List of National Parks within the Atlantic Plain and Coast
This is an abbreviated list of parks within the Atlantic Plain and Coast
that showcase geology. The individual park name is a link to the
park's National Park Service page. Pages listed beneath are links
to web sites featuring pertinant USGS geologic investigations, geology
tours, or publications. To return to the Atlantic Plain and Coast Geology, click here. To return to the clickable map of Geologic Provinces, click here.
Assateague Island, taken after 1998 Northeaster- USGS photo |
Assateague Island NS
Impact of Assateague Island Noreasters
Mapping Coastal Change - oblique aerial images of Assateague in 1998 after a large northeaster
USGS, NPS, and NASA Investigate Horse-Grazing Impacts on Assateague Island Dunes Using Airborne Lidar Surveys - USGS Open File Report 01-382
USGS Research Contributes to Assateague Island Restoration - Mitigating 70 Years of Coastal Erosion Due to Ocean City Inlet Jetties
Lidar
Mapping of Vegetation at Assateague Island National Seashore -
a First Look
Studying
Underwater Water in the Land of Misty - Chincoteague Bay, Maryland
Big Cypress NPRES
SOFIA - USGS South Florida Information Access virtual tour of Big Cypress NPRES
Big Thicket National Preserve
Image of Big Cypress National Park - USGS photo |
Biscayne NP
SOFIA - USGS South Florida Information Access virtual tour of Biscayne National Park
Boston Harbor Islands National
Recreation Area
Buck Island Reef NM
Coral Reef Ecology: Tracking Changes From Natural Processes and Human Stresses
Canaveral National Seashore
Cane River National Heritage
Area
Cape Cod NS
Relative Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) to Sea-Level Rise
Great South Channel and Cape Cod National Seashore Imagery
Geologic History of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Coastal Erosion on Cape Cod: Some Questions and Answers
Field measurements and calibrated circulation model within the Nauset Marsh estuary, Cape Cod National Seashore - a USGS project description
Geology of the Woods Hole Area, Massachusetts: The Story behind the Landscape
Oblique aerial image of Alligator Bay, Everglades National Park - USGS photo |
Cape Hatteras NS
Mapping Coastal Change Hazards - Hurricane Dennis, 1999: North Carolina Outer Banks
Cape Lookout NS
Hurricane Dennis - Pre/Post-Storm Aerial Photography: Cape Lookout, NC
Sidescan-Sonar Imagery of the Shoreface and Inner Continental Shelf, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina - a study in the region of Cape Lookout
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
Investigating the Chesapeake Bay Crater
Ecosystem Trends and Response: Chesapeake Bay
USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities
Continued Differential Ground Subsidence - evidence of subsidence due to faulting in the Chesapeake Bay
Geology of the Mid-Atlantic Urban Corridor
Microfossils from Chesapeake Bay Sediments: Illustrations and Species Database
Preliminary Lithogeochemical Map Showing Near-Surface Rock Types in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Virginia and Maryland
The Effects of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater on the Geologic Framework and the Correlation of Hydrogeologic Units of Southeastern Virginia, South of the James River
Appotomax River, a Chesapeake Bay tributary - USGS photo |
Congaree Swamp National Monument
Cumberland Island NS
Mapping Coastal Change Hazards: 'First Line of Defense' - South Carolina & Georgia
Dry Tortugas NP
SOFIA - USGS South Florida Information Access - site about coral reef monitoring and Dry Tortugas NP
Ellis Island National Monument
Everglades NP
SOFIA - USGS South Florida Information Access virtual tour of Everglades National Park
Dunes at the Gulf Islands National Seashore - NPS photo |
Fire Island NS
Relative Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Fire Island National Seashore (FIIS) to Sea-Level Rise
Barrier island processes, sea level rise, and maintenance of salt marsh habitat at Fire Island National Seashore - an ongoing USGS project
Seafloor Sediment Distribution Off Southern Long Island, New York
Dune crest mobility at Fire Island National Seashore, New York - a USGS project description
Beach hydrodynamics and morphologic change of the bayside shoreline, Fire Island National Seashore - a USGS project description
Numerical modeling of Fire Island National Seashore breach impacts upon circulation and water quality of Great South Bay, NY - a USGS project description
Stratigraphic Framework Maps of the Nearshore Area of Southern Long Island from Fire Island to Montauk Point, New York - Open File 99-559
The inner shelf as a source and sink for beach nourishment: Symposium on Beach Nourishment
Image of coral reef at Dry Tortugas National Park - USGS photo |
Gulf Islands NS
Vulnerability of Seashore to Sea-Level Rise
Relative Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) to Sea-Level Rise
A coverpage to an open file report on coring sediments for stratigraphy at Horn Island, a part of Gulf Islands NS
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
Natchez Trace Parkway
Padre Island NS
Simple Techniques for Assessing Impacts of Oil and Gas Operations on Public Lands: A Field Evaluation of a Photoionization Detector (PID) at a Condensate Release Site, Padre Island National Seashore [This link causes you to download a PDF]
Pelicans on the flat landscape of Padre Island NS - NPS photo |
Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Virgin Islands NP
Monitoring of coral reefs and reef organisms in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Monitoring of erosion effects in Virgin Islands National Park
Coral Reef Ecology: Tracking Changes From Natural Processes and Human Stresses
Panorama of Biscayne National Park - USGS photo |
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