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Coastal and Marine Geology Program > FY2000 Research Projects

FY2000 Research Projects

See the Program Information Sheet for a description of the
Program's Issues and Goals.

Theme 1: Environmental Quality and Preservation

Fundamental Studies
• Large Scale Coastal Dynamics, Methods and Modeling
• Origin of Marine Stratification (Support to STRATAFORM)
• Mechanisms of Sorting in Mixed Sediments
• Coastal Hydrocarbon Surveys
• Sediment Transport Pathways on Continental Slope of California
• Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms

Pollution and Waste Disposal Studies
• Pollutant Transport and Accumulation in the New York - New Jersey Metropolitan Region
• Monitoring Pollution and Sediment Transport in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay
• Los Angeles Shelf Pollution
• Sedimentation and Water Quality in Florida Bay
• Sediment and Pollutant Transport in Central San Francisco Bay
• Dredge Spoil Dumpsite, Mamala Bay, Hawaii
• Long Island Sound Environmental Studies
• Fragile Environments Studies
• Gulf of Mexico/Southeast US Wetlands: Changes
• Paleoenvironment and Geologic History, Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem
• Assessment and Vitality of Coral Reef Systems



Geomorphology of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Marine Reserves and Biologic Habitats Studies
• Oculina Bank Shelf-Edge Reef Habitats, Florida
• Georges Bank Biologic Habitats
• Nearshore Benthic Habitats, West Coast and Hawaii
• New York Bight Benthic Habitat for Fisheries
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary
• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary



Theme 2: Natural Hazards and Public Safety

Fundamental Studies
• Grand Canyon Flood Sedimentology
• Predictive Modeling of Bedload Transport
• Analysis of Inner Shelf Geomorphic Regimes, Atlantic Coast
• Large Scale Shoreline Change; Measurement and Analysis
• National Community Sediment Transport Modeling




1997 1998 Cape Shoalwater, located in Southwest Washington, has had a long-term erosion rate of about 45 m/yr for the past 100 years.

Coastal and Nearshore Erosion Studies
• 1998 - El Niño, Analysis of Coastal and Nearshore Change
• Low-Latitude Coastal Erosion Studies, Hawaii
• Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion
• California Coastal Cliff Stability and Erosion Processes
• South Carolina Coastal Erosion
• Coastal Processes, Analysis and Prediction
• Storm Impacts
• Sea Level Rise
• Analysis of Coastal and Delta Subsidence, Louisiana
• North Carolina Coastal Erosion




Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Landslides Studies
• Marine and Coastal Aspects of Pacific Northwest Seismic Hazards
• Modeling and Analysis of Coastal Earthquake Hazards
• S. California Continental Borderland Seismic Hazards
• Caribbean Coastal and Offshore Seismic Hazards
• Tsunami Records and Modeling

Theme 3: Natural Resources

Water Resources/Coastal Aquifers Studies
• Coastal and Nearshore Geologic Studies in Groundwater Systems


Marine Mineral Resources Studies
• Hawaii Shelf Sands as a Resource
• Atlantic Margin Data Synthesis
• Long Island Coastal Sand Resources
• Marine Mineral Resources


Energy Resources Studies
• Offshore Gas Hydrates - Laboratory and Field Studies
• Deep-water Gulf of Mexico

Multibeam bathymetry of Lake Tahoe bottom topography

Theme 4: Information and Technology

Systematic Mapping Studies
• New York/New Jersey Inner Shelf Seafloor Mapping
• Pacific Seafloor Mapping - So. California
• Seafloor Character From Quantitative Acoustic Analysis


Information Bank Studies
• Data Rescue and Archiving
• Core Storage and Archiving (West Coast)
• Antarctic Seismic Data Library System for Cooperative Research
• Coastal Mapping and Analysis Data System (East Coast)


Information Bank Assessment Studies
• Assessment of Sea Level Rise


Technology Studies
• Propagation of Sound
• Sediment Laboratory Instrumentation
• Ocean Bottom Seismometer Development
• Expanding Seafloor Photographic Systems
• Real Time Hydrologic Data Development
• Oceanographic Data Processing
• Seabed flux of metals

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