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Data Series 834



Sediment Data Collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi

References Cited



Blott, S.J. and Pye, K., 2001, GRADISTAT: A grain size distribution and statistics package for the analysis of unconsolidated sediments: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 26, p. 1237-1248.

Buster, N.A. and Morton, R.A., 2011, Historical bathymetry and bathymetric change in the Mississippi-Alabama coastal region, 1847-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3154, 1 sheet 13-p. pamphlet, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3154/.

Buster, N.A., Pfeiffer, W.R, Miselis, J.L, Kindinger, J.L., Wiese, D.S., and Reynolds, B.J., 2012, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 739, 1 DVD, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/739/.

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Pendleton, E.A., Hansen, M.E., Reynolds, B.J., Kelso, K.W., Wiese, D.S., and Worley, C.R., 2011a, Archive of single beam and swath bathymetry data collected nearshore of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, from West Ship Island, Mississippi, to Dauphin Island, Alabama: Methods and data report for USGS Cruises 08CCT01 and 08CCT02, July 2008, and 09CCT03 and 09CCT04, June 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 675, 1 CD-ROM, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/675/.

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Pfeiffer, W.R., Gibson, J.N., and Wiese, D.S., 2011b, Archive of side scan sonar and swath bathymetry data collected during USGS cruise 10CCT03 offshore from the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, from East Ship Island, Mississippi, to Dauphin Island, Alabama, April 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 671, 1 DVD, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/671/.

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Pfeiffer, W.R., and Wiese, D.S., 2010, Archive of side scan sonar and swath bathymetry data collected during USGS cruise 10CCT01 offshore of Cat Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, March 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 563, 1 CD-ROM, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/563/.

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Reynolds, B.J., and Hansen, Mark, 2011c, Archive of single-beam bathymetry data collected during USGS cruise 07CCT01 nearshore of Fort Massachusetts and within Camille Cut, West and East Ship Islands, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, July 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 722, 1 CD-ROM, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/722/.

Flocks, J., Kelso, K.W., Twichell, D.C., Buster, N.A., and Baehr, J.N., 2011, Offshore sand-shoal development and evolution of Petit Bois Pass, Mississippi-Alabama barrier islands, Mississippi, May 2-6, 2011, Miami, Fla., USA: Coastal Sediments 2011 extended abstract, 18 p.

Folk, R.L. and Ward, W.C., 1957, Brazos River bar: a study in the significance of grain size parameters: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 27, p. 3–26.

Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Wiese, D.S., 2011a, Archive of digital chirp sub-bottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 08CCT02 and 08CCT03, Mississippi Gulf Islands, July and September 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 569, 5 DVDs, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/569/.

Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Wiese, D.S., 2011b, Archive of digital Chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 09CCT03 and 09CCT04, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Islands, June and July 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 590, 6 DVDs, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/590/.

Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., Wiese, D.S., DeWitt, N.T., Pfeiffer, W.R., Kelso, K.W., and Thompson, P.R., 2011c, Archive of digital chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 10CCT01, 10CCT02, and 10CCT03, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Islands, March and April 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 611, 11 DVDs, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/611/.

Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Worley, C.R., 2011d, Archive of digital Chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 08CCT01, Mississippi Gulf Islands, July 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 620, 5 DVDs, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/620/.

Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Kindinger, J.L., Miselis, J.L., Wiese, D.S., and Buster, N.A., 2012, Archive of digital chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 10BIM04 offshore Cat Island, Mississippi, September 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 724, 2 DVDs, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/724/.

Morton, R.A., 2007, Historical Changes in the Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1161, 38 p., available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1161/.

Morton, R.A., 2008, Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier-island chain and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 24, no. 6, p. 1587-1600.

Morton, R.A., Miller, T.L., and Moore, L.J., 2004, National assessment of shoreline change: Part 1, Historical shoreline change and associated land loss along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1043, 44 p., available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1043/.

Morton, R.A. and Rogers, B.E., 2009, Geomorphology and depositional subenvironments of Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1250, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1250/.

Pendleton, E.A., Baldwin, W.E., Danforth, W.W., DeWitt, N.T., Forde, A.S., Foster, D.S., Kelso, K.W., Pfeiffer, W.R., Turecek, A.M., Flocks, J.G., and Twichell, D.C, 2011, Geophysical data from offshore of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Cat Island to Western Horn Island, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1178, 1 DVD, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1178/.

Pfeiffer, W.R., Flocks, J.G., DeWitt, N. T., Forde, A.S., Kelso, K.K., Thompson, P.R., and Wiese, D.S., 2011, Archive of side-scan sonar and swath bathymetry data collected during USGS cruise 10CCT02 offshore of Petit Bois Island including Petite Bois Pass, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, March 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 577, 1 DVD, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/577/.

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Twichell, David, Pendleton, Elizabeth, Baldwin, Wayne, Foster, David, Flocks, James, Kelso, Kyle, DeWitt, Nancy, Pfeiffer, William, Forde, Arnell, Krick, Jason, and Baehr, John, 2011, The shallow stratigraphy and sand resources offshore of the Mississippi Barrier Islands: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1173, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1173/.

Wentworth, C.K., 1922, A scale of grade and class terms for clastic sediments: Journal of Geology, v. 30, p. 377-392

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