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2012

Anderson, T., Rosenberger, K.J., and Gartner, A.L., 2012, Reformatted data sets used in the Cooperative LACSD/U.S. Geological Survey Palos Verdes Flow Study, 2000-2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1253, 45 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1253/.

Apotsos, A., Gelfenbaum, G., Jaffe, B., 2012, Time-dependent onshore tsunami response: Coastal Engineering, v. 64, pp. 73–86, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.01.001.

Atwater, B.F., ten Brink, U.S., Buckley, M., Halley, R.S., Jaffe, B.E., Lopez-Venegas, A.M., Reinhardt, E.G., Tuttle, M.P., Watt, S., Wei, Y., 2012, Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence for an unusual tsunami or storm a few centuries ago at Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 51–84, doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9622-6.

Atwater, B.F., ten Brink, U.S., Buckley, M., Halley, R.S., Jaffe, B.E., López-Venegas, A.M., Reinhardt, E.G., Tuttle, M.P., Watt, S., Wei, Y., 2012, Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence for an unusual tsunami or storm a few centuries ago at Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 51–84, doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9622-6.

Barnard, P.L., Erikson, L.H., Rubin, D.M., Dartnell, P., and Kvitek, R.G., 2012, Analyzing bedforms mapped using multibeam sonar to determine regional bedload sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal system: Sedimentology: In: Li, M.Z., Sherwood, C.R., and Hill, P.R. (Eds.), Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves. Advances in technologies, research and applications: Special Publication 44 of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), pp. 273–294.

Barnard, P.L., Hansen, J.E., Erikson, L.H., 2012, Synthesis Study of an Erosion Hot Spot, Ocean Beach, California: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 283, pp. 903–922, doi: 10.2112/Jcoastres-D-11-00212.1.

Barnard, P.L., Hubbard, D.M., Dugan, J.E., 2012, Beach response dynamics of a littoral cell using a 17-year single-point time series of sand thickness: Geomorphology, v. 139-140, pp. 588–598, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.023.

Berkowitz, P., Storlazzi, C.D., Courtot, K.N., Krause, C.M., and Reynolds, M.H., 2012, Sea-level rise and wave-driven inundation models for Laysan Island, Chapter 2 of Reynolds, M.H., Berkowitz, P., Courtot, K.N., and Krause, C.M., eds., Predicting sea-level rise vulnerability of terrestrial habitat and wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1182, 72126 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1182/.

Briggs, B.R., Inagaki, F., Morono, Y., Futagami, T., Huguet, C., Rosell-Mele, A., Lorenson, T.D., Colwell, F.S., 2012, Bacterial dominance in subseafloor sediments characterized by methane hydrates: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 81 no. 1, pp. 88–98, doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01311.x.

Brothers, L.L., Hart, P.E., Ruppel, C.D., 2012, Minimum distribution of subsea ice-bearing permafrost on the U.S. Beaufort Sea continental shelf: US BEAUFORT SEA SUBSEA PERMAFROST: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39 no. 15, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1029/2012gl052222.

Buckley, M.L., Wei, Y., Jaffe, B.E., Watt, S.G., 2012, Inverse modeling of velocities and inferred cause of overwash that emplaced inland fields of boulders at Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 133–149, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9725-8.

Buscombe, D., Rubin, D.M., 2012, Advances in the simulation and automated measurement of well-sorted granular material: 1. Simulation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117 no. F2, doi: 10.1029/2011jf001974.

Buscombe, D., Rubin, D.M., 2012, Advances in the simulation and automated measurement of well-sorted granular material: 2. Direct measures of particle properties: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117 no. F2, doi: 10.1029/2011jf001975.

Calderon, K., Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Wiese, D.S., and Phelps, D.C., 2012, Archive of digital boomer subbottom profile data collected in the Atlantic Ocean offshore northeast Florida during USGS cruises 03FGS01 and 03FGS02 in September and October of 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 670, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/670/.

Childs, J.R., Triezenberg, P.J., and Danforth, W.W., 2012, 2008 Joint United States-Canadian program to explore the limits of the Extended Continental Shelf aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy—Cruise HLY0806: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1210, 15 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1210/.

Childs, J.R., Triezenberg, P.J., and Danforth, W.W., 2012, 2008 Joint United States-Canadian program to explore the limits of the Extended Continental Shelf aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy—Cruise HLY0806: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1210, 15 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1210/.

Conaway, C.H., Swarzenski, P.W., and Cohen, A.S., 2012, Recent paleorecords document rising mercury contamination in Lake Tanganyika: Applied Geochemistry, v. 27 no. 1, pp. 352–359, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.11.005.

Dartnell, P., Finlayson, D.P., Ritchie, A.C., Cochrane, G.R., and Erdey, M.D., 2012, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter—Outer mainland shelf, eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 702, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/702/.

Dimova, N.T., Swarzenski, P.W., Dulaiova, H., and Glenn, C.R., 2012, Utilizing multichannel electrical resistivity methods to examine the dynamics of the fresh water-seawater interface in two Hawaiian groundwater systems: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117 no. C2, doi: 10.1029/2011jc007509.

Draut, A.E., 2012, Effects of river regulation on aeolian landscapes, Colorado River, southwestern USA: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117 no. F2, doi: 10.1029/2011jf002329.

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Draut, A.E., Redsteer, M.H., and Amoroso, L., 2012, Vegetation, substrate, and aeolian sand transport at Teesto Wash, Navajo Nation, 2009–12: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5095, 78 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5095/.

Draut, A.E., and Clift, P.D., 2012, Basins in ARC-Continent Collisions: In: Busby, C., Azor, A. (Eds.). Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp. 347–368, doi: 10.1002/9781444347166.ch17.

Edgar, L.A., Grotzinger, J.P., Hayes, A.G., Rubin, D.M., Squyres, S.W., Bell, J.F, and Herkenhoff, K.E., 2012, Stratigraphic architecture of bedrock reference section, Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars: Sedimentary Geology of Mars: SEPM Special Publication No. 102, pp. 195–209.

