Faults--Offshore of Tomales Point Map Area, California

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: S.R. Hartwell

Originator: S.Y. Johnson

Originator: M.W. Manson

Publication_Date: 2014

Title: Faults--Offshore of Tomales Point Map Area, California

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson

Originator: Peter Dartnell

Originator: Nadine E. Golden

Originator: Stephen R. Hartwell

Originator: H. Gary Greene

Originator: Mercedes D. Erdey

Originator: Guy R. Cochrane

Originator: Janet T. Watt

Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek

Originator: Michael W. Manson

Originator: Charles A. Endris

Originator: Bryan E. Dieter

Originator: Lisa M. Krigsman

Originator: Ray W. Sliter

Originator: Erik N. Lowe

Originator: John L. Chin

Publication_Date: 2015

Title:

California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Tomales Point map area, California

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: OFR 2015-1088

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151088>

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1088/>

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: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/>

Description:

Abstract:: This part of DS 781 presents data for faults for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Offshore of Tomales Point map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Faults_OffshoreTomalesPoint.zip," which is accessible from <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreTomalesPoint/data_catalog_OffshoreTomalesPoint.html>.

The Point Reyes Peninsula is bounded to the south and west in the offshore by the north- and east-dipping Point Reyes Thrust Fault (McCulloch, 1987; Heck and others, 1990), which lies about 20 km west of Tomales Point. Granitic basement rocks are offset about 1.4 km on this thrust fault offshore of Point Reyes (McCulloch, 1987), and this uplift combined with west-side-up offset on the San Andreas Fault (Grove and Niemi, 2005) resulted in uplift of the Point Reyes Peninsula, including Tomales Point and the adjacent continental shelf. Grove and others (2010) reported uplift rates of as much as 1 mm/yr for the south flank of the Point Reyes Peninsula based on marine terraces, but reported no datable terrace surfaces that could constrain uplift for the flight of 4-5 terraces exposed farther north along Tomales Point.

Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data (see field activity S-15-10-NC). The seismic reflection profiles were collected between 2007 and 2010.

References Cited

Grove, K., and Niemi, T.M., 2005, Late Quaternary deformation and slip rates in the northern San Andreas fault zone at Olema Valley, Marin County, California: Tectonophysics, v. 401, p. 231-250.

Grove, K, Sklar, L.S., Scherer, A.M., Lee, G., and Davis, J., 2010, Accelerating and spatially-varying crustal uplift and its geomorphic expression, San Andreas fault zone north of San Francisco, California: Tectonophysics, v. 495, p. 256-268.

Heck, R.G., Edwards, E.B., Kronen, J.D., Jr., and Willingham, C.R., 1990, Petroleum potential of the offshore outer Santa Cruz and Bodega basins, California, in Garrison, R.E., Greene, H.G., Hicks, K.R., Weber, G.E., and Wright, T.L., eds. Geology and tectonics of the central California coastal region, San Francisco to Monterey: Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin GB67, p. 143-164.

McCulloch, D.S., 1987, Regional geology and hydrocarbon potential of offshore central California, in Scholl, D.W., Grantz, A., and Vedder, J.G., eds., Geology and Resource Potential of the Continental Margin of Western North America and Adjacent Oceans Beaufort Sea to Baja California: Houston, Texas, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 6., p. 353-401.
Purpose:: To expand geologic mapping to the seafloor within the California's State Waters, to update coastal geologic mapping, and to contribute to a uniform regional geologic database, which can be used geographic information systems. Additionally, to provide a geologic map for the public and geoscience community to aid in assessments and mitigation of geologic hazards in the San Gregorio coastal region and to provide sufficient geologic information for land-use and land-management decisions both onshore and offshore. This information is not intended for navigational purposes.
Supplemental_Information:: Map political location: San Mateo County, California Compilation scale: 1:24,000 Base maps used are hillshades generated from IfSAR, LiDAR, and multibeam mapping both onshore and offshore (see Bathymetry Hillshade--Offshore of Tomales Point, California, DS 781, for more information).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2007
Ending_Date: 2010

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.04
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.89
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.25
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.15

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: 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: State of California
Place_Keyword: Tomales Bay
Place_Keyword: Tomales Point
Place_Keyword: Marin County

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.
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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 and 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

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/OffshoreTomalesPoint/images/Faults_OffshoreTomalesPoint.jpg>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Faults offshore Tomales Point.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Map elements were visually checked for overshoots, undershoots, duplicate features, 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:: Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data (see field activity S-15-10-NC). Fault lines were digitized by heads-up screen digitization on to shot-point picks from seismic-line navigation data - each shot point has an associated lat/long in the survey data. Error is introduced from layback, as well as from interpretation of oblique features, so horizontal accuracy of fault and fold location is estimated to be on the order of 10 to 20 meters.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)

Publication_Date: 2013

Title:

Seismic-reflection data acquisition data of field activity S-15-10-NC in offshore Pescadero from 08/02/2010 to 08/04/2010

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
Publisher:: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Online_Linkage: <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gos/s-15-10-nc.fmeta.xml>

Online_Linkage:

<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/s/s1510nc/html/s-15-10-nc.meta.html>

Type_of_Source_Media: ASCII lat/long shot point files

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100802
Ending_Date: 20100804

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: S-15-10-NC

Source_Contribution:

Digital seismic data used to interpret subsurface geologic structure

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Faults were mapped onto shot lines based on the latitude and longitude of seismic picks from field activity S-15-10-NC.
Process_Date: 2012

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Faults were mapped onto shot lines based on the latitude and longitude of seismic picks from field activity S-15-10-NC.
Process_Date: 2011

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 23

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 10N

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: Meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Faults
Entity_Type_Definition: lines representing mapped faults
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: This report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI