USGS Science Center for Coastal and Marine Geology

Located in Woods Hole, MA

The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Team is one of three marine teams that conduct research within the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The team is located on WHOI's Quissett Campus. The team has a staff of about 100, including 24 research scientists and 75 scientific and administrative support staff. USGS earth scientists explore and study many aspects of the underwater areas between shorelines and the deep ocean, off the U.S. East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and in parts of the Caribbean and Great Lakes.

News

Technical Workshop on Ocean and Coastal Mapping Inventory - A comprehensive inventory of ocean and coastal mapping data and activities was the subject of an interagency 3-day workshop in Charleston, South Carolina, in September 2007. (MORE)

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program is Represented at 2007 SACNAS National Conference - Claudia Flores and Ben Gutierrez attended the National Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) in Kansas City, Missouri. (MORE)

USGS Researchers Participate in Research Cruise Studying Iron Biogeochemistry in the Gulf of Alaska - During August and September 2007, U.S. Geological Survey scientists Andrew Schroth and John Crusius participated in a research cruise focused on iron and funded by the National Science Foundation (MORE)

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GIS information Our interactive map server with displays on various information layers from a number of USGS research programs.	Marine Realms Information Bank MRIB is a distributed geolibrary that provides access to information about oceanic and coastal environments.
Photographs A collection of photographs documenting sea floor characteristics and operations in the field.	Soundwaves A monthly newsletter produced by the U.S. Geological Survey.