Elias, E.P.L., Gelfenbaum, G., and Van der Westhuysen, A.J., 2012, Validation of a coupled wave-flow model in a high-energy setting: The mouth of the Columbia River: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 117 no. C9, doi: 10.1029/2012jc008105.

Erikson, L.H., Gibbs, A.E., Richmond, B.M., Storlazzi, C.D., and Jones, B.M., 2012, Modeling arctic barrier island-lagoon system response to projected arctic warming: Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Progress Report, http://arcticlcc.org/projects/geophysical/barrier-island-lagoon-systems/.

Fletcher, C.H., Romine, B.M., Genz, A.S., Barbee, M.M., Dyer, M., Anderson, T.R., Lim, S.C., Vitousek, S., Bochicchio, C., and Richmond, B.M., 2012, National assessment of shoreline change: Historical shoreline change in the Hawaiian Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1051, 55 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1051.

Foxgrover, A.C., and Barnard, P.L., 2012, A seamless, high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) of the north-central California coast: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 684, 11 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/684/.

Ganguli, P.M., Conaway, C.H., Swarzenski, P.W., Izbicki, J.A., and Flegal, A.R., 2012, Mercury Speciation and Transport via Submarine Groundwater Discharge at a Southern California Coastal Lagoon System: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 46 no. 3, pp. 1480–1488, doi: 10.1021/es202783u.

Garcia, S., Rosenbauer, R.J., Palandri, J., and Maroto-Valer, M.M., 2012, Sequestration of non-pure carbon dioxide streams in iron oxyhydroxide-containing saline repositories: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 7, pp. 89–97, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.12.004.

García-García, A., Schoolmeester, T., Orange, D., Calafat, A., Fabres, J., Grossman, E., Field, M., Lorenson, T.D., Levey, M., and Sansoucy, M., 2012, Recent Sedimentary Processes in the Cap de Creus Canyon Head and Adjacent Continental Shelf, NE Spain: Evidence from Multibeam Bathymetry, Sub-Bottom Profiles and Coring: In: Li, M.Z., Sherwood, C.R., and Hill, P.R. (Eds.). Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves: Advances in Technologies, Research, and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 71–97, doi: 10.1002/9781118311172.ch4.

Geist, E.L., 2012, Chapter Two – Phenomenology of Tsunamis II: Scaling, Event Statistics, and Inter-Event Triggering: , Advances in Geophysics. Advances in Geophysics 53, Elsevier, , pp. 35–92, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380938-4.00002-1.

Geist, E.L., 2012, Near-field tsunami edge waves and complex earthquake rupture: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 170 no. 9-10, pp. 1475–1491, doi: 10.1007/s00024-012-0491-7.

George, D.A., Gelfenbaum, G., and Stevens, A.W., 2012, Modeling the Hydrodynamic and Morphologic Response of an Estuary Restoration: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 35 no. 6, pp. 1510–1529, doi: 10.1007/s12237-012-9541-8.

Gibbs, A.E., and Cochran, S.A., 2012, Seafloor Morphology and Coral Habitat Variability in a Volcanic Environment: Kaloko–Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii, USA A2 - Harris, Peter T: In: Baker, E.K. (Ed.), Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat. Elsevier, London, pp. 409–423 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00028-1.

Goff, J., Chagué-Goff, C., Nichol, S., Jaffe, B., Dominey-Howes, D., 2012, Progress in palaeotsunami research: Sedimentary Geology, v. 243-244, pp. 70–88, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.11.002.

Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C.H., et al., 2012, Turbidite event history—Methods and implications for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661–F, 170 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1661f/.

Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C.H., Morey, A.E., Johnson, J.E., Patton, J.R., Karabanov, E., Gutierrez-Pastor, J., Eriksson, A.T., Gracia, E., Dunhill, G., Enkin, R.J., Dallimore, A., and Vallier, T., 2012, Turbidite event history--Methods and implications for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone: In: Kayen, R. (Ed.). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661F, 184 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1661f/.

Goto, K., Chagué-Goff, C., Goff, J., Jaffe, B., 2012, The future of tsunami research following the 2011 Tohoku-oki event: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, pp. 1–13, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.08.003.

Guerry, A.D., Ruckelshaus, M.H., Arkema, K.K., Bernhardt, J.R., Guannel, G., Kim, C.-K., Marsik, M., Papenfus, M., Toft, J.E., Verutes, G., Wood, S.A., Beck, M., Chan, F., Chan, K.M.A., Gelfenbaum, G., Gold, B.D., Halpern, B.S., Labiosa, W.B., Lester, S.E., Levin, P.S., McField, M., Pinsky, M.L., Plummer, M., Polasky, S., Ruggiero, P., Sutherland, D.A., Tallis, H., Day, A., Spencer, J., 2012, Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, v. 8 no. 1-2, pp. 107–121, doi: 10.1080/21513732.2011.647835.

Hein, J.R., Conrad, T.A., Frank, M., Christl, M., Sager, W.W., 2012, Copper-nickel-rich, amalgamated ferromanganese crust-nodule deposits from Shatsky Rise, NW Pacific: SHATSKY RISE Cu-RICH Fe-Mn CRUSTS: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 13 no. 10, doi: 10.1029/2012gc004286.

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Hein, J., 2012, Prospects for Rare Earth Elements From Marine Minerals: Briefing Paper 02/12, International Seabed Authority sensitization seminar, May 2012.

Izbicki, J.A., Swarzenski, P.W., Burton, C.A., Van De Werfhorst, L., Holden, P.A., and Dubinsky, E.A., 2012, Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria to Groundwater, Malibu Lagoon and the Near-Shore Ocean, Malibu, California, USA: Annals of Environmental Science, v. 6.

Jaffe, B.E., Goto, K., Sugawara, D., Richmond, B.M., Fujino, S., Nishimura, Y., 2012, Flow speed estimated by inverse modeling of sandy tsunami deposits: results from the 11 March 2011 tsunami on the coastal plain near the Sendai Airport, Honshu, Japan: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, pp. 90–109, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.09.002.

Jaffe, B.E., Watt, Steve, and Buckley, Mark, 2012, Inland fields of dispersed cobbles and boulders as evidence for a tsunami on Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 11, pp. 119–131, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9848-y.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Greene, H.G., Krigsman, L.M., Endris, C.A., Clahan, K.B., Sliter, R.W., Wong, F.L., Yoklavich, M.M., and Normark, W.R.(S.Y.J., ed.), 2012, California State Waters Map Series--Hueneme Canyon and vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3225, 41 p.

Johnson, S.Y., Watt, J.T., 2012, Influence of fault trend, bends, and convergence on shallow structure and geomorphology of the Hosgri strike-slip fault, offshore central California: Geosphere, v. 8 no. 6, pp. 1632–1656, doi: 10.1130/Ges00830.1.

Kinsman, N., and Xu, J.P., 2012, Fluorescent tracer experiment on Holiday Beach near Mugu Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1131, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1131/.

Kvenvolden, K.A., 2012, Fifty years of IMOG (International Meetings on Organic Geochemistry): Organic Geochemistry, v. 53, pp. 5–7, doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.09.004.

Lacy, J.R., Rubin, D.M., Buscombe, D., 2012, Currents, drag, and sediment transport induced by a tsunami: TSUNAMI CURRENTS: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 117 no. C9, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1029/2012jc007954.

Langenheim, V.E., Watt, J.T., and Denton, K.M., 2012, Magnetic map of the Irish Hills and surrounding areas, San Luis Obispo County, central California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1080/.

Ledezma, C., Hutchinson, T., Ashford, S.A., Moss, R., Arduino, P., Bray, J.D., Olson, S., Hashash, Y.M.A., Verdugo, R., Frost, D., Kayen, R., and Rollins, K., 2012, Effects of Ground Failure on Bridges, Roads, and Railroads: Earthquake Spectra, v. 28 no. S1, S119-S143 p., doi: 10.1193/1.4000024.

Logan, J., 2012, New Video Shows a Virtual Fly-Through Along the Lower Elwha River, Washington, Using Recently Acquired Ground-Based Lidar Data: U. S. Geological Survey Sound Waves, Mar/Apr. 2012, http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2012/04/pubs.html.

McGann, M., Grossman, E.E., Takesue, R.K., Penttila, D., Walsh, J.P., Corbett, R., 2012, Arrival and Expansion of the Invasive Foraminifera Trochammina hadai Uchio in Padilla Bay, Washington: Northwest Science, v. 86 no. 1, pp. 9–26, doi: 10.3955/046.086.0102.

McGlue, M.M., Ellis, G.S., Cohen, A.S., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2012, Playa-lake sedimentation and organic matter accumulation in an Andean piggyback basin: the recent record from the Cuenca de Pozuelos, North-west Argentina: Organic sedimentation in piggyback playa lakes: Sedimentology, v. 59 no. 4, pp. 1237–1256, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01304.x.

McGlue, M.M., Silva, A., Corradini, F.A., Zani, H., Trees, M.A., Ellis, G.S., Parolin, M., Swarzenski, P.W., Cohen, A.S., and Assine, M.L., 2012, Erratum to: Limnogeology in Brazil's ''forgotten wilderness'': a synthesis from the large floodplain lakes of the Pantanal: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 47 no. 1, pp. 165–166, doi: 10.1007/s10933-011-9545-6.

McGlue, M.M., Silva, A., Corradini, F.A., Zani, H., Trees, M.A., Ellis, G.S., Parolin, M., Swarzenski, P.W., Cohen, A.S., and Assine, M.L., 2012, Erratum to: Limnogeology in Brazil’s ‘‘forgotten wilderness’’: a synthesis from the large floodplain lakes of the Pantanal: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 47 no. 1, pp. 165–166, doi: 10.1007/s10933-011-9545-6.

Merrifield, M.A., and 27 others, 2012, Sea Level and Coastal Inundation on Pacific Islands; In, Marra, J.J., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M.L., Spooner, D., Smith, M.H. (eds.), Climate Change and Pacific Islands—Indicators and Impacts: Report for The 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA), Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA, pp. 58–79.

Miller, I.M., and Warrick, J.A., 2012, Measuring sediment transport and bed disturbance with tracers on a mixed beach: Marine Geology, v. 299–302, pp. 1–17, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.01.002.

Mitra, S., Kimmel, D.G., Snyder, J., Scalise, K., McGlaughon, B.D., Roman, M.R., Jahn, G.L., Pierson, J.J., Brandt, S.B., Montoya, J.P., Rosenbauer, R.J., Lorenson, T.D., Wong, F.L., and Campbell, P.L., 2012, Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesozooplankton from the northern Gulf of Mexico: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39 no. 1, L01605 p., doi: 10.1029/2011GL049505.

Noble, M.A., Rosenberger, K.J., Rosenfeld, L.K., Robertson, G.L., 2012, Temporal and spatial patterns in wind stress and wind stress curl over the central Southern California Bight: Continental Shelf Research, v. 38, pp. 98–109, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.006.

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Null, K.A., Dimova, N.T., Knee, K.L., Esser, B.K., Swarzenski, P.W., Singleton, M.J., Stacey, M., and Paytan, A., 2012, Submarine Groundwater Discharge-Derived Nutrient Loads to San Francisco Bay: Implications to Future Ecosystem Changes: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 35 no. 5, pp. 1299–1315, doi: 10.1007/s12237-012-9526-7.

Parker, B., and 39 others, 2012, Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Ecosystems on Pacific Islands; In, Marra, J.J., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M.L., Spooner, D., Smith, M.H. (eds.), Climate Change and Pacific Islands—Indicators and Impacts: Report for The 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA), Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA, pp. 80–101.

Parsons, T., 2012, Paleoseismic interevent times interpreted for an unsegmented earthquake rupture forecast: PALEOEARTHQUAKES ON UNSEGMENTED FAULTS: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39 no. 13, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1029/2012gl052275.

Parsons, T., Console, R., Falcone, G., Murru, M., Yamashina, K.'ichiro, 2012, Comparison of characteristic and Gutenberg-Richter models for time-dependent M >= 7.9 earthquake probability in the Nankai-Tokai subduction zone, Japan: Earthquake forecasts in the Tokai area: Geophysical Journal International, v. 190 no. 3, pp. 1673–1688, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05595.x.

Parsons, T., Field, E.H., Page, M.T., Milner, K., 2012, Possible Earthquake Rupture Connections on Mapped California Faults Ranked by Calculated Coulomb Linking Stresses: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 102 no. 6, pp. 2667–2676, doi: 10.1785/0120110349.

Parsons, T., Geist, E.L., 2012, Were Global M>=8.3 Earthquake Time Intervals Random between 1900 and 2011? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 102 no. 4, pp. 1583–1592, doi: 10.1785/0120110282.

Parsons, T., Kaven, J.O., Velasco, A.A., Gonzalez-Huizar, H., 2012, Unraveling the apparent magnitude threshold of remote earthquake triggering using full wavefield surface wave simulation: REMOTE EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING MAGNITUDES: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 13 no. 6, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1029/2012gc004164.

Parsons, T., Ogata, Y., Zhuang, J., Geist, E.L., 2012, Evaluation of static stress change forecasting with prospective and blind tests: Prospective tests of stress change forecasts: Geophysical Journal International, v. 188 no. 3, pp. 1425–1440, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05343.x.

Polgári, M., Hein, J.R., Tóth, A.L., Pál-Molnár, E., Vigh, T., Bíró, L., and Fintor, K., 2012, Microbial action formed Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit in only a few hundred years (Urkut, Hungary): Geology, v. 40 no. 10, pp. 903–906, doi: 10.1130/G33304.1.

Polgári, M., Hein, J.R., Vigh, T., Szabó-Drubina, M., Fórizs, I., Bíró, L., Müller, A., Tóth, A.L., 2012, Microbial processes and the origin of the Úrkút manganese deposit, Hungary: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 47, pp. 87–109, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.10.001.

Presto, M.K., Storlazzi, C.D., Logan, J.B., Reiss, T.E., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2012, Coastal Circulation and Potential Coral-larval Dispersal in Maunalua Bay, Oʻahu, Hawaii—Measurements of Waves, Currents, Temperature, and Salinity, June–September 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1040, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1040/.

Richmond, B., Szczucinski, W., Chagué-Goff, C., Goto, K., Sugawara, D., Witter, R., Tappin, D.R., Jaffe, B., Fujino, S., Nishimura, Y., Goff, J., 2012, Erosion, deposition and landscape change on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan, resulting from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, pp. 27–39, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.08.005.

Romine, B.M., Fletcher, C.H., Genz, A.S., Barbee, M.M., Dyer, M., Anderson, T.R., Lim, S.C., Vitousek, S., Bochicchio, C., and Richmond, B.M., 2012, National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the sandy shorelines of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1009, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1009/.

Rosenbauer, R.J., Thomas, B., Bischoff, J.L., Palandri, J., 2012, Carbon sequestration via reaction with basaltic rocks: Geochemical modeling and experimental results: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 89, pp. 116–133, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.042.

Rubin, D.M., 2012, A unifying model for planform straightness of ripples and dunes in air and water: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 113 no. 3-4, pp. 176–185, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.010.

Ryan, H., von Huene, R., Scholl, D., and Kirby, S., 2012, Tsunami hazards to U.S. coasts from giant earthquakes in Alaska: Eos, Transactions, v. 93 no. 19, doi: 10.1029/2012eo190001.

Ryan, H.F., Conrad, J.E., Paull, C.K., McGann, M., 2012, Slip Rate on the San Diego Trough Fault Zone, Inner California Borderland, and the 1986 Oceanside Earthquake Swarm Revisited: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 102 no. 6, pp. 2300–2312, doi: 10.1785/0120110317.

Ryan, H.F., Draut, A.E., Keranen, K., Scholl, D.W., 2012, Influence of the Amlia fracture zone on the evolution of the Aleutian Terrace forearc basin, central Aleutian subduction zone: Geosphere, v. 8 no. 6, pp. 1254–1273, doi: 10.1130/Ges00815.1.

Ryan, H.F., von Huene, R., Wells, R.E., Scholl, D.W., Kirby, S., and Draut, A.E., 2012, History of earthquakes and tsunamis along the eastern Aleutian-Alaska megathrust, with implications for tsunami hazards in the California Continental Borderland, in Dumoulin, J.A., and Dusel-Bacon, C., eds., Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1795-A, 31 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1795/a/.

Schönfeld, J., Alve, E., Geslin, E., Jorissen, F., Korsun, S., Spezzaferri, S., and Members of the FOBIMO group, 2012, The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring) initiative—Towards a standardised protocol for soft-bottom benthic foraminiferal monitoring studies: Marine Micropaleontology, v. 94–95, pp. 1–13, doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.06.001.

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Shim, M.-J., Swarzenski, P.W., and Shiller, A.M., 2012, Dissolved and colloidal trace elements in the Mississippi River delta outflow after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Continental Shelf Research, v. 42, pp. 1–9, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.007.

Smith, C.G., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2012, An investigation of submarine groundwater-borne nutrient fluxes to the west Florida shelf and recurrent harmful algal blooms: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57, pp. 471–485.

Smith, C.G., Swarzenski, P.W., 2012, An investigation of submarine groundwater-borne nutrient fluxes to the west Florida shelf and recurrent harmful algal blooms: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57 no. 2, pp. 471–485, doi: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0471.

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Ruggiero, P., and Kaminsky, G.M, 2012, Southwest Washington littoral drift restoration—Beach and nearshore morphological monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1175, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1175/.

Stevens, A.W., Lacy, J.R., 2012, The Influence of Wave Energy and Sediment Transport on Seagrass Distribution: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 35 no. 1, pp. 92–108, doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9435-1.

Swarzenski, P.W., Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., Gibbs, A.E., Smith, C.G., Dimova, N.T., Dailer, M.L., and Logan, J.B., 2012, Nearshore morphology, benthic structure, hydrodynamics, and coastal groundwater discharge near Kahekili Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1166, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1166/.

