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Metadata
ID C-1-96-SC
Also Known As CS-1-96-SM
Abstract Chief Scientist: Jim Gardner. Multibeam Sonar data (multibeam, GPS, integratednavigation) of field activity C-1-96-SC in Santa Monica Bay, California from 09/30/1996 to 10/29/1996
Project/Theme Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project
National Plan Enviroment
Chief Scientist Jim Gardner
Activity Type Multibeam Sonar
Platform Coastal Surveyor
Area of Operation
Santa Monica Bay, California
Location map C-1-96-SC location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 34.20000
-119.00000    -118.30000
33.70000
Ports leave Marina Del Rey
arrive Marina Del Rey
Dates 09/30/1996 (JD 274) to 10/29/1996 (JD 303)
Analog Materials No analog holdings.
Index map

C-1-96-SC map of where navigation equipment operated

Information Specialist
Pete Dartnell
Crew
Art Kleiner Party Chief, C&C Technologies
Jim Gardner Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Equipment Used
multibeam
GPS
integratednavigation
Purpose
Map Santa Monica Bay to support USGS project studying marine pollution
and geohazards along the Los Angeles Margin.
Information to be Derived
Bathymetry, backscatter, slope, sediment volumes, interpreted geology, etc
Summary
Completed survey and processed bathymetry and backscatter data of Santa
Monica Bay from Point Dume to Palos Verdes, out to the 800 meter isobath.
Notes
For raw and intermediate data sets, contact
Rani Nandiwada
Publications
Dartnell, P., and Gardner, J.V., 2004, Predicted seafloor facies of Central
Santa Monica Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1081,
dataset:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1081/

Dartnell, P., Gardner, J.V., Mayer, L.A., and Hughes Clark, J.E., 2004,
Los Angeles and San Diego Margin high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and
backscatter data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1221:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1221/

Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., 2003, Integrated assessment of an
urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research,
v. 56, no. 1-2, 342 p.

Dojiri, M., Yamaguchi, M., Weisberg, S.B., and Lee, Homa J., 2003,
Changing anthropogenic influence on the Santa Monica Bay watershed,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 1-14.

Gardner, James V., Dartnell, Peter, Mayer, Larry A., and Hughes Clarke,
John E., 2003, Geomorphology, acoustic backscatter, and processes in Santa
Monica Bay from multibeam mapping, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 15-4.

Edwards, Brian D., Dartnell, Peter, and Chezar, Henry, 2003, Characterizing
benthic substrates of Santa Monica Bay with seafloor photography and multibeam
sonar imagery, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated
assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine
Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 47-66.

Leecaster, Molly, 2003, Spatial analysis of grain size in Santa Monica Bay,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 67-78

Hein, James R., Dowling, Jennifer S., Schuetze, Anthony, and Lee, Homa J.,
2003, Clay-mineral suites, sources, and inferred dispersal routes; Southern
California continental shelf, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 79-102

Noble, Marlene A., and Xu, J.P., 2003, Observations of large-amplitude
cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 127-149.

Sommerfield, Christopher K., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Magnitude and variability
of Holocene sediment accumulation in Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa
J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body;
Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2,
p. 151-176.

Alexander, Clark R., and Venherm, Claudia, 2003, Modern sedimentary processes in
the Santa Monica, California continental margin; sediment accumulation, mixing
and budget, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 177-204.

Bay, Steven M., Zeng, Eddy Y., Lorenson, Thomas D., Tran, Kim, and Alexander,
Clark R., 2003, Temporal and spatial distributions of contaminants in sediments
of Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 255-276.

Greenstein, Darrin, Bay, Steven M., Jirik, Andrew, Brown, Jeffrey, and
Alexander, Clark R., 2003, Toxicity assessment of sediment cores from Santa
Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated
assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine
Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 277-297.

National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies, Los Angeles, 2006,
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Coastal and Marine Geology  
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/la-index.html>
Got Help? For C-1-96-SC, we would appreciate any information on -- analog materials, contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, kms of navigation, NGDC Info, organization, owner, project number, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, tabulated info.

 

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