Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: J.E. Conrad
        Originator: A.C. Ritchie
        Originator: S.Y. Johnson
        Originator: H.G. Greene
        Originator: P. Dartnell
        Publication_Date: 2014
        Title: Geology--Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California
        Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
            Originator: Peter Dartnell
            Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
            Originator: Nadine E. Golden
            Originator: Eleyne L. Phillips
            Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie
            Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek
            Originator: Bryan E. Dieter
            Originator: James E. Conrad
            Originator: Thomas D. Lorenson
            Originator: Lisa M. Krigsman
            Originator: H. Gary Greene
            Originator: Charles A. Endris
            Originator: Gordon G. Seitz
            Originator: David P. Finlayson         
            Originator: Ray W. Sliter
            Originator: Florence L. Wong
            Originator: Mercedes D. Erdey
            Originator: Carlos I. Gutierrez
            Originator: Ira Leifer            
            Originator: Mary M. Yoklavich
            Originator: Amy E. Draut
            Originator: Patrick E. Hart                        
            Originator: Frances D. Hostettler
            Originator: Kenneth E. Peters
            Originator: Keith A Kvenvolden
            Originator: Robert J. Rosenbauer
            Originator: Grace Fong                   
            Originator: Susan A. Cochran
            Publication_Date: 2014
            Title: California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
              Issue_Identification: SIM 3302
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3302
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3302/
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Nadine E. Golden
            Publication_Date: 2013
            Title: California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Data Series
              Issue_Identification: DS 781
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/

    Description:
      Abstract:
        This part of SIM 3302 presents data for the geologic and geomorphic map (see sheet 10, SIM 3302) of the Offshore of Coal Oil Point map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Geology_OffshoreCoalOilPoint.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/data_catalog_OffshoreCoalOilPoint.html.

        The offshore part of the Offshore of Coal Oil Point map area largely consists of a gently offshore-dipping (less than 1 degree) shelf underlain by sediments derived primarily from relatively small coastal watersheds that drain the Santa Ynez Mountains. Shelf deposits are primarily sand (Qms) at depths less than about 35 to 50 m, and they are finer grained sediment such as very fine sand, silt, and clay (Qmsf) from depths of 35 to 50 m southward to the shelf break at a depth of about 90 m.  The boundary between units Qms and Qmsf is based on observations and extrapolation from sediment sampling (see, for example, Reid and others, 2006) and camera ground-truth surveying.  It is important to note that the boundary between units Qms and Qmsf should be considered transitional and approximate and is expected to shift as a result of seasonal- to annual- to decadal-scale cycles in wave climate, sediment supply, and sediment transport.

        Fine-grained deposits that are similar to unit Qmsf also are mapped at water depths greater than 90 m, below the shelf break on the upper slope; however, here they are identified as a separate unit (unit Qmsl) because of their location below the distinct shelf-slope geomorphologic break. Coarser grained, marine deposits (coarse sand to boulders) of units Qmsc, Qmscl, and Qsc are recognized on the basis of their high acoustic backscatter, their ground-truth-survey imagery, and, in some cases, their moderate seafloor relief. This coarse-grained facies is linked either to the mouths of steep coastal watersheds or to adjacent seafloor bedrock outcrops, and the deposits generally represent wave-winnowed lags of deltaic sediment. Two distinct lobes of coarse-grained sediment (unit Qmscl), present in deeper water (about 50 m) near the west edge of the map area, may similarly represent winnowed deltaic deposits that formed at lower sea levels during the latest Pleistocene or early Holocene. An isolated patch of clast-supported cobbles (unit Qsc), which rests on bedrock south of Coal Oil Point at a water depth of 70 m, also may have been deposited at lower sea levels during the late Pleistocene.

        Offshore bedrock exposures are mapped as either the Miocene Monterey Formation (Tm, Tmu, Tmm), the late Miocene and early Pliocene Sisquoc Formation (Tsq), or the undivided Quaternary and Tertiary bedrock (QTbu) or undivided Tertiary bedrock (Tbu) units on the basis of the confidence in extending the onshore mapping of Minor and others (2009) offshore.  Midshelf to outer shelf bedrock exposures are all mapped as undivided units; however, offshore sampling data (see, for example, Kunitomi and others, 1998), as well as regional cross sections that are constrained by petroleum exploration data and sampling (Redin, 2005; Redin and others, 2005), have suggested that these seafloor outcrops predominantly are late Miocene and Pliocene strata. These rocks have been uplifted in a large, regional, internally warped, south-dipping homocline that formed above the blind, north-dipping Pitas Point-North Channel Fault system; the fault tip is inferred to lie beneath the continental slope, about 6 to 7 km offshore.

        Bedrock is, in some places, overlain by a thin (less than 1 m?) veneer of sediment, recognized on the basis of high backscatter, flat relief, continuity with moderate- to high-relief bedrock outcrops, and (in some cases) high-resolution seismic-reflection data; these areas, which are mapped as composite units Qms/Tu, Qms/Tsq, Qms/Tmu, Qms/Tmm, Qms/Tm, Qms/Tbu, or Qmsf/QTbu, are interpreted as ephemeral sediment layers that may or may not be continuously present, whose presence or absence is a function of the recency and intensity of storm events, seasonal and (or) annual patterns of sediment movement, or longer term climate cycles. 

        The Offshore of Coal Oil Point map area includes the upper part of the large (130 km2), well-documented submarine Goleta landslide complex (Eichhubl and others, 2002; Fisher and others, 2005; Greene and others, 2006).  Greene and others (2006) reported that the complex, which measures 14.6 km long and 10.5 km wide and extends from water depths of 90 to 574 m, has displaced about 1.75 km3 of landslide debris during the Holocene; they described it as a compound, multiphase submarine landslide that contains both surficial slump blocks and mud flows, in three distinct segments (west, central, and east lobes).  Each segment consists of a distinct headwall scarp (units Qglwh, Qglch, Qgleh), a downdropped head block (units Qglwb, Qglcb, Qgleb), and several composite slide-debris lobes (units Qglw5, Qfglw4, Qglw3, Qglw2, Qglw1, Qglc4, Qglc3, Qglc2a, Qglc2, Qfle5, Qgle4, Qgle3, Qgle2).  The geologic map geomorphic map on sheet 10 (SIM 3302) shows the upper approximately 3 km of this landslide complex; in addition, the seismic-reflection profile SB-145 (fig. 3 on sheet 8, SIM 3302), which crosses the east lobe of the landslide complex, illustrates its subsurface characteristics. The landslide source is inferred to be Pleistocene-age, shelf-edge deltaic sediments deposited during Quaternary sea-level lowstands, and Fisher and others (2005) suggested that the youngest landslides formed about 8,000 to 10,000 years ago.

        The Santa Barbara Channel region, including the map area, has a long history of petroleum production (Barnum, 1998) that began in 1928 with discovery of the Ellwood oil field. Subsequent discoveries in the offshore part of the map area include the South Ellwood offshore oil field, the Coal Oil Point oil field, and the Naples oil and gas field (Brickey, 1998; Galloway, 1998). Oil and gas are mainly sourced by the Miocene Monterey Formation; the reservoirs are in the Vaqueros Formation, the Rincon Shale, and the Monterey Formation. Development of the South Ellwood offshore oil field began in 1966 from platform "Holly," which was the last platform to be installed in California's State Waters. Debris and infrastructure associated with platform "Holly," as well as with seep containment devices ("seep tents"), are mapped as unit pd.

        Hornafius and others (1999) described "the world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps" in the Coal Oil Point map area, and these seeps release an estimated 36 metric tons of methane and 17 metric tons reactive organic gas (ethane, propane, butane, and higher hydrocarbons) per day. Areas of grouped to solitary pockmarks (unit Qmp) caused by gas seeps are common features. In addition, numerous asphalt (tar) deposits (unit Qas) associated with hydrocarbon seeps and gas vents are mapped both onshore and offshore. The offshore deposits, which have been confirmed with seafloor video observations, often are localized along bedrock structures such as faults or the crests of anticlines, forming bathymetric features that are morphologically similar to bedrock outcrops but are distinguished from them on the basis of their low acoustic backscatter. Although many such asphalt deposits are too small to be shown on the map, the larger deposits can cover as much as several hundred square meters. 

        References Cited:

        Barnum, H.P., 1998, Redevelopment of the western portion of the Rincon offshore oil field, Ventura, California, in Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, p. 201-215.

        Brickey, M.R., 1998, Oil and gas fields of the Santa Barbara Channel area, in Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, preface (2 p.).

