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A summary of geologic hazards for proposed OCS oil and gas lease sale 68, southern California

Open-File Report 82-33
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8233

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Abstract

A geophysical survey, consisting of about 6,880 line-km of multisensor, high-resolution, seismic reflection data, was run in 161 of the 221 tracts tentatively selected by the U.S. Department of the Interior for inclusion in the southern California Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 68. Geologic hazards identified in the study area for which stipulations are recommended are active faults, mass transport, steep slopes (>10?), and steep-walled submarine canyons. Geologic hazards whose effects can be mitigated through existing technology and design and are not considered cause for stipulation are shallow faults, buried and filled channels, shallow gas, gas-charged sediments, hydrocarbon seeps, and unstable fan deposits. The Minerals Management Service has recommended that a stipulation be applied to 83 tracts where there is evidence of existing or potential sea-floor instability over a significant portion of the tract. Further data acquisition and analysis on a more detail-ed grid will be required of lessees or operators before drilling will be permitted on leases issued as a result of the sale.

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Burdick, D.J., Richmond, W.C., 1982, A summary of geologic hazards for proposed OCS oil and gas lease sale 68, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-33, 41 p., ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8233.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title A summary of geologic hazards for proposed OCS oil and gas lease sale 68, southern California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 82-33
DOI 10.3133/ofr8233
Year Published 1982
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 41 p., ill., maps ;28 cm.
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