Tallis, H., Lester, S.E., Ruckelshaus, M., Plummer, M., McLeod, K., Guerry, A., Andelman, S., Caldwell, M.R., Conte, M., Copps, S., Fox, D., Fujita, R., Gaines, S.D., Gelfenbaum, G., Gold, B., Kareiva, P., Kim, C.-ki, Lee, K., Papenfus, M., Redman, S., Silliman, B., Wainger, L., White, C., 2012, New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean's bounty: Marine Policy, v. 36 no. 1, pp. 303–306, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.03.013.

Tappin, D.R., Evans, H.M., Jordan, C.J., Richmond, B., Sugawara, D., Goto, K., 2012, Coastal changes in the Sendai area from the impact of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: Interpretations of time series satellite images, helicopter-borne video footage and field observations: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, pp. 151–174, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.09.011.

Warrick, J.A., Barnard, P.L., 2012, The offshore export of sand during exceptional discharge from California rivers: Geology, v. 40 no. 9, pp. 787–790, doi: 10.1130/G33115.1.

Warrick, J.A., Duda, J.J., Magirl, C.S., Curran, C.A., 2012, River turbidity and sediment loads during dam removal: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 93 no. 43, doi: 10.1029/2012eo430002.

Warrick, J.A., Hatten, J.A., Pasternack, G.B., Gray, A.B., Goni, M.A., Wheatcroft, R.A., 2012, The effects of wildfire on the sediment yield of a coastal California watershed: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124 no. 7-8, pp. 1130–1146, doi: 10.1130/B30451.1.

Warrick, J.A., Rosenberger, K., Lam, A., Ferreira, J., Miller, I.M., Rippy, M., Svejkovsky, J., and Mustain, N., 2012, Observations of coastal sediment dynamics of the Tijuana Estuary Fine Sediment Fate and Transport Demonstration Project, Imperial Beach, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1083, 29 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1083/.

Watt, S., Buckley, M., Jaffe, B., 2012, Inland fields of dispersed cobbles and boulders as evidence for a tsunami on Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 119–131, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9848-y.

Williams, B.K., Wingard, G.L., Brewer, G., Cloern, J., Gelfenbaum, G., Jacobson, R.B., Kershner, J.L., McGuire, A.D., Nichols, J.D., Shapiro, C.D., van Riper III, C., and White, R.P., 2012, The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystem Science Strategy, 2012-2022—Advancing discovery and application through collaboration: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1092, 29 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1092/.

Wilson, R., Davenport, C., Jaffe, B., 2012, Sediment scour and deposition within harbors in California (USA), caused by the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, pp. 228–240, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.06.001.

Witter, R.C., Jaffe, B., Zhang, Y., Priest, G., 2012, Reconstructing hydrodynamic flow parameters of the 1700 tsunami at Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 223–240, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9912-7.

Wong, F.L., Dartnell, P., Edwards, B.D., and Phillips, E.L., 2012, Seafloor geology and benthic habitats, San Pedro Shelf, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 552, https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/552/.

Wong, F.L., Phillips, E.L., Johnson, S.Y., and Sliter, R.W., 2012, Modeling of depth to base of Last Glacial Maximum and seafloor sediment thickness for the California State Waters Map Series, eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1161, 16 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1161/.

Wood, W., Barth G., Scholl, D., and N. Lebedeva-Ivanova, N., 2012, Using Hi-res Acoustics to VAMP Up Better Estimates of Methane Hydrate Concentrations: Deep Water Acoustic Anomalies from Methane Hydrate in the Bering Sea: Naval Research Laboratory Review, pp. 132–138.

Zhang, L., Zhang, J., Swarzenski, P.W., and Liu, Z., 2012, Radium Isotope Tracers to Evaluate Coastal Ocean Mixing and Residence Times: In: Baskaran, M. (Ed.). Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 331–343, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_17.

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2011

Apotsos, A., Buckley, M., Gelfenbaum, G., Jaffe, B., Vatvani, D., 2011, Nearshore Tsunami Inundation Model Validation: Toward Sediment Transport Applications: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 168 no. 11, pp. 2097–2119, doi: 10.1007/s00024-011-0291-5.

Apotsos, A., Gelfenbaum, G., Jaffe, B., 2011, Process-based modeling of tsunami inundation and sediment transport: PROCESSED-BASED TSUNAMI MODELING: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 116 no. F1, n/a-n/a p., doi: 10.1029/2010jf001797.

Apotsos, A., Gelfenbaum, G., Jaffe, B., Watt, S., Peck, B., Buckley, M., Stevens, A., 2011, Tsunami inundation and sediment transport in a sediment-limited embayment on American Samoa: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1-2, pp. 1–11, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.11.001.

Apotsos, A., Jaffe, B., Gelfenbaum, G., 2011, Wave characteristic and morphologic effects on the onshore hydrodynamic response of tsunamis: Coastal Engineering, v. 58 no. 11, pp. 1034–1048, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.06.002.

Atwater, B.F., ten Brink, U.S., Buckley, M., Halley, R.S., Jaffe, B.E., and Lopez Venagas, A.M., Reinhardt, E.G., Tuttle, M.P., Watt, S., and Wei, Y., 2011, Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence for an unusual tsunami or storm a few centuries ago at Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 51–84, doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9622-6.

Barnard, P.L., Allan, J., Hansen, J.E., Kaminsky, G.M., Ruggiero, P., and Doria, A., 2011, The impact of the 2009-10 El Niño Modoki on U.S. West Coast beaches: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38 no. 13, doi: 10.1029/2011gl047707.

Barnard, P.L., Erikson, L.H., Kvitek, R.G., 2011, Small-scale sediment transport patterns and bedform morphodynamics: new insights from high-resolution multibeam bathymetry: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 31 no. 4, pp. 227–236, doi: 10.1007/s00367-011-0227-1.

Barnard, P.L., Hoover, D., and Hansen, J.E., 2011, Nearshore Bathymetric Evolution on a High-Energy Beach During the 2009-10 El Niño Winter: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific, pp. 1390–1403, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0105.

Barth, G.A., Gulick, S P, Reece, R, Childs, J R, Levoir, M A, Hart, P E, Sliter, R W, Lester, W R, Johnson, K, and Everson, E D, 2011, Basement Control of Sediment Routing in the Gulf of Alaska: Abstract T33A-2370 presented at 2011 Fall MeetingAGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Borrero, J.C., McAdoo, B., Jaffe, B., Dengler, L., Gelfenbaum, G., Higman, B., Hidayat, R., Moore, A., Kongko, W., Lukijanto, Peters, R., Prasetya, G., Titov, V., Yulianto, E., 2011, Field Survey of the March 28, 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake and Tsunami: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 168 no. 6-7, pp. 1075–1088, doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0218-6.

Brooks, G.R., Larson, R.A., Locker, S.D., Hollander, D.J., Peebles, E.B., and Swarzenski, P., 2011, Distribution and accumulation of organic-rich sediments in safety harbor (Tampa Bay), Florida over the past 100 years: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 2339–2352, URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814355537_0175.

Buckley, M., Jaffe, B.E., Wei, Y., and Watt, S.,, 2011, Estimated velocities and inferred cause of overwash that emplaced inland fields of cobbles and boulders at Anegada, British Virgin Islands: Natural Hazards, v. 63 no. 1, pp. 133–149, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9725-8.

Conaway, C.H., Swarzenski, P.W., and Cohen, A.S., 2011, Paleorecords document rising mercury contamination in Lake Tanganyika: Applied Geochemistry, v. 27 no. 1, 352–359 p., doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.11.005.

Conrad, J.E., Hein, J.R., Chaudhuri, A.K., Patranabis-Deb, S., Mukhopadhyay, J., Deb, G.K., Beukes, N.J., 2011, Constraints on the development of Proterozoic basins in central India from 40Ar/39Ar analysis of authigenic glauconitic minerals: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123 no. 1-2, pp. 158–167, doi: 10.1130/B30083.1.

Cronin, K., van Ormondt, M., Storlazzi, C., Presto, K., and Tonnon, P., 2011, Nearshore Disposal of Fine-Grained Sediment in a High-Energy Environment: Santa Cruz Harbor Case Study: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 616–627, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0047.

Czuba, J.A., Magirl, C.S., Czuba, C.R., Grossman, E.E., Curran, C.A., Gendaszek, A.S., and Dinicola, R.S., 2011, Sediment load from major rivers into Puget Sound and its adjacent waters: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3083, 4 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3083/.

Dallas, K.L., Barnard, P.L., 2011, Anthropogenic influences on shoreline and nearshore evolution in the San Francisco Bay coastal system: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 92 no. 1, pp. 195–204, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.031.

Dartnell, P., and Gibbons, H., 2011, Floor of Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada: U. S. Geological Survey General Information Product 132, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gip132.

Dimova, N.T., and Burnett, W.C., 2011, Evaluation of groundwater discharge into small lakes based on the temporal distribution of radon-222: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 56 no. 2, pp. 486–494, doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.2.0486.

Dimova, N.T., Burnett, W.C., and Speer, K., 2011, A natural tracer investigation of the hydrological regime of Spring Creek Springs, the largest submarine spring system in Florida: Continental Shelf Research, v. 31 no. 6, pp. 731–738, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.01.010.

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Dinicola, R.S., Swarzenski, P.W., and Dougherty, J.A., 2011, Select Inorganic and Organic Loadings to Nearshore Liberty Bay, Puget Sound, Washington: In: Takesue, R.K. (Ed.). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5152(Hydrography of and biogeochemical inputs to Liberty Bay, a small urban embayment in Puget Sound, Washington), 3 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5152/.

Draut, A.E., 2011, Vegetation and substrate properties of aeolian dune fields in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1195, 16 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1195.

Draut, A.E., Conaway, C.H., Echols, K.R., Storlazzi, C.D., and Ritchie, A., 2011, Suspended sediment and organic contaminants in the San Lorenzo River, California, water years 2009-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1120, 24 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1120/.

Draut, A.E., Logan, J.B., and Mastin, M.C., 2011, Channel evolution on the dammed Elwha River, Washington, USA: Geomorphology, v. 127 no. 1-2, pp. 71–87, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.008.

Duda, J.J., Warrick, J.A., and Magirl, C.S., 2011, Elwha River dam removal—rebirth of a river: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3097, 4 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3097/.

Duda, J.J., Warrick, J.A., and Magirl, C.S., eds., 2011, Coastal habitats of the Elwha River, Washington—biological and physical patterns and processes prior to dam removal: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5120, 264 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5120/.

Elias, E., Gelfenbaum, G., Ormondt, M.V., Moritz, H.R., 2011, Predicting Sediment Transport Patterns at the Mouth of the Columbia River: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 588–601, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0045.

Erikson, L.H., Storlazzi, C.D., and Jensen, R.E., 2011, Wave climate and trends along the eastern Chukchi Arctic Alaska coast: , Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011 Proceedings, Anchorage, AK,, 273–285 p., doi: 10.1061/41185(417)25.

Etienne, S., Buckley, M., Paris, R., Nandasena, A.K., Clark, K., Strotz, L., Chagué-Goff, C., Goff, J., and Richmond, B., 2011, The use of boulders for characterising past tsunamis: Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2009 South Pacific tsunamis: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1–2, pp. 76–90, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.006.

Field, M.E., Ogston, A.S., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2011, Rising sea level may cause decline of fringing coral reefs: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 92 no. 33, doi: 10.1029/2011eo330001.

Figurski, J.D., Malone, D., Lacy, J.R., and Denny, M., 2011, An inexpensive instrument for measuring wave exposure and water velocity: Limnology and Oceanography—Methods, v. 9 no. 5, pp. 204–214, doi: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.204.

Finlayson, D.P., Miller, I.M., and Warrick, J.A., 2011, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter—Elwha River delta, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1226, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1226/.