        Eichhubl, P., Greene, H.G., and Maher, N., 2002, Physiography of an active transpressive margin basin--High-resolution bathymetry of the Santa Barbara basin, southern California continental borderland: Marine Geology, v. 184, p. 95-120.

        Fisher, M.A., Normark, W.R., Greene, H.G., Lee, H.J., and Sliter, R.W., 2005, Geology and tsunamigenic potential of submarine landslides in Santa Barbara Channel, southern California: Marine Geology, v. 224, p. 1-22.


        Galloway, J., 1998, Chronology of petroleum exploration and development in the Santa Barbara Channel area, offshore southern California, in Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, p. 1-12, 1 sheet.

        Greene, H.G., Murai, L.Y., Watts, P., Maher, N.A., Fisher, M.A., and Eichhubl, P., 2006, Submarine landslides in the Santa Barbara channel as potential tsunami sources: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 6, p. 63-88.

        Hornafius, J.S., Quigley, D.C., and Luyendyk, B.P., 1999, The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara Channel, California)--Quantification of emissions: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, v. 104, p. 20,703-20,711.

        Kunitomi, D.S., Hopps, T.E., and Galloway, J.M., eds., 1998, Structure and petroleum geology, Santa Barbara Channel, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, and Coast Geological Society, Miscellaneous Publication 46, 328 p.

        Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A., and Brandt, T.R., 2009, Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1:25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3001.

        Redin, T., 2005, Santa Barbara Channel structure and correlation sections--Correlation Section no. 36, N-S structure and correlation section, western Santa Ynez Mountains across the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Rosa Island: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication CS 36, 1 sheet.

        Redin, T., Kamerling, M., and Forman, J., 2005, Santa Barbara Channel structure and correlation sections--Correlation Section no. 35, North Ellwood-Coal Oil Point area across the Santa Barbara Channel to the north coast of Santa Cruz Island: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, Publication CS 35, 1 sheet.

        Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmerman, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006, usSEABED--Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/.


      Purpose:
        To expand geologic mapping to the seafloor within California's State
        Waters, to update coastal geologic mapping, and to contribute to a
        uniform regional geologic database. Additionally, to provide a geologic
        map for the public and geoscience community to aid in assessments and
        mitigation of geologic hazards in the Santa Barbara coastal plain region
        and to provide sufficient geologic information for land-use and
        land-management decisions both onshore and offshore.
      Supplemental_Information:

        Map political location: Santa Barbara County, California
        Compilation scale: 1:24,000
        Base maps used are hillshades generated from IfSAR, LiDAR, and multibeam
        mapping both onshore and offshore (see sheet 2, SIM 3302, for more information).
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 2014
      Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.007
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.807
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.4973
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.3408
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
        Theme_Keyword: Oceans > Bathymetry/SeafloorTopography > Bathymetry
        Theme_Keyword: Oceans > Bathymetry/SeafloorTopography > Seafloor Topography
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
        Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
        Theme_Keyword: Multibeam
        Theme_Keyword: Geology
        Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry
        Theme_Keyword: Backscatter
        Theme_Keyword: Intensity
        Theme_Keyword: Ocean Floor Topography
        Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
        Theme_Keyword: USGS
        Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
        Theme_Keyword: CSMP
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
        Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
        Theme_Keyword: environment
        Theme_Keyword: oceans
        Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
        Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
        Place_Keyword: California
        Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara Channel
        Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara County
        Place_Keyword: Coal Oil Point
        Place_Keyword: Goleta
        Place_Keyword: Isla Vista
    Access_Constraints:
      If physical samples or materials are available, constraints on their on-site access
      are described in "WR CMG Sample Distribution Policy" at URL:
      http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/main/sample-dist-policy.html
    Use_Constraints:
      This information is not intended for navigational purposes.

      Read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Uses of these
      data should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Where
      these data are used in combination with other data of different resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lowest resolution of all the data.

      Acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey in products derived from these data. Share data products developed using these data with the U.S. Geological Survey.

      This database has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.

      Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document these data in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center
          Contact_Person: Stephen Hartwell
        Contact_Position: Geologist
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: physical address
          Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive
          City: Santa Cruz
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 95060
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7814
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4748
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shartwell@usgs.gov

    Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.0.2414
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      Map elements were visually checked for overshoots,
      undershoots, duplicate features, polygon closure, and other errors by the
      lead authors and by the GIS technician(s) who created the digital database.
      Review drafts of the map were reviewed internally by at least two other geologists for consistency
      with basic geologic principles and general conformity to USGS mapping
      standards.
    Completeness_Report:
      Data are complete: no offshore features that could be accurately identified and
      represented at the compilation scale of 1:24,000 were eliminated or
      generalized. The smallest area represented is approximately 100 square
      meters. All geospatial database elements are attributed.
    Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
          Polygons were primarily mapped by one
          of the following methods:  (1) interpretation of  2-meter-resolution hillshaded
          bathymetry data from bathymetric lidar and sonar surveys (see sheets 1 and 2,
          SIM 3302); (2) interpretation of 2-meter-resolution amplitude (backscatter)
          data from bathymetric sonar surveys (see sheet 3, SIM 3302); (3) interpretation of 2-meter
          slope and curvature derivatives of bathymetry data and
          (4) interpretation of seismic-reflection-profile data (see sheet 8, SIM 3302).

          Map Unit contact locations were interpreted typically at a scale of between 1:1,000
          and 1:2,000 using the above base data. Bathymetric sonar and LiDAR data have a
          horizontal accuracy greater than the resolution of the base data.

          Map unit contacts were digitized by heads-up screen
          digitization of line data on 2-meter-resolution DEMs described above. Horizontal accuracy is
          estimated to be between 2 and 5 meters depending on how clearly contacts can be resolved.

          Most digitized positions on the map are estimated to have better than 5 m horizontal accuracy.
          There is no elevation data in the database.
    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Peter Dartnell
            Originator: Eleyne Phillips
            Originator: David Finlayson
            Originator: James Conrad
            Originator: Rikk Kvitek
            Publication_Date: 2014
            Title: Bathymetry--Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
              Issue_Identification: SIM 3302 (sheet 1)
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Other_Citation_Details: See metadata ("Bathymetry_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt") in SIM 3302 for source data and postprocessing/reprocessing information.
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/metadata/Bathymetry_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt
        Type_of_Source_Media: digital file of gridded bathymetry data (ArcInfo GRID)
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 2006
              Ending_Date: 2009
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SIM 3302 (sheet 1)
        Source_Contribution: Gridded bathymetry data (2-meter resolution).
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Peter Dartnell
            Originator: Eleyne Phillips
            Originator: David Finlayson
            Originator: James Conrad
            Originator: Rikk Kvitek
            Publication_Date: 2014
            Title: Acoustic Backscatter A--Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
              Issue_Identification: SIM 3302 (sheet 3)
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Other_Citation_Details: See metadata for backscatter data ("BackscatterA_CSUMB_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt," "BackscatterB_USGS_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt," and "BackscatterC_Fugro_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt") in SIM 3302 for amplitude source data and postprocessing/reprocessing information.
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/metadata/BackscatterA_CSUMB_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/metadata/BackscatterB_USGS_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreCoalOilPoint/metadata/BackscatterC_Fugro_OffshoreCoalOilPoint_metadata.txt
        Type_of_Source_Media: digital file of gridded amplitude data (ArcInfo GRID)
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 2006
              Ending_Date: 2007
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SIM 3302 (sheet 3)
        Source_Contribution: Gridded amplitude data (2-meter resolution).
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator:
              Ray W. Sliter, Peter J. Triezenberg, Patrick E. Hart,
              Amy E. Draut, William R. Normark, and James E. Conrad
            Publication_Date: 2008
            Title:
              High-resolution chirp and mini-sparker seismic-reflection data
              from the southern California continental shelf--Gaviota to
              Mugu Canyon
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: seismic reflection profile section
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
              Issue_Identification: 2008-1246
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1246/
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          seismic data files (.sgy files)
          ASCII lat/long shotpoint files
          TIFF images of processed seismic lines
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 20070912
              Ending_Date: 20080701
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sliter and others (2008)
        Source_Contribution: Digital seismic data used to interpret subsurface geologic structure
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description: Map unit polygons were digitized over underlying 2-meter base layers developed from multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data. Derivatives such as slope and curvature were generated from source rasters. Interpreted rasters include amplitude, hillshaded bathymetry (using various illumination angles and vertical exaggeration), slope, and curvature. Curvature was decomposed into profile and plan curvature for analysis purposes.
        Process_Date: 2010
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          The mapped area was extended to the shoreline by generating a DEM using U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) National Coastal Mapping Program's lidar data collected in 2009 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, unpub. data). These elevation data were then used to generate a shoreline at the NAVD88 +1.33 m contour, defined as the operational MHW shoreline by Weber and others (2005). The resulting boundary was transformed to WGS 84 UTM Zone 11 North in ArcGIS 10 using the NAD83 to WGS84 (ITRF00) transformation algorithm. This boundary was then used to extend and trim both onshore and offshore geology in the print and PDF product. The transformed boundary is contained within the WGS84 "contacts" feature class and identified as a shoreline in the associated representation rules.

