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Open-File Report 03-110

Cruise Report for A1-02-SC Southern California CABRILLO project, Earthquake Hazards Task

By William R. Normark, Michael A. Fisher, Christina E. Gutmacher, Ray Sliter, Lori Hibbeler, Beth Feingold, and Jane A. Reid

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A two-week marine geophysical survey obtained sidescan-sonar images and multiple sets of high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles in the southern California offshore area between Point Arguello and Point Dume. The data were obtained to support two project activities of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Program: (1) the evaluation of the geologic hazards posed by earthquake faults and landslides in the offshore areas of Santa Barbara Channel and western Santa Monica Basin and (2) determine the location of active hydrocarbon seeps in the vicinity of Point Conception as part of a collaborative study with the Minerals Management Service (MMS). The 2002 cruise, A1-02- SC, is the fourth major data-collection effort in support of the first objective (Normark et al., 1999a, b; Gutmacher et al., 2000). A cruise to obtain sediment cores to constrain the timing of deformation interpreted from the geophysical records is planned for the summer of 2003.

First posted September 8, 2003

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Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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Normark, William R., Fisher, Michael A., Gutmacher, Christina E., Sliter, Ray, Hibbeler, Lori, Feingold, Beth, Reid, Jane A., 2003, Cruise Report for A1-02-SC Southern California CABRILLO project, Earthquake Hazards Task: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-110, 68 pp., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/0110/.


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