Military Installation Resilience Review – Beaufort County, SC
Geoscience worked with Sherwood Design Engineers to provide a host of flooding risk information, including pluvial (rain), shallow coastal, and tropical storms.
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Forested Wetland Values Along the Black and Waccamaw Rivers, South Carolina
This study details the degree that the forested and palustrine forest floodplains along the Black, Waccamaw and the Pee Dee Rivers are contributing to lower flooding for crops and infrastructure in the basins.
Read MoreMeasurement of Floodplain Value for Downstream Flood Reduction
This pilot study examined the water storage/flood resiliency value of lands upstream of urban/suburban centers under riverine dominated flooding. The goal was to develop a process that could be applied to other areas in the Southeast US.
Read MoreLower Savannah Watershed Management Planning
Geoscience Consultants worked with the Lowcountry Council of Governments (LCOG) in developing a forward looking watershed management plan for five watersheds in the Lower Savannah. The area is directly adjacent to a major freshwater withdrawal that provides water to hundreds of thousands of people.
Read MoreCoupled Coastal and Riverine Risk Modeling - TNC Northcoast Project
The North Coast project in Georgetown and Horry Counties (SC) grew from TNC’s Coast Summit in 2016 where riverine flooding was highlighted as a problem that held opportunity for nature based mitigation projects. Geoscience Consultants was hired to provide an understanding of localized flood risk at present and under future climate change. This information will help community stakeholders identify locations where green infrastructure can be used to mitigate increasing flooding issues.
Read MoreSea Level Rise and Infrastructure Vulnerability - Beaufort SC
This project focused on identifying the potential infrastructure problems that will exist as sea level rise (SLR) occurs and determining how those effects can be minimized or mitigated to ensure that the needs of both the local communities and the military facilities are accommodated. This is particularly significant in the Beaufort area due to the fact that water and sewer services are provided to the military facilities by the same regional provider that serves the local communities; and local roads, highways and bridges provide the only access to MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island.
Read MoreGraveline Bayou Navigation and Habitat Study
Geoscience Consultants was hired to examine sediment transport into a local navigational channel. The study revealed that a cause of the siltation in the channel was actually a lack of sediment. This study highlights the intertwined nature of coastal habitats and human use.
Read MoreCoastal Risk Mapping in Salem Sound
Geoscience Consultants generated time-based inundation risk map outputs of present and future (up to 2100) inundation from SLR at mean higher high water, shallow coastal flooding, category 1 hurricanes, and still-water annual storm surge in the Salem Sound Coastwatch communities of Northeast Massachusetts.
Read MoreSan Francisco Bay Benthic Mapping
Geoscience worked as a subcontractor for the NOAA Office for Coastal Management on an accuracy assessment of the Benthic mapping of San Francisco Bay. The work included comparison of draft benthic map results with temporal imagery and in situ measurements of benthic vegetation and littoral land cover.
Read MoreHuman Induced Shoreline Change
The work was performed to assess the effects of human modifications (port development) on the nearby natural shorelines including wetlands. Shoreline changes in these settings are complex and spatially inconsistent, unlike sandy open-coast shorelines. In order to both densely measure the change and smooth high frequency variation a node to node analysis was performed
Read MoreLow Profile Groin Performance Assessment
Stump Pass State Park, FL was the site of a low-profile innovative groin field installed following the re-alignment of the local down-drift inlet. Geoscience Consultants was hired by the prime contractor to assess the performance of the installation.
Read MoreGraveline Bayou, MS - Analysis of Marsh Elevations and Habitat Restoration Needs
To assess habitat restoration needs Geoscience Consultants was hired to examine marsh substrate elevation differences caused by the existence of a causeway running across the bayou. The reduced flow inland of the causeway may have limited natural accretion thus limiting the ability of the marsh substrate to maintain equilibrium with the optimum growth conditions.
Read MoreHarbor Dredge and Shoaling Analysis
A Small-craft Harbor fronting the Mississippi Sound was proposed following Hurricane Katrina; Geoscience Consultants was asked to assess/document the potential environmental impacts related to sediment transport and water quality prior to construction
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Crystal Information System Analysis
Geoscience Consultants developed a custom Geographic Information System (GIS) for Crystal Systems Inc. that used spatial statistics coupled with crystal-growth parameters to better describe and predict growth results.
Read MoreIndian Pass, Florida
Figure 2: Historic (Pre 1980) shoreline locations and change in the area of investigation.
Indian Pass is located at the west end of Apalachicola Bay where Apalachicola Bay empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
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