Seafloor Mapping and Habitat Research

We are actively engaged in habitat mapping and coastal and Bayesian marine spatial planning research on the west coast of the U.S.

 

Whats New

Second in Sumatra Paleoseismology Series Released

Second in a series of foundational papers on paleoseismology of the Sumatran margin is released.

Five Year Review of West Coast Essential Fish Habitat Completed

Report and analysis are released.

Oregon Earthquake Resiliency Report Released

Comprehensive study of the vulnerability of the State of Oregon to subduction zone earthquakes and tsunami. Full Report: http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/index.aspx

Oregon Tsunami Work Wins Award

"Simulating tsunami inundation at Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, using hypothetical Cascadia and Alaska earthquake scenarios" won a Western State Seismic Policy Council Award in Excellence http://www.wsspc.org/news/news_files/eNews_Winter13.pdf.

Gobal Earthquake Models Based on Paleoseismology

"Superquakes and Supercycles" released, Seismological Research Letters

"Superquakes and Supercycles" released, OSU Release

Cascadia Paleoseismology

Detailed turbidite paleoseismic work finally released in USGS Professional Paper 1661-F

Cascadia, the Movie! Animation of 10,000 year earthquake record from marine and coastal paleoseismic sites.

Initiative to Retrofit Schools in Portand for earthquakes

Oregon State Waters Bathymetry and Habitat Data are Released

Download data and habitat maps here

UNOLS Greening the Research Fleet Workshop

Scientists, engineers, shipping companies and ship operators meet to discuss greener operations and ships of the future

"Green Research"

Successful geophysical cruise aboard the Derek. M. Baylis completed with very low carbon footprint

Recent Earthquakes

NEIC Earthquake map of recent events

   

 

   

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Whats New

Second in Sumatra Paleoseismology Series Released

Second in a series of foundational papers on paleoseismology of the Sumatran margin is released.

Five Year Review of West Coast Essential Fish Habitat Completed

Report and analysis are released.

Oregon Earthquake Resiliency Report Released

Comprehensive study of the vulnerability of the State of Oregon to subduction zone earthquakes and tsunami. Full Report: http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/index.aspx

Oregon Tsunami Work Wins Award

"Simulating tsunami inundation at Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, using hypothetical Cascadia and Alaska earthquake scenarios" won a Western State Seismic Policy Council Award in Excellence http://www.wsspc.org/news/news_files/eNews_Winter13.pdf.

Gobal Earthquake Models Based on Paleoseismology

"Superquakes and Supercycles" released, Seismological Research Letters

"Superquakes and Supercycles" released, OSU Release

Cascadia Paleoseismology

Detailed turbidite paleoseismic work finally released in USGS Professional Paper 1661-F

Cascadia, the Movie! Animation of 10,000 year earthquake record from marine and coastal paleoseismic sites.

Initiative to Retrofit Schools in Portand for earthquakes

Oregon State Waters Bathymetry and Habitat Data are Released

Download data and habitat maps here

UNOLS Greening the Research Fleet Workshop

Scientists, engineers, shipping companies and ship operators meet to discuss greener operations and ships of the future

"Green Research"

Successful geophysical cruise aboard the Derek. M. Baylis completed with very low carbon footprint

Recent Earthquakes

NEIC Earthquake map of recent events

   

 

 

Nearshore Mapping

 

Oregon State Waters Mapping

Collaborative effort between OSU, NOAA, David Evans and Associates, and Fugro.

Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI)

Mapping in support of the NSF sponsored cabled observatory system.

"Analog" Habitat Maps for Oregon and Washington

Habitat mapping based on ~ 15,000 samples along the Oregon and Washingtom coasts fill areas not mapped with multibeam sonar.

Habitat Mapping and Methods Development, Nehalem Bank, Oregon.

Habitat Mapping of Redfish Rocks, Oregon

Southern California Offshore Banks

Multibeam based habitat mapping in the southern California Brderlands.

Tsunami Bathymetry for Oregon Bays

Shallow water surveys in Oregon bays

 

   

West Coast Mapping

 

West Coast Essential Fish Habitat

Comprehensive effort to creat the first coastwide habitat maps and habitat suitability maps for managed groundfish species.

PaCOOS Interactive West Coast Habitat Server

An interactive web server for West Coast habitat data and interface to the Habitat Use Database (HUD).

Cascadia Initiative

Regional mapping in support of the Cascadia Initiative ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) deployments.

West Coast Bathymetry

Regional mapping in the southern California Borderlands, Northern California, Cascadia, and coastwide.

   

Marine Spatial Planning

 

Bayesian Analysis for Spatial Siting (BASS)

Development of a new state of the art Bayesian analysis system for CMSP.

West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health (WCGA)

The ATSML lab is a partner in this leading regional ocean partnership. More...

Oregon Marine Reserves

Science support for the Oregon Marine Reserve Process. More...

Characterizing and Modeling Renewable Energy Sites

Comprehensive characterization of seafloor habitat and benthic infauna.