Foxgrover, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., and Jaffe, B.E., 2011, 2010 Bathymetry and Digital Elevation Model of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, South San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1315, 20 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1315/.

Foxgrover, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Jaffe, B.E., Takekawa, J.Y., Thorne, K.M., and Spragens, K.A., 2011, 2010 bathymetric survey and digital elevation model of Corte Madera Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1217, 20 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1217/.

Fresh K., et al., 2011, Implications of Observed Anthropogenic Changes to the Nearshore Ecosystems in Puget Sound:: Prepared for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, Technical Report 2011-03.

Fritz, H.M., Borrero, J.C., Synolakis, C.E., Okal, E.A., Weiss, R., Titov, V.V., Jaffe, B.E., Foteinis, S., Lynett, P.J., Chan, I.-C., Liu, P.L.-F., 2011, Insights on the 2009 South Pacific tsunami in Samoa and Tonga from field surveys and numerical simulations: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1-2, pp. 66–75, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.03.004.

Ganju, N.K., Jaffe, B.E., Schoellhamer, D.H., 2011, Discontinuous hindcast simulations of estuarine bathymetric change: A case study from Suisun Bay, California: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 93 no. 2, pp. 142–150, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.004.

Garcia, S., Rosenbauer, R.J., Palandri, J., Mercedes Maroto-Valer, M., 2011, Experimental and simulation studies of iron oxides for geochemical fixation of CO2–SO2 gas mixtures: Energy Procedia, v. 4, pp. 5108–5113, doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.486.

Geist, E.L., 2011, Book Review of "Extreme Ocean Waves": Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 168 no. 10, pp. 1887–1888, doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0249-z.

Geist, E.L., 2011, Book Review of "Nonlinear Ocean Waves and the Inverse Scattering Transform": Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 168 no. 10, pp. 1889–1890, doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0260-4.

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Geist, E.L., 2011, Book Review of "Rogue Waves in the Ocean": Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 168 no. 10, 1891 p., doi: 10.1007/s00024-010-0261-3.

Geist, E.L., Parsons, T., 2011, Assessing historical rate changes in global tsunami occurrence: Historical rate changes in tsunami occurrence: Geophysical Journal International, v. 187 no. 1, pp. 497–509, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05160.x.

Gelfenbaum, G., Duda, J., Warrick, J., 2011, Summary and Anticipated Responses to Elwha River Dam Removal; in Duda, J.J., Warrick, J.A., and Magirl, C.S., eds., Coastal habitats of the Elwha River, Washington— Biological and physical patterns and processes prior to dam removal: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5120, 264 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5120/.

Gelfenbaum, G., Apotsos, A., Stevens, A.W., Jaffe, B., 2011, Effects of fringing reefs on tsunami inundation: American Samoa: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1-2, pp. 12–22, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.005.

Gibbons, H., 2011, U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project—establishing the full extent of the continental shelf of the United States: U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project, poster: U. S. Geological Survey General Information Product.

Goff, J., Chagué-Goff, C., Dominey-Howes, D., McAdoo, B., Cronin, S., Bonté-Grapetin, M., Nichol, S., Horrocks, M., Cisternas, M., Lamarche, G., Pelletier, B., Jaffe, B., Dudley, W., 2011, Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islands: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1-2, pp. 141–146, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.005.

Goto, K., Chagué-Goff, C., Fujino, S., Goff, J., Jaffe, B., Nishimura, Y., Richmond, B., Sugawara, D., Szczucinski, W., Tappin, D.R., Witter, R.C., Yulianto, E., 2011, New insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-oki event: Marine Geology, v. 290 no. 1-4, pp. 46–50, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.10.004.

Grantz, A., Hart, P.E., and Childers, V.A., 2011, Chapter 50 Geology and tectonic development of the Amerasia and Canada Basins, Arctic Ocean: Geological Society, London, Memoirs: Arctic Petroleum Geology, v. 35 no. 1, pp. 771–799, doi: 10.1144/M35.50.

Grossman, E.E., George, D.A., and Lam, Angela, 2011, Shallow stratigraphy of the Skagit River Delta, Washington, derived from sediment cores: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1194, 123 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1194/.

Hanes, D.M., Barnard, P.L., Dallas, K., Elias, E., Erikson, L.H., Eshleman, J., Hansen, J., Hsu, T.J., Cowley, S., Mann, Paul, Coffin, M.F., and Shipley, Thomas H., 2011, Recent Scientific Advances and Their Implications for Sand Management near San Francisco, California: The Influences of the Ebb Tidal Delta: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 472–483, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0036.

Hanes, D.M., Ward, K., Erikson, L.H., 2011, Waves and tides responsible for the intermittent closure of the entrance of a small, sheltered tidal wetland at San Francisco, CA: Continental Shelf Research, v. 31 no. 16, pp. 1682–1687, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.07.004.

Hansen, J.E., Elias, E., List, J.H., Barnard, P.L., 2011, A Numerical Model Investigation of the Formation and Persistence of an Erosion Hotspot: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 1769–1782, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0134.

Hoeke, R., Storlazzi, C., Ridd, P., 2011, Hydrodynamics of a bathymetrically complex fringing coral reef embayment: Wave climate, in situ observations, and wave prediction: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 116 no. C4, doi: 10.1029/2010jc006170.

Jaffe, B., Buckley, M., Richmond, B., Strotz, L., Etienne, S., Clark, K., Watt, S., Gelfenbaum, G., Goff, J., 2011, Flow speed estimated by inverse modeling of sandy sediment deposited by the 29 September 2009 tsunami near Satitoa, east Upolu, Samoa: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 107 no. 1-2, pp. 23–37, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.03.009.

Kniskern, T.A., Warrick, J.A., Farnsworth, K.L., Wheatcroft, R.A., Goñi, M.A., 2011, Coherence of river and ocean conditions along the US West Coast during storms: Continental Shelf Research, v. 31 no. 7-8, pp. 789–805, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.01.012.

