Data Series 999

>> Pubs Warehouse > DS 999

Sedimentologic Characteristics of Recent Washover Deposits From Assateague Island, Maryland

Skip Links

Citation Page
Abstract
Introduction
Field Data Collection
Laboratory Methods and Analyses
Results
Data Downloads
References Cited
Abbreviations
 

References Cited

  • Bernier, J.C., Douglas, S.H., Terrano, J.F., Barras, J.A., Plant, N.G., and Smith, C.G., 2015, Land-cover types, shoreline positions, and sand extents derived from Landsat satellite imagery, Assateague Island to Metompkin Island, Maryland and Virginia, 1984 to 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 968, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds968.

  • Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Miselis, J.L., and DeWitt, N.T., 2014, Sediment data collected in 2012 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 850, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds850.

  • Blake, E.S., Kimberlain, T.B., Berg, R.J., Cangialosi, J.P., and Beven, J.L., II, 2013, Tropical cyclone report—Hurricane Sandy: Miami, Fla., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Hurricane Center, Report AL182012, 157 p. [Also available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL182012_Sandy.pdf.]

  • 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., Kelso, K.W., Bernier, J.C., Flocks, J.G., Miselis, J.L., and DeWitt, N.T., 2014, Sediment data collected in 2013 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 894, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds894.

  • Buxton, H.T., Andersen, M.E., Focazio, M.J., Haines, J.W., Hainly, R.A., Hippe, D.J., and Sugarbaker, L.J., 2013, Meeting the science needs of the Nation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy—A U.S. Geological Survey science plan for support of restoration and recovery: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1390, 26 p. [Also available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1390/.]

  • Carilli, J.E., Norris, R.D., Black, B., Walsh, S.M., and McField, M., 2010, Century-scale records of coral growth rates indicate that local stressors reduce coral thermal tolerance threshold: Global Change Biology, v. 16, p. 1247–1257.

  • Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., and Barnes, D.J., 2007, Densitometry from digitized images of X-radiographs—Methodology for measurement of coral skeletal density: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 344, p. 67–72.

  • Carruthers, T., Beckert, K., Dennison, B., Thomas, J., Saxby, T., Williams, M., Fisher, T., Kumer, J., Schupp, C., Sturgis, B., and Zimmerman, C., 2011, Assateague Island National Seashore natural resource condition assessment—Maryland, Virginia: Fort Collins, Colo., National Park Service, Natural Resource Report NPS/ASIS/NRR—2011/405, 150 p.

  • Chalker, B.E., Barnes, D.J., and Isdale, P., 1985, Calibration of X-ray densitometry for the measurement of coral skeletal density: Coral Reefs, v. 4, p. 95–100.

  • Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., and Smith, C.G., 2015, A seasonal comparison of surface sediment characteristics in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, U.S.A.: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1219, accessed February 3, 2016, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219.

  • 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.

  • Gieder, K.D., Karpanty, S.M., Fraser, J.D., Catlin, D.H., Gutierrez, B.T., Plant, N.G., Turecek, A.M., and Thieler, E.R., 2014, A Bayesian network approach to predicting nest presence of the federally–threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) using barrier island features: Ecological Modelling, v. 276, p. 38–50. [Also available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.005.]

  • Guy, K.K., 2015, Back-island and open-ocean shorelines, and sand areas of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, April 12, 1989, to September 5, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 928, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds928.

  • Krumbein, W.C., 1934, Size frequency distributions of sediments: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 4, p. 65–77.

  • Smith, C.G., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., and Adams, C.S., 2015, Sedimentological and radiochemical characteristics of marsh deposits from Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia, following Hurricane Sandy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1169, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169.

  • Sopkin, K.L., Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.S., Plant, N.G., Morgan, K.L.M., Guy, K.K., and Smith, K.E.L., 2014, Hurricane Sandy—Observations and analysis of coastal change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1088, 54 p. [Also available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141088.]

  • Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.J., Sopkin, K.L., Smith, K.E.L., and Fredericks, Xan, 2013, Coastal topography—Northeast Atlantic coast, post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 765, accessed October 1, 2015, at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765/.

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

  • Zaremba, N.J., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., and Smith, C.G., 2016, Raw and processed Ground Penetrating Radar and post-processed Differential Global Positioning System data collected from Assateague Island, Maryland, October 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 989, accessed May 16, 2016, at  https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds989.