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2015

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.

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.

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 Data release.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Cochrane, G.R., Dethier, M.N., Hodson, T.O., Kull, K.K., Golden, N.E., Ritchie, A.C., Moegling, C., and 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.

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.

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.

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).

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., https://doi.org/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.

Draut, A.E., and Ritchie, A.C., 2015, Sedimentology of new fluvial deposits on the Elwha River, Washington, USA, formed during large-scale dam removal: River Research and Applications, v. 31 no. 1, 42–61 p., doi: 10.1002/rra.2724.

East, A.E., Clift, P.D., Carter, A., Alizai, A., and VanLaningham, S., 2015, Fluvial–Eolian Interactions In Sediment Routing and Sedimentary Signal Buffering: An Example From the Indus Basin and Thar Desert: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85 no. 6, pp. 715–728, doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.42.

East, A.E., Pess, G.R., Bountry, J.A., Magirl, C.S., Ritchie, A.C., Logan, J.B., Randle, T.J., Mastin, M.C., Minear, J.T., Duda, J.J., Liermann, M.C., McHenry, M.L., Beechie, T.J., and Shafroth, P.B., 2015, Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: River channel and floodplain geomorphic change: Geomorphology, v. 228, pp. 765–786, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.028.

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Edwards, B.D., Phillips, E.L., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Bretz, C.K., Kvitek, R.G., Hartwell, S.R., Johnson, S.Y., Cochrane, G.R., Dieter, B.E., Sliter, R.W., Ross, S.L., Golden, N.E., Watt, J.T., Chin, J.L., Erdey, M.D., Krigsman, L.M., Manson, M.W., and Endris, C.A., 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Pacifica, California: In: Cochran, S.A., and Edwards, B.D. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1260, 38 p.

Erikson, L.H., Hegermiller, C.A., Barnard, P.L., Ruggiero, P., and van Ormondt, M., 2015, Projected wave conditions in the Eastern North Pacific under the influence of two CMIP5 climate scenarios: Ocean Modelling, v. 96 no. 1, pp. 171–185, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.004.

Erikson, L.H., Hemer, M.A., Lionello, P., Mendez, F.J., Mori, N., Semedo, A., Wang, X.L., and Wolf, J., 2015, Projection of wave conditions in response to climate change: a community approach to global and regional wave downscaling: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0243.

Erikson, L.H., McCall, R.T., van Rooijen, A., and Norris, B., 2015, Hindcast storm events in the Bering Sea for the St. Lawrence Island and Unalakleet Regions, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1193, 57 p.

Espejo, A., Méndez, F.J., Losada, I.J., Camus, P., and Barnard, P., 2015, Can we distinguish coastal impacts of the different ENSO flavors? The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0196.

Foley, M.M., Duda, J.J., Beirne, M.M., Paradis, R., Ritchie, A., and Warrick, J.A., 2015, Rapid water quality change in the Elwha River estuary complex during dam removal: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 60 no. 5, pp. 1719–1732, doi: 10.1002/lno.10129.

Gelfenbaum, G., Finlayson, D., Dartnell, P., Carlson, E., and Stevens, A., 2015, Bathymetry and Backscatter from 2013 Interferometric Swath Bathymetry Systems Survey of Columbia River Mouth, Oregon and Washington: U.S. Geological Survey data release.

Gelfenbaum, G.R., Stevens, A.W., Miller, I.M., Warrick, J.A., Ogston, A.S., Eidam, E., 2015, Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: coastal geomorphic change: Geomorphology, v. 246, pp. 649–668, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.002.

George, D.A., Largier, J.L., Storlazzi, C.D., and Barnard, P.L., 2015, Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation: Marine Geology, v. 369, pp. 137–152, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.08.010.

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: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 110 p.

Gibbs, A.E., Nolan, M., and Richmond, B.M., 2015, Evaluating changes to arctic coastal bluffs using repeat aerial photography and structure from-motion elevation models: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, San Diego CA, May 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0080.

Gibbs, A.E., Ohman, K.A., Richmond, B.M., 2015, National assessment of shoreline change: a GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian border to Icy Cape: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Golden, N.E., and Ackerman, Seth D., 2015, Coastal and Marine Geology Program video and photograph portal: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release.

Goodkin, N.F., Wang, B.-S., You, C.-F., Hughen, K.A., Grumet-Prouty, N., Bates, N.R., and Doney, S.C., 2015, Ocean circulation and biogeochemistry moderate interannual and decadal surface water pH changes in the Sargasso Sea: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42 no. 12, pp. 4931–4939, doi: 10.1002/2015gl064431.

Goodrich, K.A., and Warrick, J.A., 2015, Fines: Rethinking Our Relationship: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0148.

Gray, A.B., Pasternack, G.B., Watson, E.B., Warrick, J.A., and Goñi, M.A., 2015, Effects of antecedent hydrologic conditions, time dependence, and climate cycles on the suspended sediment load of the Salinas River, California: Journal of Hydrology, v. 525, pp. 632–649, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.025.

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.

Hein, J.R., and Mizell, K., 2015, Chapter 20. Ocean Minerals: In: Smith, H.D., Suarez de Vivero, J.L., and Agardy, T.S. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management, Taylor & Francis Group, London, England, pp. 296–309, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70046852.

Hein, J.R., Spinardi, F., Okamoto, N., Mizell, K., Thorburn, D., and Tawake, A., 2015, Critical metals in manganese nodules from the Cook Islands EEZ, abundances and distributions: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 68, pp. 97–116, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.12.011.

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.

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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., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3319/.

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., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Limber, P., Barnard, P., and Hapke, C., 2015, Towards Projecting the Retreat of California's Coastal Cliffs During the 21st Century: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0245.

Maier, K.L., Gatti, E., Wan, E., Ponti, D.J., Pagenkopp, M., Starratt, S.W., Olson, H.A., and Tinsley, J.C., 2015, Quaternary tephrochronology and deposition in the subsurface Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, U.S.A: Quaternary Research, v. 83 no. 2, pp. 378–393, doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.12.007.

Masteller, C.C., Finnegan, N.J., Warrick, J.A., and Miller, I.M., 2015, Kelp, cobbles, and currents: Biologic reduction of coarse grain entrainment stress: Geology, v. 43 no. 6, pp. 543–546, doi: 10.1130/G36616.1.

Nelson, A.R., Briggs, R.W., Dura, T., Engelhart, S.E., Gelfenbaum, G., Bradley, L.-A., Forman, S.L., Vane, C.H., and Kelley, K.A., 2015, Tsunami recurrence in the eastern Alaska-Aleutian arc: A Holocene stratigraphic record from Chirikof Island, Alaska: Geological Society of America, v. 11 no. 4, pp. 1172–1203, doi: 10.1130/Ges01108.1.

Nilsen, E.B., Rosenbauer, R.J., Fuller, C.C., Jaffe, B.J., 2015, Sedimentary organic biomarkers suggest detrimental effects of PAHs on estuarine microbial biomass during the 20th century in San Francisco Bay, CA, USA: Chemosphere, v. 119, pp. 961–970, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.053.

Noble, M.A., Rosenberger, K.J., and Robertson, G.L., 2015, Strongly-sheared wind-forced currents in the nearshore regions of the central Southern California Bight: Continental Shelf Research, v. 106, pp. 1–16, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.04.019.

Parsons, T., and Minasian, D., 2015, Earthquake rupture process recreated from a natural fault surface: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 120 no. 11, pp. 7852–7862, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012448.

Paull, C.K., Caress, D.W., Thomas, H., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Gwiazda, R., Riedel, M., McGann, M., and Herguera, J.C., 2015, Seafloor geomorphic manifestations of gas venting and shallow subbottom gas hydrate occurrences: Geological Society of America, v. 11 no. 2, pp. 491–513, doi: 10.1130/Ges01012.1.

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Pelekis, P., Savvaidis, A., Kayen, R., Vlachakis, V., and Athanasopoulos, G., 2015, A Comparative Study Of Surface Waves Inversion Techniques At Strong Motion Recording Sites In Greece: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, pp. 452–455, doi: 10.4133/SAGEEP.28-063.

Pomeroy, A.W.M., Lowe, R.J., Ghisalberti, M., Storlazzi, C.D., Cuttler, M., and Symonds, G., 2015, Mechanics of Sediment Suspension and Transport Within a Fringing Reef: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0086.

Quataert, E., Storlazzi, C., van Rooijen, A., Cheriton, O., and van Dongeren, A., 2015, The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, pp. 1–9, doi: 10.1002/2015gl064861.

Reynolds, M.H., Courtot, K.N., Berkowitz, P., Storlazzi, C.D., Moore, J., and Flint, E., 2015, Will the Effects of Sea-Level Rise Create Ecological Traps for Pacific Island Seabirds? PLoS ONE, v. 10 no. 9, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136773.

Robertson, B., Hall, K., Nistor, I., Zytner, R., and Storlazzi, C., 2015, Remote Sensing of Irregular Breaking Wave Parameters in Field Conditions: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 300, pp. 348–363, doi: 10.2112/Jcoastres-D-13-00006.1.

Ryan, K.J., Geist, E.L., Barall, M., and Oglesby, D.D., 2015, Dynamic models of an earthquake and tsunami offshore Ventura, California: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42 no. 16, 6599–6606 p., doi: 10.1002/2015gl064507.

Sankey, J.B., East, A.E., Collins, B.D., and Caster, J., 2015, Gully annealing by fluvially-sourced Aeolian sand: remote sensing investigations of connectivity along the Fluvial-Aeolian-hillslope continuum on the Colorado River: PROCEEDINGS of the 3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference on Sedimentation and Hydrologic Modeling, April 19-23, 2015, Reno, Nevada, USA, pp. 37–43, URL: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70148364.

Scholl, D.W., Kirby, S.H., von Huene, R., Ryan, H., Wells, R.E., Geist, E.L., 2015, Great (≥Mw8.0) megathrust earthquakes and the subduction of excess sediment and bathymetrically smooth seafloor: Geosphere, v. 11 no. 2, pp. 236–265, doi: 10.1130/GES01079.1.

Sevadjian, J.C., McPhee-Shaw, E.E., Raanan, B.Y., Cheriton, O.M., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2015, Vertical convergence of resuspended sediment and subducted phytoplankton to a persistent detached layer over the southern shelf of Monterey Bay, California: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 120, 22 p., doi: 10.1002/2015jc010785.

Shope, J.B., Storlazzi, C.D., Erikson, L.H., and Hegermiller, C.A., 2015, Modeled Changes in Extreme Wave Climates of the Tropical Pacific Over the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. and U.S.-Affiliated Atoll Islands: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0247.

Storlazzi, C.D., Elias, E.P.L., and Berkowitz, P., 2015, Many Atolls May be Uninhabitable Within Decades Due to Climate Change: Scientific Reports, v. 5 no. 14546, pp. 1–9, doi: 10.1038/srep14546.

Storlazzi, C.D., Norris, B.K., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2015, The Influence of Grain Size, Grain Color, and Suspended-Sediment Concentration on Light Attenuation: Why Fine-Grained Terrestrial Sediment Is Bad for Coral Reef Ecosystems: Coral Reefs, v. 34 no. 3, pp. 967–975, doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1268-0.

Storlazzi, C.D., Shope, J.B., Erikson, L.H., Hegermiller, C.A., and Barnard, P.L., 2015, Future wave and wind projections for United States and United States-affiliated Pacific Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1001, 426 p.

Sugawara, D., Jaffe, B., Goto, K., Gelfenbaum, G., and Selle, S.L., 2015, Exploring hybrid modeling of tsunami flow and deposit characteristics: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0185.

Van Der Wegen, M., Jaffe, B.E., and Roelvink, D., 2015, Predicting centuries of morphodynamics in San Pablo Bay, California: hindcast and forecast including sea level rise: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0209.

Vitousek, S., and Barnard, P.L., 2015, A nonlinear, implicit one-line model to predict long-term shoreline change: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0215.

Warrick, J., Bountry, J.A., East, A., Magirl, C.S., Randle, T.J., Gelfenbaum, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Pess, G.R., Leung, V., Duda, J., 2015, Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: source-to-sink sediment budget and synthesis: Geomorphology, v. 246, pp. 729–750, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.010.

Warrick, J.A., 2015, Trend analyses with river sediment rating curves: Hydrological Processes, v. 29 no. 6, pp. 936–949, doi: 10.1002/hyp.10198.

Warrick, J.A., Gelfenbaum, G., Stevens, A.W., Miller, I.M., Kaminsky, G.M., and Foley, M.M., 2015, Coastal Change from a Massive Sediment Input: Dam Removal, Elwha River, Washington, USA: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, doi: 10.1142/9789814689977_0161.

Warrick, J.A., Melack, J.M., and Goodridge, B.M., 2015, Sediment yields from small, steep coastal watersheds of California: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, v. 4, Part B, pp. 516–534, doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.08.004.

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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., and Chinn, J.L., 2015, California State Waters Map Series-Offshore of Point Reyes, California: In: Watt, J.T., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1114, 43 p.

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.

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.

