Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server:
West-Central Florida - Sarasota

Publications and References

Below is a list of selected USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program publications for the West-Central Florida (Sarasota) Coastal Studies Project.  To search for additional publications, please visit the Woods Hole Science Center's (WHSC) Publications website or the USGS Publications Warehouse.

Digital Data

• Bathymetry, Sidescan Sonar Image, Surface Sediments, and Surficial Geologic Map of the Inner Shelf off Sarasota, Florida: Preliminary discussion and GIS database release, 1999, Twichell, D.C. and Paskevich, V.F., U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-396, 1 CD-ROM.

• Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts, 2001, Erika S. Hammar-Klose and E. Robert Thieler, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD-ROM

Fact Sheets

• Limited Sand Resources for Eroding Beaches

• National assessment of coastal vulnerability to future sea-level rise

Publications

• A Summary of Findings of the West-Central Florida Coastal Studies Project - USGS Open-File Report 01-303

• Compilation of Geophysical and Sedimentological Data Sets for the West-Central Florida Coastal Studies Project - USGS Open-File Report 99-539, 1 CD-ROM.

• West-Central Florida Coastal Transect Series:

  • Coastal Transect #1: Anclote Key - USGS Open-File Report 99-505, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #2: Caladesi Island-Clearwater Beach - USGS Open File-Report 99-506, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #3: Sand Key - USGS Open-File Report 99-507, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #4: Indian Rocks Beach - USGS Open-File Report 99-508, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #5: Treasure Island-Long Key - USGS Open-File Report 99-509, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #6: Anna Maria Island - USGS Open-File Report 99-510, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #7: Longboat Key - USGS Open-File Report 99-511, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #8: Siesta Key - USGS Open File-Report 99-512, 1 CD-ROM.
    
  • Coastal Transect #9: Casey Key - USGS Open File-Report 99-513, 1 CD-ROM.

West-Central Florida Side-Scan Sonar Mosaic Map Series:

• Anclote Keys Area Side-Scan Sonar Image - USGS Open-File Report 99-442, 1 CD-ROM.
  
• Sarasota Side-Scan Sonar Mosaic - USGS Open-File Report 99-443, 1 CD-ROM.
  
• Indian Rocks Beach Side-Scan Sonar Mosaic - USGS Open-File Report 99-444, 1 CD-ROM.
  
• Mouth of Tampa Bay Side-Scan Sonar Mosaic - USGS Open-File Report 99-445, 1 CD-ROM.