Lacy, J.R., and Dinicola, R.S., 2011, Chapter 2, Aquatic Environment: Circulation, Water-Quality, and Phytoplankton Concentration: In: Takesue, R.K. (Ed.). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5152(Hydrography of and biogeochemical inputs to Liberty Bay, a small urban embayment in Puget Sound, Washington), 2 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5152/.

Lacy, J.R., and Hoover, D.J., 2011, Wave exposure of Corte Madera Marsh, Marin County, California; a field investigation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1183, 28 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1183/.

Lacy, J.R., Wyllie-Echeverria, S., 2011, The influence of current speed and vegetation density on flow structure in two macrotidal eelgrass canopies: Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments, v. 1, pp. 38–55, doi: 10.1215/21573698-1152489.

Lescinski, J., Ormondt, M.V., and Warrick, J., 2011, Beach Nourishment with a High Percentage of Fine Sediments: A Modeling Study of the Tijuana Fate and Transport Project, California: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 43–56, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0004.

Levoir, M.A., Gulick, S.P., Reece, R., Barth, G.A., Childs, J.R., Everson, E.D., Hart, P.E., Johnson, K., Lester, W.R., and Sliter, R.W., 2011, Preliminary analysis of the Baranof Fan system, Gulf of Alaska, based on 2D seismic reflection and multibeam bathymetry data: Abstract T33A-2372 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

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Lorenson, T.D., and Collett, T.S., 2011, Gas hydrate prospecting using well cuttings and mud-gas geochemistry from 35 wells, North Slope, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5195, 27 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5195/.

Lorenson, T.D., Collett, T.S., Hunter, R.B., 2011, Gas geochemistry of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope: Implications for gas hydrate exploration in the Arctic: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 28 no. 2, pp. 343–360, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.007.

Lorenson, T.D., Leifer, I., Wong, F.L., Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L., Lam, A., Hostettler, F.D., Greinert, J., Finlayson, D.P., Bradley, E.S., and Luyendyk, B.P., 2011, Biomarker chemistry and flux quantification methods for natural petroleum seeps and produced oils, offshore southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5210, 45 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5210/.

Lu, H., Lorenson, T.D., Moudrakovski, I.L., Ripmeester, J.A., Collett, T.S., Hunter, R.B., Ratcliffe, C.I., 2011, The characteristics of gas hydrates recovered from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 28 no. 2, pp. 411–418, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.002.

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McGann, M., 2011, Paleoceanographic changes on the Farallon Escarpment off central California during the last 16,000 years: Quaternary International, v. 235 no. 1-2, pp. 26–39, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.005.

McGlue, M.M., Silva, A., Corradini, F.A., Zani, H., Trees, M.A., Ellis, G.S., Parolin, M., Swarzenski, P.W., Cohen, A.S., and Assine, M.L., 2011, Limnogeology in Brazil's "forgotten wilderness": a synthesis from the large floodplain lakes of the Pantanal: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 46 no. 2, pp. 273–289, doi: 10.1007/s10933-011-9538-5.

McPhee, D.K., Langenheim, V.E., and Watt, J.T., 2011, Preliminary isostatic residual gravity anomaly map of Paso Robles 30 X 60 minute quadrangle, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1104, 1100 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1104/.

Miller, I.M., Warrick, J.A., Morgan, C., 2011, Observations of coarse sediment movements on the mixed beach of the Elwha Delta, Washington: Marine Geology, v. 282 no. 3-4, pp. 201–214, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.012.

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Ponce, D.A., Watt, J.T., and Bouligand, C., 2011, Geophysical Setting of the February 21, 2008 Mw 6 Wells Earthquake, Nevada, Implications for Earthquake Hazards: In: dePolo, C.M., and LaPointe, D.D. (Eds.), Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 36. The 21 February 2008 Mw 6.0 Wells, Nevada Earthquake: A compendium of earthquake-related investigations prepared by the University of Nevada, Reno (Sect. III Chap. d), pp. 89–100.

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Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L., Lam, A., Lorenson, T.D., Hostettler, F.D., Thomas, B., and Wong, F.L., 2011, Petroleum hydrocarbons in sediment from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1014, 22 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1014/.

Rosenberger, K., Noble, M.A., Sherwood, C.R., Martini, M.M., Ferreira, J.T., and Montgomery, Ellyn, 2011, Palos Verdes Shelf oceanographic study; data report for observations December 2007–April 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1240, 118 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1240/.

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Smith, C.G., Swarzenski, P.W., Dimova, N.T., and Zhang, J., 2011, Natural Radium and Radon Tracers to Quantify Water Exchange and Movement in Reservoirs: In: Baskaran, M. (Ed.). Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 345–365, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_18.

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Storlazzi, C.D., Elias, E., Field, M.E., and Presto, M.K., 2011, Numerical modeling of the impact of sea-level rise on fringing coral reef hydrodynamics and sediment transport: Coral Reefs, v. 30 no. S1, pp. 83–96, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0723-9.

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Storlazzi, C.D., Field, M.E., Elias, E., and Presto, M.K., 2011, The Influence Of Sea Level Rise On Fringing Reef Sediment Dynamics: Field Observations And Numerical Modeling: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 244–257, doi: 10.1142/9789814355537_0019.

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Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., and Brown, E.B., 2011, Coastal Circulation and Water Column Properties off Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Molokai, Hawaii, 2008-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1154, 33 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1154/.

Takesue, R.K., 2011, Chapter 5, Eelgrass Habitat near Liberty Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5152(Hydrography of and biogeochemical inputs to Liberty Bay, a small urban embayment in Puget Sound, Washington), 5 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5152/.

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Takesue, R.K., Dinicola, R.S., Lacy, J.R., Liedtke, T.L., Rondorf, D.W., Smith, C.D., and Watts, R.D., 2011, Chapter 1, Overview of Effects of Urbanization on the Nearshore Ecosystem of Puget Sound, Washington: In: Takesue, R.K. (Ed.). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5152(Hydrography of and biogeochemical inputs to Liberty Bay, a small urban embayment in Puget Sound, Washington), 1 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5152/.

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Tallis, H., et al., 2011, New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean's bounty: Marine Policy, v. 36 no. 1, pp. 303–306, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.03.013.

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