Onshore and Offshore Geologic Map of the Coal Oil Point Area, Southern California

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Contact_Person: Peter Dartnell
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Rd MS-999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5460
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5411
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pdartnell@usgs.gov


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The bathymetry data used in this study was collected by a number of institutions over a period of 25 years using either a pole-mounted bathymetric sidescan system, a pole-mounted multibeam echosounder, or single-beam echosounders. The seafloor directly off Coal Oil and Goleta Points was mapped in June 2006 by the USGS using a bathymetric sidescan system (SEA Submetix at 117 kHz). The bathymetry data was referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) during the survey, however through post-processing using NOAA's VDatum tool (<http://vdatum.noaa.gov/>) the data were converted to the NAVD88 datum. The sea floor to the west, offshore Naples was mapped in July 2007 again by the USGS using a bathymetric sidescan system (SEA Submetix at 234 kHz). During the actual survey the bathymetry data were referenced to MLLW however, Real-Time Kinimatic GPS data were collected during the survey using shore based units. Post processing after the cruise referenced the bathymetry data to NAVD88. The eastern portion of the project area was mapped in 2007 by the California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) using a pole mounted Reson 7125 and 8101 (<http://seafloor.csumb.edu/SFMLwebDATA_SURVEYMAP.htm>). These data were also referenced through post processing to NAVD88. The deeper offshore region was mapped by Fugro Pelagos Inc. in 2008 (NAD83 / NAVD88) as part of the California Seafloor Mapping Program as well as Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in 1996 using a hull-mounted Simrad EM-300 multibeam system. The topographic data is from publicly available ifSAR data available from <http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/>. These data are referenced to NAVD88.
Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter Dartnell
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Rd MS-999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5460
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5411
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pdartnell@usgs.gov





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U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Rd MS-532
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-4309


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Metadata_Date: 2010



Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter Dartnell
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Rd MS-999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 94025-3561
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5460
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5411
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pdartnell@usgs.gov


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