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Figure 6: Monterey Bay
High Backscatter Sand Patches

This image shows 1-m per pixel. At higher resolutions, ripples of 1-m wavelength can be seen running parallel to the coast.

[Figure 6: Click to download image, 300 kilobytes]
Figure 3 | Figure 4 | Figure 5

Monterey Bay Geographic Reference Image Map:
Regional Overview. Shaded relief image on land and backscatter image from 100 kHz sidescan-sonar data in the water
(390 kilobytes)


Monterey Bay Image Map Zoom-in
showing location of Figures 3-6
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