West Coast Ocean Data Network, 2015, West Coast Littoral Cells, Based on Washington, Oregon, and California Data Collected from 2002 to 2015: .

West, A., 2015, Trimming the FAT for Seafoor Research in China—Constructing a Tripod to Monitor Deep-Sea Sediment Movement: Sea Technology, v. 56 no. 6, pp. 38–40, URL: http://www.sea-technology.com.

Wong, F.L., and Grim, M.S., 2015, Depth-to-basement, sediment-thickness, and bathymetry data for the deep-sea basins offshore of Washington, Oregon, and California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1118, 17 p.

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Barnard, P., O'Neill, A., Foxgrover, A., and Torresan, L., 2014, Coastal Storm Modeling System-CoSMoS: U. S. Geological Survey Web Page, https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/coastal_processes/cosmos/.

Barnard, P.L., van Ormondt, M., Erikson, L.H., Eshleman, J., Hapke, C., Ruggiero, P., Adams, P.N., Foxgrover, A.C., 2014, Development of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for predicting the impact of storms on high-energy, active-margin coasts: Natural Hazards, v. 74 no. 2, pp. 1095–1125, doi: 10.1007/s11069-014-1236-y.

Barnard, P.L., van Ormondt, M., Erikson, L.H., Eshleman, J., Hapke, C., Ruggiero, P., Adams, P.N., Foxgrover, A., 2014, Coastal Storm Modeling System: CoSMoS, Southern California 1.0, projected flooding hazards: U. S. Geological Survey Web Page, https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/coastal_processes/cosmos/socal1.0/.

Bau, M., Schmidt, K., Koschinsky, A., Hein, J., Kuhn, T., and Usui, A., 2014, Discriminating between different genetic types of marine ferro-manganese crusts and nodules based on rare earth elements and yttrium: Chemical Geology, v. 381, pp. 1–9, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.05.004.

Buscombe, D., Rubin, D.M., Lacy, J.R., Storlazzi, C.D., Hatcher, G., Chezar, H., Wyland, R., and Sherwood, C.R., 2014, Autonomous bed-sediment imaging-systems for revealing temporal variability of grain size: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, v. 12, pp. 390–406, doi: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.390.

Cheriton, O.M., McPhee-Shaw, E.E., Shaw, W.J., Stanton, T.P., Bellingham, J.G., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2014, Suspended particulate layers and internal waves over the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf—An important control on shelf mud belts? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 119 no. 1, pp. 428–444, doi: 10.1002/2013jc009360.

Cheriton, O.M., McPhee-Shaw, E.E., Storlazzi, C.D., Rosenberger, K.J., Shaw, W.J., and Raanan, B.Y., 2014, Upwelling rebound, ephemeral secondary pycnoclines, and the creation of a near-bottom wave guide over the Monterey Bay continental shelf: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41 no. 23, pp. 8503–8511, doi: 10.1002/2014gl061897.

Clague, D.A., Dreyer, B.M., Paduan, J.B., Martin, J.F., Caress, D.W., Gill, J.B., Kelley, D.S., Thomas, H., Portner, R.A., Delaney, J.R., Guilderson, T.P., and McGann, M.L., 2014, Eruptive and tectonic history of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, based on AUV mapping data and lava flow ages: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15 no. 8, pp. 3364–3391, doi: 10.1002/2014gc005415.

Cochran, S.A., Gibbs, A.E., and White, D.J., 2014, Benthic Habitat Map of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Watershed Partnership Initiative Kāʻanapali Priority Study Area and the State of Hawaiʻi Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area, West-Central Maui, Hawaiʻi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1129, 42 p.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Johnson, S.Y., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Dieter, B.E., Manson, M.W., Sliter, R.W., Ross, S.L., Watt, J.T., Endris, C.A., Kvitek, R.G., Phillips, E.L., Erdey, M.D., Chin, J.L., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Half Moon Bay, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1214, 37 p.

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Watt, J.T., Golden, N.E., Endris, C.A., Phillips, E.L., Hartwell, S.R., Johnson, S.Y., Kvitek, R.G., Erdey, M.D., Bretz, C.K., Manson, M.W., Sliter, R.W., Ross, S.L., Dieter, B.E., and Chin, J.L., 2014, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of San Gregorio, California: In: Cochrane, G.R., and Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3306, 38 p.

Counihan, T.D., Waite, I.R., Nilsen, E.B., Hardiman, J.M., Elias, E., Gelfenbaum, G., Zaugg, S.D., 2014, A survey of benthic sediment contaminants in reaches of the Columbia River Estuary based on channel sedimentation characteristics: Science of The Total Environment, v. 484, pp. 331–343, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.013.

Covault, J.A., Kostic, S., Paull, C.K., Ryan, H.F., and Fildani, A., 2014, Submarine channel initiation, filling and maintenance from sea-floor geomorphology and morphodynamic modelling of cyclic steps: Sedimentology, v. 61 no. 4, pp. 1031–1054, doi: 10.1111/sed.12084.

Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., and Finlayson, D.P., 2014, Bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, and seafloor character of Farallon Escarpment and Rittenburg Bank, northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1234, 18 p.

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Dartnell, P., Conrad, J.E., Ryan, H.F., and Finlayson, D.P., 2014, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter—Outer mainland shelf and slope, Gulf of Santa Catalina, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1094, 15 p.

de Ronde, C.E.J., Hein, J.R., and Butterfield, D.A., 2014, Metallogenesis and Mineralization of Intraoceanic Arcs II: The Aeolian, Izu-Bonin, Mariana, and Kermadec Arcs, and the Manus Backarc Basin—Introduction: Economic Geology, v. 109 no. 8, pp. 2073–2077, doi: 10.2113/econgeo.109.8.2073.

Dealy, T.P., East, A.E., and Fairley, H.C., 2014, 2010 weather and aeolian sand-transport data from the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1135, 100 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141135.

Densmore, J.N., Izbicki, J.A., Murtaugh, J.M., Swarzenski, P.W., and Bullen, T.D., 2014, Alpha-emitting isotopes and chromium in a coastal California aquifer: Applied Geochemistry, v. 51, pp. 204–215, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.09.016.

Donatuto, J., Grossman, E.E., Konovsky, J., Grossman, S., Campbell, L.W., 2014, Indigenous Community Health and Climate Change: Integrating Biophysical and Social Science Indicators: Coastal Management, v. 42 no. 4, pp. 355–373, doi: 10.1080/08920753.2014.923140.

Erikson, L.H., Storlazzi, C.D., and Golden, N.E., 2014, Modeling Wave and Seabed Energetics on the California Continental Shelf: U.S. Geological Survey pamphlet to accompany data release 10.5066/F7125QNQ, http://cawaves.usgsportals.net/files/usgs/wavemodel_pamphlet/.

Erikson, L.H., Storlazzi, C.D., and Golden, N.E., 2014, Wave Height, Peak Period, and Orbital Velocity for the California Continental Shelf: U.S. Geological Survey data release.

Etnoyer, P.J., Cochrane, G., Salgado, E., Graiff, K., J. Roletto, G., Williams, Reyna, K., and Hyland, J., 2014, Characterization of deep coral and sponge communities in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Rittenburg Bank, Cochrane Bank, and the Farallon Escarpment: NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 190, pp. 1–32, URL: http://www2.coastalscience.noaa.gov/publications/detail.aspx?resource=5zy3qIWZ22tZM7wpcwF1ynGoSLypy/xF9QO4coSEshs=.

Ferrario, F., Beck, M.W., Storlazzi, C.D., Micheli, F., Shepard, C.C., Airoldi, L., 2014, The effectiveness of coral reefs for coastal hazard risk reduction and adaptation: Nature Communications, v. 5, doi: 10.1038/ncomms4794.

Ganguli, P.M., Swarzenski, P.W., Dulaiova, H., Glenn, C.R., and Flegal, A.R., 2014, Mercury dynamics in a coastal aquifer: Maunalua Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 140, pp. 52–65, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.01.012.

Geist, E., and Lynett, P., 2014, Source Processes for the Probabilistic Assessment of Tsunami Hazards: Oceanography, v. 27 no. 2, pp. 86–93, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2014.43.

Geist, E.L., 2014, Explanation of Temporal Clustering of Tsunami Sources Using the Epidemic-Type Aftershock Sequence Model: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 104 no. 4, pp. 2091–2103, doi: 10.1785/0120130275.

Geist, E.L., and Oglesby, D.D., 2014, Earthquake Mechanism and Seafloor Deformation for Tsunami Generation: In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, I.S.-K. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1–17, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_296-1.

Geist, E.L., Oglesby, D.D., 2014, Tsunamis: Stochastic Models of Occurrence and Generation Mechanisms: In: Meyers, R.A. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Springer New York, pp. 1–29, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_595-1.

Geist, E.L., Parsons, T., 2014, Undersampling power-law size distributions: effect on the assessment of extreme natural hazards: Natural Hazards, v. 72 no. 2, pp. 565–595, doi: 10.1007/s11069-013-1024-0.

Geist, E.L., ten Brink, U.S., Gove, M., 2014, A framework for the probabilistic analysis of meteotsunamis: Natural Hazards, v. 74 no. 1, pp. 123–142, doi: 10.1007/s11069-014-1294-1.

Haeussler, P.J., Parsons, T., Finlayson, D.P., Hart, P., Chaytor, J.D., Ryan, H., Lee, H., Labay, K., Peterson, A., Liberty, L., 2014, New Imaging of Submarine Landslides from the 1964 Earthquake Near Whittier, Alaska, and a Comparison to Failures in Other Alaskan Fjords: In: Krastel, S., Behrmann, J.-H., Völker, D., Stipp, M., Berndt, C., Urgeles, R., Chaytor, J., Huhn, K., Strasser, M., Harbitz, C.B. (Eds.). Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 37, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 361–370, URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_32.

Hansen, J.E., Janssen, T.T., Raubenheimer, B., Shi, F., Barnard, P.L., Jones, I.S., 2014, Observations of surfzone alongshore pressure gradients onshore of an ebb-tidal delta: Coastal Engineering, v. 91, pp. 251–260, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.05.010.

Hartwell, S.R., Wingfield, D.K., Allwardt, A.O., Lightsom, F.L., and Wong, F.L., 2014, Polygons of global undersea features for geographic searches (undersea_features.shp): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1040, 8 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1040/.

Hawley, E.R., Malfatti, S.A., Pagani, I., Huntemann, M., Chen, A., Foster, B., Copeland, A., del Rio, T.G., Pati, A., Jansson, J.R., Gilbert, J.A., Tringe, S.G., Lorenson, T.D., Hess, M., 2014, Metagenomes from two microbial consortia associated with Santa Barbara seep oil: Marine Genomics, v. 18, pp. 97–99, doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.06.003.

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Hawley, E.R., Piao, H., Scott, N.M., Malfatti, S., Pagani, I., Huntemann, M., Chen, A., Glavina del Rio, T., Foster, B., Copeland, A., Jansson, J., Pati, A., Tringe, S., Gilbert, J.A., Lorenson, T.D., Hess, M., 2014, Metagenomic analysis of microbial consortium from natural crude oil that seeps into the marine ecosystem offshore Southern California: Standards in Genomic Sciences, v. 9 no. 3, pp. 1259–1274, doi: 10.4056/sigs.5029016.

Hein, J.R., and Koschinsky, A., 2014, 13.11 - Deep-Ocean Ferromanganese Crusts and Nodules A2 - Holland, Heinrich D: In: Turekian, K.K. (Ed.), Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition). Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 13, Elsevier, Oxford, , pp. 273–291, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01111-6.

Hein, J.R., de Ronde, C.E.J., Koski, R.A., Ditchburn, R.G., Mizell, K., Tamura, Y., Stern, R.J., Conrad, T.A., Ishizuka, O., Leybourne, M.I., 2014, Layered Hydrothermal Barite-Sulfide Mound Field, East Diamante Caldera, Mariana Volcanic Arc: Economic Geology, v. 109 no. 8, pp. 2179–2206, doi: 10.2113/econgeo.109.8.2179.

Hubbard, D., Gischler, E., Davies, P., Montaggioni, L., Camoin, G., Dullo, W.-C., Storlazzi, C., Field, M., Fletcher, C., Grossman, E., Sheppard, C., Lescinsky, H., Fenner, D., McManus, J., Scheffers, S., 2014, Island outlook: Warm and swampy: Science, v. 345 no. 6203, pp. 1461–1461, doi: 10.1126/science.345.6203.1461-a.

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Dieter, B.E., Conrad, J.E., Lorenson, T.D., Krigsman, L.M., Greene, H.G., Endris, C.A., Seitz, G.G., Finlayson, D.P., Sliter, R.W., Wong, F.L., Erdey, M.D., Gutierrez, C.I., Leifer, I., Yoklavich, M.M., Draut, A.E., Hart, P.E., Hostettler, F.D., Peters, K.E., Kvenvolden, K.A., Rosenbauer, R.J., and Fong, G., 2014, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3302, 57 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3302/.

Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Dartnell, P., 2014, Offset of Latest Pleistocene Shoreface Reveals Slip Rate on the Hosgri Strike-Slip Fault, Offshore Central California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 104 no. 4, pp. 1650–1662, doi: 10.1785/0120130257.

Jokiel, P.L., Rodgers, K.S., Storlazzi, C.D., Field, M.E., Lager, C.V., Lager, D., 2014, Response of reef corals on a fringing reef flat to elevated suspended-sediment concentrations: Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi: PeerJ, v. 2, doi: 10.7717/peerj.699.

Lacy, J.R., Gladding, S., Brand, A., Collignon, A., Stacey, M., 2014, Lateral Baroclinic Forcing Enhances Sediment Transport from Shallows to Channel in an Estuary: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 37 no. 5, pp. 1058–1077, doi: 10.1007/s12237-013-9748-3.

Little, S.H., Sherman, D.M., Vance, D., Hein, J.R., 2014, Molecular controls on Cu and Zn isotopic fractionation in Fe-Mn crusts: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 396, pp. 213–222, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.021.

Lorenson, T.D., Wong, F.L., Dartnell, P., Sliter, R.W., 2014, Greenhouse gases generated from the anaerobic biodegradation of natural offshore asphalt seepages in southern California: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 34 no. 2-3, pp. 281–295, doi: 10.1007/s00367-014-0359-1.

MacVean, L.J., and Lacy, J.R., 2014, Interactions between waves, sediment, and turbulence on a shallow estuarine mudflat: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 119 no. 3, pp. 1534–1553, doi: 10.1002/2013jc009477.

Maier, K.L., Ponti, D.J., Tinsley, J.C., Gatti, E., Pagenkopp, M., 2014, Geologic logs of geotechnical cores from the subsurface Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1127, 10 p.

McGann, M., 2014, Earliest record of the invasive Foraminifera Trochammina hadai in San Francisco Bay, California, USA: Marine Biodiversity Records, v. 7 no. e94, doi: 10.1017/S1755267214000888.

McGann, M., 2014, Late 20th Century benthic foraminiferal distribution in Central San Francisco Bay, California: Influence of the Trochammina hadai invasion: Micropaleontology, v. 60 no. 6, pp. 519–542, URL: http://www.micropress.org/microaccess/micropaleontology/issue-313/article-1904.

Miller, J.J., von Huene, R., and Ryan, H.F., 2014, The 1946 Unimak tsunami earthquake area—Revised tectonic structure in reprocessed seismic images and a suspect near-field tsunami source: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1024, 19 p.

Nelson, A.R., Personius, S.F., Sherrod, B.L., Kelsey, H.M., Johnson, S.Y., Bradley, L.-A., and Wells, R., 2014, Diverse rupture modes for surface-deforming upper plate earthquakes in the southern Puget Lowland of Washington State: Geosphere, v. GES00967-1, doi: 10.1130/GES00967.1.

Oberle, F.K.J., Storlazzi, C.D., and Hanebuth, T.J.J., 2014, Wave-driven sediment mobilization on a storm-controlled continental shelf (Northwest Iberia): Journal of Marine Systems, v. 139, pp. 362–372, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.07.018.

Odigie, K.O., Cohen, A.S., Swarzenski, P.W., and Flegal, A.R., 2014, Using lead isotopes and trace element records from two contrasting Lake Tanganyika sediment cores to assess watershed - Lake exchange: Applied Geochemistry, v. 51, pp. 184–190, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.10.007.

Parsons, T., and Segou, M., 2014, Stress, Distance, Magnitude, and Clustering Influences on the Success or Failure of an Aftershock Forecast: The 2013 M 6.6 Lushan Earthquake and Other Examples: Seismological Research Letters, v. 85 no. 1, pp. 44–51, doi: 10.1785/0220130100.

Parsons, T., Geist, E.L., Ryan, H.F., Lee, H.J., Haeussler, P.J., Lynett, P., Hart, P.E., Sliter, R., Roland, E., 2014, Source and progression of a submarine landslide and tsunami: The 1964 Great Alaska earthquake at Valdez: 1964 Alaska landslide tsunamis: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 119 no. 11, pp. 8502–8516, doi: 10.1002/2014jb011514.

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Parsons, T., Segou, M., and Marzocchi, W., 2014, The global aftershock zone: Tectonophysics, v. 618, pp. 1–34, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.038.

