Sussex County
GM25 Geologic Map of Offshore Delaware
Delineation of map units is based on sediment-core descriptions (e.g., texture, color, and composition) from 469 locations and seafloor morphology, which was assessed from a seamless NOAA/USGS topo-bathymetric model (Pendleton et al., 2014).
Storm Surge and High Tide Relationships in the Delaware Inland Bays
It has been widely documented that Delaware is highly vulnerable to the impacts of coastal flooding along its Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean, and Delaware Inland Bay shores.
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Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware (Project WiCCED)
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Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware (Project WiCCED) is a multi-year National Science Foundation EPSCoR – funded effort that includes a consortium of scientists and educators from University of Delaware (UD), Delaware State University, Wesley College, and Delaware Technical and
First State officials slam sea wall plan as unrealistic way to repel rising seas
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State and local officials are rejecting a new report that says coastal states including Delaware need to spend billions of dollars on thousands of miles of sea walls to defend themselves against projected sea-level rise by 2040.
DGS releases two new datasets
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DGS has released two new datasets. One dataset is a spreadsheet format file containing results of hydraulic tests from Appendix 3 of the soon to published DGS Open File Report No. 53, “Kent County groundwater monitoring project: results of subsurface exploration“.
OFR51 Groundwater Monitoring Procedures Part 1: Equipment and Procedures for Manual and Automated Field Measurement of Groundwater Levels in Dedicated Monitoring Wells
The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) has measured, managed, and distributed groundwaterlevel data for several decades using widely accepted procedures and practices, many of which were derived from interactions with staff of the USGS, consulting firms, and other state agencies. Many of the individual methods and procedures have been described in DGS reports, however, written documentation for these tasks have not been assembled in a single published document.
Development of Delmarva Fox Squirrel Habitat Maps from LiDAR Data for Sussex County, Delaware
The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) is working with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and E
National Ground Water Monitoring Network – Delaware
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The DGS has been a data provider for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) since 2016. NGWMN is a consortium of state and local agencies and the U.S.
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