Predicted Seafloor Facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California |
Acoustic Backscatter of Short Bank, Santa Monica Bay
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Figure 3. Acoustic backscatter imagery of Short Bank, Santa Monica Bay, CA and surrounding seafloor including the inner shelf and Santa Monica Canyon. Light tones indicate a strong backscatter signal and darker tones indicate weaker backscatter signals. Isobaths are in meters. The linear feature in the northeast corner is the Hyperion-5 outfall pipe. |