Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Center for Coastal Geology

Summaries of FY 1998 Research Projects

All USGS Center for Coastal Geology projects fall under one of the four
major themes described in the National Coastal and Marine Geology Plan, as revised in 1997:

1. Environmental Quality and Preservation
2. Natural Hazards and Public Safety
3. Natural Resources
4. Information and Technology

Theme 1: Environmental Quality and Preservation

Fundamental Studies
• Remote Sensing of Coastal Ocean Color for Coastal Oceanographic Research
  
Pollution and Waste Disposal
• Determination of Groundwater-Flow Direction and Rate Beneath Florida Bay, the Florida Keys and Reef Tract
• Geologic Framework and Processes of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
  
Fragile Environments
• Groundwater Seepage in the Florida Keys
• Gulf of Mexico / Southeast Tidal Wetlands: Determination of Long-Term Change
• High-Resolution Bathymetry of Florida Bay
• Remote Sensing of Water Turbidity and Sedimentation in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay
• Sediment Properties and Transport Processes in Florida Bay
• Sedimentation and Water Quality of Florida Bay
• Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay
• South Florida Ecosystem Program World Wide Web Site
  
Marine Reserves and Biologic Habitats
• Assessment of Coral-Reef Decline through Decadal-Scale Changes in Sedimentary Petrology: a Proxy Indicator for Ecosystem Health, South Florida
• Coral Mortality and African Dust
• Systematic (Geophysical) Mapping of Pleistocene Bedrock Topography, Holocene Reef and Sand Thickness, and Groundtruthed Habitats in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
  

Theme 2: Natural Hazards and Public Safety

Coastal and Nearshore Erosion
• Duck 97: Fundamental Nearshore Processes
• Hurricane and Extreme Storm Response
• South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study
• West-Central Florida Erosion Study
• Southwest Washington Erosion Study
• U.S. National Coastal Assessment
  
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Landslides


Fundamental Studies

Theme 3: Natural Resources

Water Resources/Coastal Aquifers


Mineral Resources


Energy Resources


Fundamental Studies

Theme 4: Information and Technology

Systematic Mapping
• Coastal & Nearshore Mapping with Scanning Airborne Laser (Lidar)
• Remote Video Monitoring
  
Information Bank


Information Bank Assessment


Technology
• Computer Technology - St. Petersburg Field Office

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