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Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf

Butman, B., Noble, M., and Folger, D.W., 1979, Long term observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement on the Mid-Atlantic continental shelf:  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 1187-1205.

Ou, H.W., Beardsley, R.C., Mayer, D., Boicourt, W., and Butman, B., 1981, An analysis of subtidal current fluctuations in the Middle Atlantic Bight:  Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 11, p. 1383-1392. 

Houghton, R.W., Schlitz, R., Beardsley, R.C., Butman, B., and Chamberlin, J.L., 1982, The Middle Atlantic Bight cold pool; evolution of the temperature structure during summer 1979:  Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 12, p. 1019-1029. 

Knebel, H.J., Butman, B., Folger, D.W., Cousins, P., and McGirr, R., 1976, Maps and Graphic Data Relating to Geologic Hazards in  Baltimore Canyon Trough Area:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study, Map MF-828, 1:1,000,000 scale of 1 map.

Butman, B.,  1988, Downslope Eulerian mean flow associated with high-frequency current fluctuations observed on the outer continental shelf and upper-slope along the northeastern U.S. continental margin:  implications for sediment transport:  Continental Shelf Research. 8, p. 811-840.

Csanady, G.T., Churchill, J.H., and Butman, B.,  1988, Near-bottom currents over the continental slope in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Continental Shelf Research, 8,  p. 653-671. 

Lyne, V.P., Butman, B., and Grand, W.D., 1990, Sediment movement along the U.S. East Coast Continental Shelf Part l:  Estimates of bottom stress using the Grand-Madison Model and near-bottom wave and current measurements, Continental Shelf Research, 10(5), p. 397-428.

Lyne, V.D., Butman, B., and Grant, W.D.,  1990, Sediment movement along the U.S. east coast continental shelf, Part 2:  modeling suspended sediment concentration and transport rate during storms:  Continental Shelf Research, 10 (5).., p. 429-460. 

Fry, V.S. and Butman, B., 1991, Estimates of the sea floor area impacted by sewage sludge dumped at the 106-mile site in the mid-Atlantic Bight, Marine Environmental Research, 31, p. 145-160.

Bothner, M.H., Takada, H., Knight, I.T., Hill, R.T., Butman, B., Farrington, J.W., Colwell, R.R., and Grassle, J.F., 1994, Indicators of sewage contamination in sediments beneath a deep-ocean dump site off New York: Marine Environmental Research, Vol 38, 43-59 p.

Dalyander, P. Soupy, Butman, Bradford, 2012, How often do sediments on the sea floor move? Sound Waves, Mar./Apr. 2012. Online at http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2012/04/research3.html.

Dalyander, P. Soupy, Butman, Bradford, 2012, Quantifying how often sediment move on the U.S. continental Shelf – the U.S. Geological Sea Floor Stress and Mobility Database. Sound Waves, Sep./Oct. 2012. Online at http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2012/10/pubs.html.

Dalyander, P. S., Butman, B., Sherwood, C.R., Signell, R.P., Wilkin, J.L., 2013, Characterizing Wave- and Current- Induced Bottom Shear Stress: U.S. Middle Atlantic Bight. Continental Shelf Research (52), p.73-86. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278434312002889.

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