Mapping the Sea Floor on the San Pedro Shelf, Southern California
Sandwaves - High Resolution
Sea-floor video
Sea-floor video (approx 15 sec) showing sand waves of various sizes on the San Pedro shelf, southern California. The larger sand waves (60- to 70-cm wavelength) at the beginning of the clip (0-10 sec) abruptly change to smaller sand waves (less than 16-cm wavelength) toward the end of the clip (10-15 sec).
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High Resolution:
320x240, 15.6 MB, running time 0:16
U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey