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  <dc:contributor>David Finlayson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jamie Conrad</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Guy Cochrane</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Samuel Johnson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Pete Dartnell</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2009</dc:date>
  <dc:description>In the summer of 2008, as part of the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) the U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology mapped a nearshore region of the northern Santa Barbara Channel in Southern California (fig 1). The CSMP is a cooperative partnership between Federal and State agencies, Universities, and Industry to create a comprehensive coastal/marine geologic and habitat basemap series to support the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) inititive. The program is supported by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California Coastal Conservancy. &#13;
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The 2008 mapping collected high resolution bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data using a bathymetric side scan system within State waters from about the 10-m isobath out over 3-nautical miles. This Open-File Report provides these data in a number of different formats, as well as a summary of the mapping mission, maps of bathymetry and backscatter, and FGDC metadata.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr20091289</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter: Northern Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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