Parsons, T., Segou, M., Sevilgen, V., Milner, K., Field, E., Toda, S., and Stein, R.S., 2014, Stress-based aftershock forecasts made within 24 h postmain shock: Expected north San Francisco Bay area seismicity changes after the 2014 M = 6.0 West Napa earthquake: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41 no. 24, pp. 8792–8799, doi: 10.1002/2014gl062379.

Paull, C.K., McGann, M., Sumner, E.J., Barnes, P.M., Lundsten, E.M., Anderson, K., Gwiazda, R., Edwards, B., and Caress, D.W., 2014, Sub-decadal turbidite frequency during the early Holocene: Eel Fan, offshore northern California: Geology, v. 42 no. 10, pp. 855–858, doi: 10.1130/G35768.1.

Prouty, N.G., Roark, E.B., Koenig, A.E., Demopoulos, A.W.J., Batista, F.C., Kocar, B.D., Selby, D., McCarthy, M.D., Mienis, F., and Ross, S.W., 2014, Deep-sea coral record of human impact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 28 no. 1, pp. 29–43, doi: 10.1002/2013gb004754.

Prouty, N.G., Storlazzi, C.D., McCutcheon, A.L., and Jenson, J.W., 2014, Historic impact of watershed change and sedimentation to reefs along west-central Guam: Coral Reefs, v. 33 no. 3, pp. 733–749, doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1166-x.

Real, C.R., Johnson, L., Jones, L.M., Ross, S., 2014, Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California's Tsunami Policy Working Group: In: Kontar, Y.A., Santiago-Fandiño, V., Takahashi, T. (Eds.). Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned 35, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 377–386, URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-7269-4_21.

Robinson, L.F., Adkins, J.F., Frank, N., Gagnon, A.C., Prouty, N.G., Brendan Roark, E., and de Flierdt, T. van, 2014, The geochemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons: A review of vital effects and applications for palaeoceanography: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, v. 99, pp. 184–198, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.06.005.

Rosenberger, K., Noble, M.A., and Norris, B.K., 2014, Measurements of slope currents and internal tides on the continental shelf and slope off Newport Beach, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1041, 65 p.

Sankey, J.B., and Draut, A.E., 2014, Gully annealing by aeolian sediment: field and remote-sensing investigation of aeolian-hillslope-fluvial interactions, Colorado River corridor, Arizona, USA: Geomorphology, v. 220, pp. 68–80, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.05.028.

Schmidt, K., Bau, M., Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A., 2014, Fractionation of the geochemical twins Zr-Hf and Nb-Ta during scavenging from seawater by hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 140, pp. 468–487, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.05.036.

Schneider, J.-L., Chagué-Goff, C., Bouchez, J.-L., Goff, J., Sugawara, D., Goto, K., Jaffe, B., and Richmond, B., 2014, Using magnetic fabric to reconstruct the dynamics of tsunami deposition on the Sendai Plain, Japan — The 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: Marine Geology, v. 358, pp. 89–106, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.06.010.

Sheibley, R.W., Enache, M., Swarzenski, P.W., Moran, P.W., and Foreman, J.R., 2014, Nitrogen Deposition Effects on Diatom Communities in Lakes from Three National Parks in Washington State: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, v. 225 no. 2, doi: 10.1007/s11270-013-1857-x.

Skarke, A., Ruppel, C., Kodis, M., Brothers, D., Lobecker, E., 2014, Widespread methane leakage from the sea floor on the northern US Atlantic margin: Nature Geoscience, v. 7 no. 9, pp. 657–661, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2232.

Splinter, K.D., Turner, I.L., Davidson, M.A., Barnard, P., Castelle, B., Oltman-Shay, J., 2014, A generalized equilibrium model for predicting daily to interannual shoreline response: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 119 no. 9, pp. 1936–1958, doi: 10.1002/2014jf003106.

Stevens, T., Paull, C.K., Ussler, W., McGann, M., Buylaert, J.-P., and Lundsten, E., 2014, The timing of sediment transport down Monterey Submarine Canyon, offshore California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 126 no. 1-2, pp. 103–121, doi: 10.1130/B30931.1.

Storlazzi, C.D., Berkowitz, P., and Elias, E.P., 2014, The effects of sea-level rise on waves, run-up, and inundation on atolls [abs.]: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 23-28 URL: http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2014/viewabstract.asp?AbstractID=13665.

Storlazzi, C.D., Cheriton, O.M., Lescinski, J.M.R., and Logan, J.B., 2014, Coastal circulation and water-column properties in the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam—Measurements and modeling of waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity, April–August 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1130, 104 p.

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