Transgressive contours--Santa Barbara Channel, California.

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Eleyne L. Phillips
Publication_Date: 2012
Title: Transgressive contours--Santa Barbara Channel, California.
Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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/>
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: H. Gary Greene
Originator: Lisa M. Krigsman
Originator: Charles A. Endris
Originator: Kevin B. Clahan
Originator: Ray W. Sliter
Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Mary M. Yoklavich
Originator: William R. Normark
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
California State Waters Map Series--Hueneme Canyon and vicinity, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: SIM 3225
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/>

Description:
Abstract:
This part of DS 781 presents data for the transgressive contours for the Santa Barbara Channel, California, region. The vector file is included in "TransgressiveContours_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip," which is accessible from <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/SantaBarbaraChannel/data_catalog_SantaBarbaraChannel.html>. These transgressive contours for the Santa Barbara Channel are published in Scientific Investigations Map 3225, "California State Waters Map Series--Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California" (see sheet 9). In addition, these transgressive contours will be published in five future California State Waters Map Series SIMs of the region (namely, the Offshore of Ventura, Offshore of Carpinteria, Offshore of Santa Barbara, Offshore of Coal Oil Point, and Offshore of Refugio Beach map areas) [note that, at the time of this writing, two of the other five SIMs have been published: the Offshore of Ventura map area (SIM 3254), and the Offshore of Carpinteria map area (SIM 3261)].
As part of the USGS's California Seafloor Mapping Program, a 50-m grid of depth to the transgressive surface of the Last Glacial Maximum was generated for the areas within the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters from the Offshore of Refugio Beach map area to the Hueneme Canyon and vicinity map area. Source data include multibeam bathymetric data (for example, sheet 1, SIM 3225) and seismic-reflection profile data, collected in 2007 (USGS cruise Z-3-07-SC) and 2008 (USGS cruise S-7-08-SC), supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure data (for example, sheets 8, 10, SIM 3225). The resulting grid covers an area of approximately 600 sq km. The depth to the transgressive surface of the Last Glacial Maximum ranges between 12 and 190 meters. Contours at 5-meter intervals were derived from this grid.
Purpose:
These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.
Supplemental_Information:
Depth to transgressive surface of Last Glacial Maximum in individual map blocks: 
 Offshore of Refugio Beach        -120.19308, 34.37821, -119.99299, 34.54394
 Offshore of Coal Oil Point       -120.00703, 34.33620, -119.80704, 34.50193
 Offshore of Santa Barbara        -119.81596, 34.32279, -119.61634, 34.48824
 Offshore of Carpinteria          -119.62566, 34.28801, -119.42646, 34.45318
 Offshore of Ventura              -119.44808, 34.21495, -119.24937, 34.37985
 Hueneme Canyon and vicinity      -119.33785, 34.05822, -119.13973, 34.22296
 map                              area   depth to transgressive surface
 block                          (sq km)   MIN      MAX    MEAN    STD
   Offshore of Refugio Beach        97   -101.8  -22.6    -61.9  16.5
   Offshore of Coal Oil Point      100   -190.0  -14.7    -67.4  29.0
   Offshore of Santa Barbara        99    -78.8  -12.5    -48.8  17.4
   Offshore of Carpinteria          97    -83.9  -12.2    -40.6  15.0
   Offshore of Ventura             105    -87.9  -12.0    -55.2  17.3
   Hueneme Canyon and vicinity     110   -169.5  -42.5    -61.4  14.7
Additional information about the field activities from which this data set was derived are available online at 
 <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/z/z307sc/html/z-3-07-sc.meta.html>
 <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/s/s708sc/html/s-7-08-sc.meta.html>
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2007
Ending_Date: 2009
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.206232
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.123028
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.492447
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.027787
Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: coastal geology
Theme_Keyword: sediment thickness
Theme_Keyword: sediment isopach
Theme_Keyword: seismic-reflection data
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara Channel
Place_Keyword: Hueneme Canyon
Place_Keyword: Ventura
Place_Keyword: Carpinteria
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara
Place_Keyword: Coal Oil Point
Place_Keyword: Refugio Beach
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: USA
Place:
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Place_Keyword: north Pacific Ocean
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Use_Constraints:
Not to be used at scales greater than 1:24,000. Not to be used for navigation.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5327
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
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Data points are approximately 1 m apart along tracklines and 1,000-2,000 m apart between tracks. 50-m cell size for interpolation is better supported along track than between.
Logical_Consistency_Report: All vector geometry and attributes are present.
Completeness_Report:
Sediment thickness data points exported from Seisworks profiling software were processed within the California 3-nmi limit, omitting values over Hueneme Canyon.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The chirp sonar instrument is deployed under the research vessel with about 10 m of variation in position. The sparker position may vary as much as 20 m from the navigation reference on the vessel.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Samuel Y. Johnson, Ray W. Sliter, William R. Normark, and Andrew C. Ritchie
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
Seismic-reflection profiles, Hueneme Canyon and vicinity, California
Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: SIM 3225 [sheet 8 of 12]
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/>
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2012
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnson and others (2012) [sheet 10 in SIM 3225]
Source_Contribution: bedrock distribution, faults
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie, Samuel Y. Johnson, and Kevin B. Clahan
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
Offshore and onshore geology and geomorphology, Hueneme Canyon and vicinity, California
Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: SIM 3225 [sheet 10 of 12]
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/>
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2012
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Ritchie and others (2012) [sheet 10 in SIM 3225]
Source_Contribution: bedrock distribution, faults
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek, Eleyne L. Phillips, and Peter Dartnell
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
Colored shaded-relief bathymetry, Hueneme Canyon and vicinity, California
Edition: version 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: SIM 3225 [sheet 1 of 12]
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/>
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Kvitek and others (2012) [sheet 1 in SIM 3225]
Source_Contribution: gridded multibeam bathymetry
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Chirp and sparker seismic-reflection data from USGS field activity Z-3-07-SC and chirp data from field activity S-7-08-SC were imported to SEISWORKS. (Ray Sliter, rsliter@usgs.gov)
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Seabed and depth to Last Glacial Maximum horizons digitized in Seisworks (S.Y. Johnson, sjohnson@usgs.gov)
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Seabed and depth to Last Glacial Maximum horizons digitized in Seisworks (S.Y. Johnson, sjohnson@usgs.gov)
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data exported and converted with 1,500 m/sec velocity in water and 1,600 m/sec velocity in sediment. (Ray Sliter, rsliter@usgs.gov).
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
X, Y locations and sediment thickness value Z imported to ArcGIS format as points, interpolated to preliminary surface with TopoRaster. Because processing of the related sediment-thickness map resulted in an interpolated surface that diverged from the data exported from Seisworks, the final transgressive surface was calculated by subtracting sediment thickness from multibeam bathymetry. (Florence Wong, fwong@usgs.gov; Eleyne Phillips, ephillips@usgs.gov)
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Depth to transgressive surface grid contoured at 5-meter intervals. (Eleyne Phillips, ephillips@usgs.gov)
Process_Date: 2011
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entity_Type_Label: Transgressive_contours
Entity_Type_Definition: lines of equal depth to transgressive surface
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: standard sedimentology
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Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: sequential feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: this study
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: this study
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: depth to transgressive surface
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
Contact_Position: Geologist, GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS, Mail Stop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5327
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data. USGS DS 781
Distribution_Liability:
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
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Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
Contact_Position: Geologist
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Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA
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