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Chirp, multichannel minisparker, and boomer seismic-reflection data from USGS field activity G-01-13-GA collected in Port Valdez, Alaska, in September 2013 Multichannel minisparker and boomer seismic-reflection and chirp sub bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in September of 2013 in Port Valdez, Alaska. Data were collected aboard the USGS R/V Alaskan Gyre during field activity G-01-13-GA. Sub-bottom acoustic penetration spans several hundreds of meters and is variable by location. High-resolution multichannel seismic-reflection data were acquired to support the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska coastal and marine hazards project to explore the sedimentary structure of tsunamigenic landslide deposits around an IODP drill site in Port Valdez. These data and information are intended for science researchers, students from elementary through college, policy... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Geophysics, Seismology, Structural Geology Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data of field activity L-1-06-SF collected offshore Bolinas to San Francisco, California from 2006-09-25 to 2006-10-03 High-resolution single-channel Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in September and October 2006, offshore Bolinas to San Francisco, California. Data were collected aboard the R/V Lakota, during field activity L-1-06-SF. Chirp data were collected using an EdgeTech 512 chirp subbottom system and were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger. Minisparker data were collected using a SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source combined with a single-channel streamer, and both were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, Bolinas, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Elevation, All tags... Geophysics, Golden Gate, Marine Geology, North Pacific Ocean, Ocean Beach, Oceans, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, geoscientificinformation, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics, seismic reflection profiling, sub-bottom profiling, Fewer tags Bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, and minisparker seismic-reflection datasets collected southwest of Montague Island and southwest of Chenega, Alaska during field activity 2014-622-FA High-resolution acoustic backscatter data, bathymetry data, single channel minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in May of 2014 southwest of Chenega Island and southwest of Montague Island, Alaska. Data were collected aboard the Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel, R/V Solstice, during USGS field activity 2014-622-FA, using a pole mounted 100-kHz Reson 7111 multibeam echosounder, a 500 Joule SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source and a single channel streamer. Categories: Data; Tags: Geomorphology, Geophysics, Marine Geology, Seismology, Structural Geology Marine geophysical data—Point Sal to Refugio State Beach, southern California This data release includes approximately 1,032 km of marine single-channel seismic-reflection data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on a research cruise (USGS survey 2014-632-FA) in July and August, 2014, between Point Sal and Refugio State Beach. The dataset includes 168 profiles, most of which were collected on tracklines roughly perpendicular to the coast at 1 km line spacing; additional profiles were collected on coast-parallel tie lines. These data were acquired to support the California Seafloor Mapping Program and USGS Geologic Hazards projects. Seismic-reflection data were collected using a minisparker system that creates an acoustic signal by discharging an electrical pulse between electrodes and... Tags: CMG, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Geophysics, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Point Sal, Refugio State Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Fewer tags Minisparker and chirp seismic-reflection data of field activity 2014-645-FA collected in the outer Santa Barbara Channel, California, between 2014-11-12 to 2014-11-25 (ver. 2.0, March 2020) The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution multichannel sparker, minisparker and chirp seismic-reflection data in November 2014, from offshore Catalina and Santa Cruz basins. The survey was designed to image faults and folds associated with movement on the faults in offshore southern California, including the Catalina, Catalina Ridge, San Clemente, and San Diego Trough faults. Data were collected aboard the Scripps Institution of Oceanography R/V Robert Gordon Sproul. Subbottom acoustic penetration spans several hundred meters and is variable by location. This data release contains processed digital SEG-Y. The seismic-reflection profiles of bedrock, sediment deposits and tectonic structure provide... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Geophysics Multichannel minisparker and chirp seismic reflection data of USGS field activity 2016-616-FA collected in the Catalina Basin offshore southern California in February 2016 This data release contains 25 multichannel minisparker seismic reflection (MCS) profiles and 41 chirp sub-bottom profiles that were collected in February of 2016 from the Catalina Basin offshore southern California by the U.S. Geological Survey Pacific and Coastal Marine Science Center in cooperation with the University of Washington. Data were collected aboard the University of Washington’s R/V Thomas G. Thompson on USGS cruise 2016-616-FA. MCS profiles were collected to image the Catalina and San Clemente fault systems as well as the San Gabriel Canyon and Channel system. Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Geophysics, Marine Geology, Seismology, Structural Geology Multichannel minisparker, multichannel boomer, and chirp seismic-reflection data of USGS field activity 2017-612-FA collected in Puget Sound and Lake Washington in February of 2017 High-resolution multichannel minisparker, multichannel boomer and chirp seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington in February of 2017 west of Seattle in Puget Sound and in Lake Washington, Washington. Data were collected aboard University of Washington’s R/V Clifford A. Barnes during USGS field activity 2017-612-FA. Sub-bottom acoustic penetration spans several hundreds of meters and is variable by location. Data were collected to characterize recent deformation and estimate earthquake recurrence on the Seattle Fault zone. These data and information are intended for science researchers, students from elementary through college, policy makers, and general... Tags: Geophysics, Marine Geology, Seismology Multibeam bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, and multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection data of USGS field activity 2016-666-FA collected in the Santa Barbara Basin in September and October of 2016 High-resolution multichannel minkisparker seismic-reflection (MCS) profiles were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in September and October of 2016 from the northern portion of the Santa Barbara Basin offshore southern California. Data were collected aboard the USGS R/V Parke Snavely and NOAA R/V Shearwater during field activity 2016-666-FA. Data were acquired to support USGS geologic hazards projects to aide hazard assessment within the Santa Barbara Basin. High-resolution multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection, multibeam-bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data were collected to investigate the causes and consequences of submarine landslides in the Santa Barbara Basin. These data and information are... Tags: Geophysics, Marine Geology, Sedimentology, Seismology, Stratigraphy, All tags... Structural Geology, Fewer tags Projected coastal flooding extents and depths for 1-, 20-, and 100-year return interval storms and 0.00, +0.25, +0.50, +1.00, +1.50, +2.00, and +3.00 meter sea-level rise scenarios in the Hawaiian, Mariana, and American Samoan Islands This data release provides flooding extent polygons and flood depth rasters (geotiffs) based on sea-level rise and wave-driven total water levels for the coast of the most populated Hawaiian, Mariana, and American Samoan Islands. Oceanographic, coastal engineering, ecologic, and geospatial data and tools were combined to evaluate the increased risks of storm-induced coastal flooding due to climate change and sea-level rise. We followed risk-based valuation approaches to map flooding due to waves and storm surge at 10 square meter resolution along these islands’ coastlines for annual (1-year), 20-year, and 100-year return-interval storm events and +0.25 m, +0.50 m, +1.00 m, +1.50 m, +2.00 m, and +3.00 m sea-level... Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Climate Change, Climatology, Coastal Processes, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... Earth sciences, Effects of climate change, Environmental Equity, Environmental Justice, Flooding, Floods, Geography, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Geospatial Datasets, Guam, Hawaiian Islands, Hydrology, Island of Hawaiʻi, Kaua'i, Land Use Change, Mariana Islands, Marine Geology, Mathematical modeling, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu, Ofu Island, Olosega Island, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Predictions, Saipan Island, Sea level change, Sea-level Change, Spatial Analysis, State of Hawaii, Storms, Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waves, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags Digital maps of submarine landslides and mass wasting features offshore of southern California This data release provides the locations and certain key metrics of landslide features offshore southern California, including landslide perimeters, scarps, evacuation zones, debris aprons, and slide-prone areas in geographic information system (GIS) shapefile format. The offshore region of southern California is a tectonically active area that includes more than 20 fault-bounded basins and ridges that are subject to various types of mass-wasting and landslide processes. The collection of high-resolution seafloor mapping data offshore southern California, mostly within the last 25 years, provide a new data set that forms the basis for the identification and mapping of landslides and slide-related features throughout... Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Distributions, Geomorphology, Geophysics, All tags... Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, earth characteristics, earthquake effects, geologic mapping, geologic processes, geological features, geology, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards and disasters, landslides, marine geology, marine geophysics, natural agents of coastal change, oceanic lithosphere, oceanographic observations, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, Fewer tags Hydrodynamic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta, California A one- and two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta was constructed using the Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite (Delft3D FM; Kernkamp and others, 2011; https://www.deltares.nl/en/software/delft3d-flexible-mesh-suite/) to simulate still water levels. Required model input files are provided to run the model for the time period from October 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019. This data release describes the construction and validation of the model application and provides input files suitable to run the model on Delft3D FM Suite 2020.04. Model Description The San Francisco Bay and Delta Still Water Level Model (SFBD-SWL) utilizes the open-source Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite (Delft3D FM; Kernkamp and... Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Geophysics, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, All tags... Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Water Resources, coastal processes, compound flooding, numerical modeling, oceans, Fewer tags OpenFOAM models of low- and high-relief sites from the coral reef flat off Waiakane, Molokai, Hawaii OpenFOAM Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models were developed to simulate wave energy dissipation across natural rough reef surfaces on the reef flat off Waiakane, Molokai, Hawaii, to understand this process in the context of reef restoration design. A total of 140 models were developed (70 per low- and 70 per high-bed-relief domains). Models were calibrated and validated with oceanographic datasets collected in 2018. This data release presents the 140 model scenarios that can be readily input into OpenFOAM to recreate the results, in addition to a csv file indicating the parameters used for each model scenario. These model data accompany Norris and others (2023) OpenFOAM Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models... Categories: Data; Tags: CHMRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Geophysics, Molokai, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of Hawaii, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Waiakane, Wave Energy Production, coastal processes, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data of field activity F-02-07-NC collected offshore San Mateo County, California, from 2007-03-22 to 2007-04-06 High-resolution single-channel Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in March and April 2007, offshore San Mateo County, California. Data were collected aboard the R/V Fulmar during field activity F-02-07-NC. Chirp data were collected using an EdgeTech 512 chirp subbottom system and were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger. Minisparker data were collected using a SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source combined with a single-channel streamer, and both were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Elevation, Geophysics, All tags... Half Moon Bay, Marine Geology, North Pacific Ocean, Oceans, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Pacifica, San Francisco, San Gregorio, San Mateo County, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, geoscientificinformation, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics, seismic reflection profiling, sub-bottom profiling, Fewer tags Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data from Floras Lake, Oregon, June 2018 This publication releases single-beam bathymetry and backscatter datasets acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during surveys performed on Floras Lake, Oregon, in June 2018. Bathymetry and backscatter data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs) equipped with single-beam sonar systems, sidescan sonar systems, and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Bathymetry data are provided as point data in a comma-separated text file and are projected in cartesian coordinates using the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 10 North, meters coordinate system, with elevations relative to the NAVD88 vertical datum. Acoustic-backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF file also projected... Categories: Data; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMHRP, Cape Blanco, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Curry County, All tags... Echo Sounders, Floras Lake, GPS (Global Positioning System), GPS measurement, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Global Positioning System (GPS) observations, Oregon, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Sedimentology, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Water Depth, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement, elevation, marine geophysics, sea-floor characteristics, single-beam echo sounder, Fewer tags Physicochemical measurements of the coastal aquifer and coastal groundwater discharge on Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, Hawaii This data table includes in-situ near-shore seawater measurements of excess radon (Rn-222), tide and crater lake water levels and salinity collected in Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, Hawaii. Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Ecology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, All tags... Hydrology, Kalaupapa, Molokai, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of Hawaii, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Water Column Features, Water Quality, biota, geoscientificInformation, marine water quality, physical oceanography, time series datasets, Fewer tags Wind-wave and suspended-sediment data from Liberty Island and Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California (ver. 2.0, September 2019) Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the influence of wind waves on sediment dynamics in two flooded agricultural tracts in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Little Holland Tract and Liberty Island. This effort is part of a large interdisciplinary study led by the USGS California Water Science Center and funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to investigate how shallow-water habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta function and whether they provide good habitat for native fish species, including the Delta smelt. Elevated turbidity is a requirement for Delta smelt habitat, and turbidity is largely comprised of suspended sediment.... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: Citation; Tags: Average Burst Pressure, CMG, CMGP, CONDUCTIVITY, CTD > CONDUCTIVITY, TEMPERATURE, DEPTH, All tags... CTD measurements, CURRENT METERS, Cache Slough Complex, California, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Current Direction (t), Current Speed, Geophysics, Liberty Island, Little Holland Tract, PCMSC, PRESSURE SENSORS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, SALINITY, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Salinity, Shallow water habitat, Solano County, Stand. Dev. (press), Suspended-sediment concentration, TIDAL CURRENTS, TIDAL STAGE, TURBIDITY, Temperature (c), Tidal fresh water, Tidal shallows, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Vertical Velocity, WATER DEPTH, WATER PRESSURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES, WAVE SPEED DIRECTION, Wave Height Period, Wind Waves, Yolo County, data release, inlandWaters, marine water quality, ocean waves, time series dataset, Fewer tags Quaternary faults offshore of California A comprehensive map of Quaternary faults has been generated for offshore of California. The Quaternary fault map includes mapped geometries and attribute information for offshore fault systems located in California State and Federal waters. The polyline shapefile and matching KML file have been compiled from previously published mapping where relatively dense, high-resolution marine geophysical data exist. The data are accompanied by a PDF containing citations for the compiled source data. Most of the marine geophysical data used for mapping have been processed, merged, and released by the USGS in maps, data releases, and journal publications in support of the California Seafloor Mapping Program and the U.S. West... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Distributions, Geophysics, Marine Geology, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, State of California, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, earth characteristics, earthquake effects, earthquake prediction, earthquakes, geologic mapping, geologic processes, geological features, geology, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hazards, hazards and disasters, marine geology, marine geophysics, natural agents of coastal change, oceanic lithosphere, oceanographic observations, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, seismic methods, Fewer tags Projected flooding extents and depths based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year wave-energy return periods for the State of Florida and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico before and after Hurricanes Irma and Maria due to the storms' damage to the coral reefs This data release provides flooding extent polygons based on wave-driven total water levels for the coral lined coast of Florida and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The wave and sea-level conditions were then propagated using the XBeach over 100-m spaced shore-normal transects modified to account for base and post-storm scenarios. In situ observations following hurricanes Irma and Maria were used to create classifications of impact level to reefs where 0 = no impact, 0 - 0.05 = minor impact, 0.05 - 0.15 = moderate impact, and 0.15 - 1.00 = major impact. Categories were converted into numeric values of 0, 1, 2, and 3 that corresponded with the none, minor, moderate, and major damage category, respectively. These... Tags: Broward County, CMHRP, Cayo Vieques, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coral Reef, All tags... Culebra, Ecology, Florida Keys, Florida Peninsula, Geography, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Habitat, Isla de Culebra, Island of Puerto Rico, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Martin County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Palm Beach County, Puerto Rico, State of Florida, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Vieques, coastal processes, coral reef communities, environment, flooding, geoscientificInformation, oceans, reef, reef ecosystems, Fewer tags Chirp sub-bottom data collected in 2019 in Whiskeytown Lake, California during USGS field activity 2018-686-FA High-resolution chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in May of 2019 in Whiskeytown Lake, California using an Edgetech SB-512i sub-bottom profiler. These data were collected to measure possible debris flows into the lake during the 2018-2019 rainy season following the July-August 2018 Carr fire that burned vegetation around the entire lake. Post-fire hillslope sediment yields are commonly substantially greater than pre-fire yields, but the degree to which they increase can vary substantially. Effects of wildfire on sediment yield have important implications for hazards (debris-flow risk), ecosystem disturbance and recovery, and downstream water... Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Distributions, Geomorphology, Geophysics, All tags... Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, State of California, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Water Resources, Whiskeytown Lake, acoustic methods, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, geospatial datasets, lakebed, lakes, mapping, marine geophysics, seismic reflection profiling, sub-bottom profiling, Fewer tags Flooding extent polygons for modelled wave-driven water levels in Florida with and without projected coral reef degradation This data release presents projected flooding extent polygon (flood masks) shapefiles based on wave-driven total water levels for the State Florida (the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Keys). There are 12 associated flood mask shapefiles: one for each of four nearshore wave energy return periods (rp; 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-years), the current scenario (base) and each of the degradation scenarios (Mean Elevation and Mean Erosion). These data accompany: Storlazzi, C.D., Reguero, B.G., Yates, K.K., Cumming, K.A., Cole, A.D., Shope, J.A., Gaido L., C., Zawada, D.G., Arsenault, S.R., Fehr, Z.W., Nickel, B.A., and Beck, M.W., 2021, Rigorously valuing the impact of projected coral reef degradation on coastal hazard... Tags: Broward County, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Coral Reef, Ecology, All tags... Florida Keys, Florida Peninsula, Geography, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Habitat, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Martin County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, coastal processes, coral reef communities, environment, flooding, geoscientificInformation, oceans, reef, reef ecosystems, Fewer tags 1 2 »