Francisco Bay: Estuaries and Coasts, pp. 1–13, doi: 10.1007/s12237-016-0129-6.

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Achete, F.M., van der Wegen, M., Roelvink, D., and Jaffe, B., 2015, A 2-D process-based model for suspended sediment dynamics: a first step towards ecological modeling: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Hess, v. 19 no. 6, pp. 2837–2857, doi: 10.5194/hess-19-2837-2015, download PDF.

Ackerman, S.D., Pappal, A.L., Huntley, E.C., Blackwood, D.S, and Schwab, W.C, 2015, Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1221, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141221.

Andersson, A.J., Kline, D.I., Edmunds, P.J., Archer, S.D., Bednarek, N., Carpenter, R.C., Chadsey, M., Goldstein, P., Grottoli, A.G., Hurst, T.P., King, A.L., Kübler, J.E., Kuffner, I.B., Mackey, K.R.M., Menge, B.A., Paytan, A., Riebesell, U., Schnetzer, A., Warner, M.E., Zimmerman, R.C., 2015, Understanding ocean acidification impacts on organismal to ecological scales: Oceanography, v. 28 no. 2, pp. 16–27, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.27.

Andrews, B., Defne, Z., Miselis, J., and Ganju, N., 2015, Continuous Terrain Model for Water Circulation Studies in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Andrews, B.D., Miselis, J.L., Danforth, W.W., Irwin, B.J., Worley, C.R., Bergeron, E., and Blackwood, D, 2015, Marine Geophysical data collected in a shallow back-barrier estuary: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey: U. S. Geological Survey Data Series 937, doi: 10.3133/ds937.

Antolínez, J.A.A., Méndez, F.J., Camus, P., Vitousek, S., González, E.M., Ruggiero, P., and Barnard, P., 2015, A Multi-scale Climate Emulator for Long-term Morphodynamics (MUSCLE-morpho): Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, , doi: 10.1002/2015jc011107.

Armstrong, B.N., Warner, J.C., List, J.H., Martini, M.A., and Montgomery, E., 2015, Coastal Change Processes Project Data Report for Oceanographic Observations Near Fire Island, January-April 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1159, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141159.

Barnard, P., Erikson, L., Foxgrover, A., O'Neill, A., and Herdman, L., 2015, CoSMoS (Coastal Storm Modeling System) Southern California v3.0 projections - initial November 2015 release: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Data release, doi: 10.5066/F7T151Q4.

Barnard, P.L., Short, A.D., Harley, M.D., Splinter, K.D., Vitousek, S., Turner, I.L., Allan, J., Banno, M., Bryan, K.R., Doria, A., Hansen, J.E., Kato, S., Kuriyama, Y., Randall-Goodwin, E., Ruggiero, P., Walker, I.J., and Heathfield, D.K., 2015, Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation: Nature Geoscience, v. 8, pp. 801–807, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2539.

Bernier, J.C., Douglas, S.H., Terrano, J.F., Barras, J.A., Plant, N.G., Smith, C.G., 2015, Land-cover types, shoreline positions, and sand extents derived From Landsat satellite imagery, Assateague Island to Metompkin Island, Maryland and Virginia, 1984 to 2014: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds968.

Birchler, J.J., Dalyander, P.S., Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.S., 2015, National assessment of noreaster-induced coastal erosion hazards: mid- and northeast Atlantic coast: Reston, VA, 41 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151154.

Boswell, R., Waite, W.F., Wright, F., Kvenvolden, K., Koh, C.A., Anderson, B., Klauda, J.B., Tans, P., Buffet, B.A., Frye, M., Maslin, M., and Ripmeester, J., 2015, Chapter 1: What are Gas Hydrates? In: Beaudoin, Y.C., Boswell, R., Dallimore, S. D. and Waite, W (Ed.), Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates. Volume 1. United Nations Environment Programme, GRID-Arendal..

Brand, A., Lacy, J.R., Gladding, S., Holleman, R., Stacey, M., 2015, Model-based interpretation of sediment concentration and vertical flux measurements in a shallow estuarine environment: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 60 no. 2, pp. 463–481, doi: 10.1002/lno.10047.

Brenner, O., Hapke, C.J., Spore, N.J., Brodie, K.L., and McNinch, J.E., 2015, Ground-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, April 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 921, doi: 10.3133/ds921.

Brenner, O., Hapke, Cheryl J., Spore, Nicholas J., Brodie, Katherine L., McNinch, Jesse E., 2015, Ground-Based Lidar Beach Topography of Fire Island, New York, April 2014: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GNN.

Brothers, D.S., Conrad, J.E., Maier, K.L., Paull, C.K., McGann, M., and Caress, D.W., 2015, The Palos Verdes Fault offshore southern California: Late Pleistocene to Present tectonic geomorphology, seascape evolution and slip-rate estimate based on AUV and ROV surveys: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 120 no. 7, pp. 4734–4758, doi: 10.1002/2015jb011938.

Brownell, A.T., Hapke, C.J., Spore, N.J., and McNinch, J.E., 2015, Bathymetry of the Wilderness Breach at Fire Island, New York, June 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 914, doi: 10.3133/ds914.

Busch, T.E., Flannery, J.A., Richey, J.N., Stathakopoulos, A., 2015, The relationship between the ratio of strontium to calcium and sea-surface temperature in a modern Porites astreoides coral: Implications for using P. astreoides as a paleoclimate archive: Reston, VA, 15 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151182.

Christeson, G.L., and Barth, G.A., 2015, Aleutian basin oceanic crust: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 426, pp. 167–175, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.040.

Cochrane, G.R., 2015, Data Release for the BOEM-USGS study of the Regional Importance of Manmade Structures as Rockfish Nurseries in the Santa Barbara Channel: USGS Data Release, doi: 10.5066/F7QF8QXF.

Cochrane, G.R., 2015, Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series data catalog: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 935, doi: 10.3133/ds935.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Hemery, L.G., and Hatcher, G., 2015, Data release for USGS field activity 2014-607-FA, Oregon OCS seafloor mapping: selected lease blocks relevant to renewable energy: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, doi: 10.5066/F7V40S8V.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Endris, C.A., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Davenport, C.W., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Ritchie, A.C., Sliter, R.W., Finlayson, D.P., Maier, K.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Scott Creek, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1191, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151191.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Manson, M.W., Sliter, R.W., Endris, C.A., Watt, J.T., Ross, S.L., Kvitek, R.G., Phillips, E.L., Bruns, T.R., Anima, R.L., Chin, J.L., Finlayson, D.P., McGann, M.L., and Wong, F.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series: offshore of Bolinas, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1135, 40 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151135.

Cochrane, G.R., Dethier, M.N., Hodson, T.O., Kull, K.K., Golden, N.E., Ritchie, A.C., Moegling, C., Pacunski, R.E., 2015, Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series: Admiralty Inlet: In: Cochrane, G.R. (Ed.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1073, 38 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151073.

Cochrane, G.R., Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., Manson, M.W., Sliter, R.W., Kvitek, R.G., Watt, J.T., Ross, S.L., and Bruns, T.R., 2015, California State Waters Map Series: offshore of San Francisco, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1068, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151068.

Cochrane, G.R., Watt, J.T., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Endris, C.A., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Davenport, C.W., Krigsman, L.M., Ritchie, A.C., Sliter, R.W., Finlayson, D.P., and Maier, K.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Pigeon Point, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1232, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151232.

Cohen, A., McGlue, M.M., Ellis, G.S., Zani, H., Swarzenski, P.W., Assine, M.L., and Silva, A., 2015, Lake formation, characteristics, and evolution in retroarc deposystems: A synthesis of the modern Andean orogen and its associated basins: Geological Society of America Memoirs, v. 212, pp. 309–335, doi: 10.1130/2015.1212(16).

Cooley, S.R., Jewett, E.B., Reichert, J., Robbins, L.L., Shrestha, G., Wieczorek, D., Weisberg, S.B., 2015, Getting ocean acidification on decision makers' to-do lists: dissecting the process through case studies: Oceanography, no. 2, pp. 198–211, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.42.

Dalyander, P.(S.), Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., McLaughlin, M.R., Mickey, R.C., 2015, Field observations of artificial sand and oil agglomerates: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151057.

Dalyander, P.(S.), Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., Flocks, J.G., 2015, Effects of proposed sediment borrow pits on nearshore wave climate and longshore sediment transport rate along Breton Island, Louisiana: Reston, VA, 47 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151055.

Dalyander, P.S., Butman, B., 2015, Characteristics of storms driving wave-induced seafloor mobility on the U.S. East Coast continental shelf: Continental Shelf Research, v. 104, pp. 1–14, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.05.003.

Dalyander, P.S., Plant, N.G., Long, J.W., McLaughlin, M.R., 2015, Nearshore dynamics of artificial sand and oil agglomerates: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 96 no. 1-2, pp. 344–355, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.049.

Dartnell, P., Driscoll, N.W., Brothers, D., Conrad, J.E., Kluesner, J., Kent, G., and Andrews, B., 2015, Colored shaded-relief bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, and selected perspective views of the inner continental borderland, Southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3324, 3 p., doi: 10.3133/sim3324.

Dausmann, V., Frank, M., Siebert, C., Christl, M., and Hein, J.R., 2015, The evolution of climatically driven weathering inputs into the western Arctic Ocean since the late Miocene: Radiogenic isotope evidence: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 419, pp. 111–124, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.007.

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Kindinger, J.L., Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., Wiese, D.S., Finlayson, D.P., Pfeiffer, W.R., 2015, Archive of Sidescan Sonar and Swath Bathymetry Data Collected During USGS Cruise 13CCT04 Offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, August 2013: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds917.

Denny, J.F., Danforth, W.W., Couch, S., and Schwab, W.C., 2015, Swath bathymetry collected offshore of Fire Island and western Long Island, New York in 2014, U.S. Geological Field Activity 2014-072-FA: .

Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., Moore, E., and Bergeron, E., 2015, High-resolution geophysical data collected offshore of Fire Island, New York in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-005-FA. U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F75X2704.

Dickhudt, P.K., Ganju, N.K., and Montgomery, E.T., 2015, Summary of Oceanographic Measurements for Characterizing Light Attenuation and Sediment Resuspension in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1146, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151146.

Dickhudt, P.J., Sherwood, C.R., Dewitt, N.T., 2015, USGS Water Level Measurements in Dauphin Island, Alabama from Hurricane Season 2013. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1245, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141245.

Dickhudt, P.J., Sherwood, C.R., Dewitt, N.T., 2015, USGS Water Level and Wave Measurements in the Chandeleur Islands, 2012 and 2013. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1246, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141246.

Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., and Overbeck, J.R, 2015, A method for determining average beach slope and beach slope variability for U.S. sandy coastlines: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1053, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151053.

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Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, Christine J., Nagle, David B., 2015, EAARL-B Topography—Big Thicket National Preserve: Turkey Creek Unit, Texas, 2014: data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F76M34W4.

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Geologic Materials Repository Working Group, 2015, The U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Collections Management System (GCMS) A Master Catalog and Collections Management Plan for U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Samples and Sample Collections: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1410, doi: 10.3133/cir1410.

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Gibbs, A.E., and Richmond, B.M., 2015, National assessment of shoreline change: historical change along the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian border to Icy Cape: Open-File Report, 110 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151048.

Giese, G., Williams, S.J., and Adams, M, 2015, Cape Cod National Seashore Guide to Coastal Landforms and Processes- A Primer: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, doi: 10.3133/cir1417.

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Guy, K.K., 2015, Back-Island and Open-Ocean Shorelines, and Sand Areas of the Undeveloped Areas of New Jersey Barrier Islands, March 9, 1991, to July 30, 2013: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds960.

Guy, K.K., 2015, Back-island and open-ocean shorelines, and sand areas of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, April 12, 1989, to September 5, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 928, doi: 10.3133/ds928.

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Guy, K.K., 2015, Shorelines Extracted from Landsat Imagery: Cat Island, Mississippi: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7JQ0Z3R.

Guy, K.K., 2015, Shorelines Extracted from Landsat Imagery: Dauphin Island, Alabama: U.S. USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7028PMP.

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Hapke, C.J., Henderson, R.E., 2015, Quantification of shoreline change along Hatteras Island, North Carolina: Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras, 1978-2002, and associated vector shoreline data: Reston, VA, 19 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151002.

Harley, M.D., Barnard, P.L., and Turner, I.L., 2015, Linkages Between Climate Oscillations and Coastal Wave Variability Across the Pacific Basin: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0197.

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Henderson, R.H., Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O.T., and Reynolds, B.J., 2015, Hurricane Sandy Beach Response and Recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline and Beach Profile Data, October 2012 to October 2014: U. S. Geological Survey Data Series 931, doi: 10.3133/ds931.

Horner, T.J., Williams, H.M., Hein, J.R., Saito, M.A., Burton, K.W., Halliday, A.N., Nielsen, S.G., 2015, Persistence of deeply sourced iron in the Pacific Ocean: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 112 no. 5, pp. 1292–1297, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420188112.

Jaffe, B., 2015, The role of suspension events in cross-shore and longshore suspended sediment transport in the surf zone: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0253.

Johnson, C.D., Swarzenski, P.W., Richardson, C.M., Smith, C.G., Kroeger, K.D., and Ganguli, P.M., 2015, Ground-truthing Electrical Resistivity Methods in Support of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Studies: Examples from Hawaii, Washington, and California: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 20 no. 1, pp. 81–87, doi: 10.2113/Jeeg20.1.81.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Krigsman, L.M., Dieter, B.E., Conrad, J.E., Greene, H.G., Seitz, G.G., Endris, C.A., Sliter, R.W., Wong, F.L., Erdey, M.D., Gutierrez, C.I., Yoklavich, M.M., East, A.E., Cooper, A.K., Hart, P.E., and Pecher, I., 2015, California State Waters Map Series: Offshore of Refugio Beach, California: In: Johnson, S.Y., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3319, 46 p., doi: 10.3133/sim3319.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R.,, Erdey, M.D., Greene, H.G., Cochrane, G.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., Lowe, E.N., and Chin, J.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Fort Ross, California: In: Johnson, S.Y., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1211, 41 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151211.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Erdey, M.D., Greene, H.G., Cochrane, G.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., Lowe, E.N., and Chin, J.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Bodega Head, California: In: Johnson, S.Y., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). Reston, VA, 43 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151140.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Erdey, M.D., Greene, H.G., Cochrane, G.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., Lowe, E.N., and Chin, J.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Salt Point, California: In: Johnson, S.Y., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1098, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151098.

Jonkers, L., Reynolds, C.E., Richey, J.N., Hall, I.R., 2015, Lunar periodicity in the shell flux of planktonic foraminifera in the Gulf of Mexico: Biogeosciences, v. 12, pp. 3061–3070, doi: 10.5194/bg-12-3061-2015.

Kalnejais, L., Martin, W. R., and Bothner, M.H., 2015, Porewater Dynamics of Silver, Lead and Copper in Coastal Sediments and Implications for Benthic Metal Fluxes: Science of the Total Environment, v. 517 no. 1, pp. 178–194.

Kayen, R.E., Carkin, B.A., Allen, T., Collins, C., McPherson, A., and Minasian, D., 2015, Shear-wave velocity and site-amplification factors for 50 Australian sites determined by the spectral analysis of surface waves method: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1264, 118 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20141264.

Kayen, R.E., Carkin, B.A., Corbett, S.C., Zangwill, A., Estevez, I., and Lai, L., 2015, Shear wave velocity and site amplification factors for 25 strong-motion instrument stations affected by the M5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake of August 23, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1099, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151099.

Kellogg, C.A., 2015, Cold-water coral microbiomes (Paramuricea placomus) from Baltimore Canyon: raw and processed data: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7HQ3WZZ.

Kellogg, C.A., Yates, K.K., Lawler, S.N., Moore, C.S., Smiley, N.A., 2015, Seasonal microbial and environmental parameters at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014–2015: Reston, VA, 17 p., doi: 10.3133/ofr20151203.

Kellogg, C.A. and L., Stephanie N., 2015, Cold-water coral microbiomes (Anthothela spp.) from Baltimore and Norfolk Canyons: raw and processed data: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7CZ356K.

Kellogg, C.A., 2015, 2015, Cold-water coral microbiomes (Paramuricea placomus) from Baltimore Canyon: raw and processed data: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7HQ3WZZ.

Kellogg, C.A., Kimberly K. Yates, Stephanie N. Lawler, Christopher S. Moore, and Nathan A. Smiley, 2015, Microbial and environmental dataset from Crocker Reef, Florida Keys, 2014-2015: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F74Q7S25.

Kelso, K.W., and Flocks, J.G., 2015, Archive of sediment data from vibracores collected in 2010 offshore of the Mississippi barrier islands: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 903, doi: 10.3133/ds903.

Kinsman, N., Gibbs, A., and Nolan, M., 2015, Evaluation of vector coastline features extracted from 'structure from motion'-derived elevation data: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0251.

Klotsko, S., Driscoll, N., Kent, G., and Brothers, D., 2015, Continental shelf morphology and stratigraphy offshore San Onofre, California: The interplay between rates of eustatic change and sediment supply: Marine Geology, v. 369, pp. 116–126, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.08.003, download PDF.

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Kuffner, I.B., Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., Richey, J.N., Kellogg, C.A., Toth, L.T., 2015, USGS research on Atlantic coral reef ecosystems: Reston, VA, 2 p., doi: 10.3133/fs20153073.

Kuffner, I.B., Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., Richey, J.N., Kellogg, C.A., Toth, L.T., Torres-Garcia, L.M., 2015, Investigación del USGS sobre el ecosistema de arrecifes de coral en el Atlántico: Reston, VA, 2 p., doi: 10.3133/fs20153074.

Kuffner, I.B., 2015, Underwater temperature on off-shore coral reefs of the Florida Keys, U.S.A., 2009 to 2015: USGS data release, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F71C1TZK.

Lacy, J.R., Schile, L.M., Callaway, J.C., and Ferner, M.C., 2015, Mechanisms Of Sediment Flux Between Shallows And Marshes: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0082.

Lammers, L.N., Brown Jr., G.E., Bird, D.K., Thomas, R.B., Johnson, N.C., Rosenbauer, R.J., Maher, K., 2015, Sedimentary reservoir oxidation during geologic CO2 sequestration: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 155, pp. 30–46, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.001.

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Lentz, E.E., Stippa, S.R., Thieler, E.R., Plant, N.G., Gesch, D., and Horton, R., 2015, Evaluating the Coastal Landscape Response to Sea-Level Rise for the Northeastern U.S.: Approach and Methods: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1252, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141252.

Lentz, E.E., Stippa, S.R., Thieler, E.R., Plant, N.G., Gesch, D.B., and Horton, R.M., 2015, Evaluating coastal landscape response to sea-level rise in the northeastern United States—Approach and methods: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1252, doi: 10.3133/ofr20141252.

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Lightsom, F., Cicchetti, G., Wahle, C., 2015, Data Categories for Marine Planning: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1046, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151046.

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Morgan, K.L.M., Krohn, M.D., Guy, K.K., 2015, Post-Nor'Ida coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Ocean City, Maryland, to Hatteras, North Carolina, December 4, 2009: Reston, VA, doi: 10.3133/ds930.

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Watt, J.T., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Cochrane, G.R., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Sliter, R.W., Krigsman, L.M., Lowe, E.N., Chin, J.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series: Drakes Bay and vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1041, doi: 10.3133/ofr20151041.

Watt, J.T., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., and Roberts, M., 2015, Offshore geology and geomorphology from Point Piedras Blancas to Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3327, doi: 10.3133/sim3327.

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