Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

High-resolution multichannel minisparker and chirp seismic-reflection data were collected in August of 2015 to explore marine geologic hazards of inland waterways of southeastern Alaska. Sub-bottom profiles were acquired in the inland waters between Glacier Bay and Juneau, including Cross Sound and Chatham Strait. High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were acquired to assess evidence for active seabed faulting and submarine landslide hazards. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Alaskan Gyre. Chirp data were acquired using a tow-fish Edgetech 512 chirp subbottom profiler, and multichannel (mcs) minisparker data were acquired using a 500-Joule minisparker source and a 48-channel Geometrics...

Categories: Data; Tags: Geophysics

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution multichannel minisparker and single-channel chirp seismic-reflection data in November 2014, in the offshore Catalina and Santa Cruz basins, which are surrounded by several of the southern California Channel Islands. The survey was designed to image faults and folds associated with movement on the numerous faults in offshore southern California, including the Catalina, Catalina Ridge, San Clemente, and San Diego Trough faults, as well as several other unnamed fault zones. These data can be used to update the USGS Quaternary fault database and in shaking hazard models developed by the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities. In addition, the...

Categories: Data; Tags: Geophysics

Marine geophysical data—Point Sal to Refugio State Beach, southern California

This data release includes approximately 1,032 km of marine single-channel seismic-reflection data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on a research cruise (USGS survey 2014-632-FA) in July and August, 2014, between Point Sal and Refugio State Beach. The dataset includes 168 profiles, most of which were collected on tracklines roughly perpendicular to the coast at 1 km line spacing; additional profiles were collected on coast-parallel tie lines. These data were acquired to support the California Seafloor Mapping Program and USGS Geologic Hazards projects. Seismic-reflection data were collected using a minisparker system that creates an acoustic signal by discharging an electrical pulse between electrodes and...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMG, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Geophysics, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Point Sal, Refugio State Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Fewer tags

High-resolution acoustic backscatter data, bathymetry data, single channel minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in May of 2014 southwest of Chenega Island and southwest of Montague Island, Alaska. Data were collected aboard the Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel, R/V Solstice, during USGS field activity 2014-622-FA, using a pole mounted 100-kHz Reson 7111 multibeam echosounder, a 500 Joule SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source and a single channel streamer.

Categories: Data; Tags: Geomorphology, Geophysics, Marine Geology, Seismology, Structural Geology

This data release presents beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data from repeated surveys in northern Monterey Bay, California to document changes in shoreline position and coastal morphology as they relate to episodic (storms), seasonal, and interannual and longer (e.g. El Niño) processes. The ongoing monitoring program was initiated in October 2014 with semi-annual surveys performed in late summer (September or October) and Spring (March). Nearshore bathymetry and topography data were collected along a series of shore-perpendicular transects spaced primarily at 50-250 m intervals between Santa Cruz and Moss Landing, California (fig. 1). The transects were located along sandy stretches of the coastline...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Echo Sounders, GPS (Global Positioning System), All tags... GPS measurement, Geophysics, Global Positioning System (GPS) observations, LIDAR, Monterey Bay, Monterey County, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Santa Cruz County, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Water Depth, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement, coastal sediment budget, digital elevation models, elevation, single-beam echo sounder, topographic mapping, topography, Fewer tags