          Only data for offshore map units are released digitally in this publication.  For onshore geology (sheet 10, SIM 3302), see Dibblee (1981, 1987a,b) and Minor and others (2009).

          References Cited:

          Barnard, P.L., and Hoover, D., 2010, A seamless, high-resolution coastal digital elevation model (DEM) for southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 487, 8 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/487/.

          Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1981, Geologic map of the Tajiguas quadrangle, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81?371, 1:24,000. 

          Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1987a, Geologic map of the Dos Pueblos quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California: Santa Barbara, Calif., Dibblee Geological Foundation Map DF?09, scale 1:24,000.

          Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1987b, Geologic map of the Goleta quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California: Santa Barbara, Calif., Dibblee Geological Foundation Map DF?07, scale 1:24,000.

          Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A., and Brandt, T.R., 2009, Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1:25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3001/.

          Weber, K.M., List, J.H., and Morgan, K.L., 2005, An operational Mean High Water datum for determination of shoreline position from topographic lidar data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1027 available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1027/.

        Process_Date: 2011
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      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MapUnitAbbrev
        Attribute_Definition: Map Unit abbreviation
        Attribute_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: pd
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Oil-platform debris
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qas
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Asphalt deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qas?
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Asphalt deposits, questionable
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine nearshore and shelf deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsc
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coarse-grained marine nearshore and shelf deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report    
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmscl
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine shelf-sediment lobes
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmscl?
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine shelf-sediment lobes, questionable
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsf
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fine-grained marine shelf deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmp
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine pockmarks
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsl
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine upper slope deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qsc
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marine or nonmarine coarse-grained deposits
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmsf/QTbu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fine-grained-sediment-covered undivided Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene bedrock
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tbu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered undivided Pliocene and Miocene bedrock
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered undivided Monterey Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tmm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered Monterey Formation, middle shale unit
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tmu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered Monterey Formation, upper siliceous unit
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tsq
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered Sisquoc Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qms/Tu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sediment-covered unnamed mudstone
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTbu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Undivided Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene bedrock
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsq
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sisquoc Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tsq?
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sisquoc Formation, questionable
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation, undivided
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tmm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation, middle shale unit
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tbu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tertiary bedrock, undivided
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tr
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rincon Shale
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglwh
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide headwall, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglwb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide head block, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglw5
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide fifth-phase flow deposit, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglw4
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide fourth-phase flow deposit, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglw3
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide third-phase flow deposit, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglw2
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide second-phase flow deposit, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglw1
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide first-phase flow deposit, west lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglch
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide headwall, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglcb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide head block, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglc4
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide fourth-phase flow deposit, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report

        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglc3
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide third-phase flow deposit, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglc2a
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide, secondary failure of second-phase flow deposit, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qglc2
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide second-phase flow deposit, central lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgleh
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide headwall, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgleb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide head block, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgle5
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide fifth-phase flow deposit, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report

        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgle4
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide fourth-phase flow deposit, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgle3
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide third-phase flow deposit, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qgle2
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Goleta landslide second-phase flow deposit, east lobe
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MapUnit
        Attribute_Definition: short description of map unit
        Attribute_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain: text description of map unit
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
        Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
        Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: RuleID
        Attribute_Definition: Representation rule identifier
        Attribute_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain:
            This field contains the representation rule in the ArcGIS file geodatabase which applies a solid color fill of a specified CMYK value to each polygon.
            Representation rules have the same name as the map unit abbreviation.
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 2013
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
          Contact_Person: Stephen R. Hartwell
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical address
          Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive
          City: Santa Cruz
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 95060-5792
          Country: US
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7814
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shartwell@usgs.gov
    Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998