Sea Floor Map California

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Sea floor map california. Geological survey with support from the california. No fewer than. The california seafloor mapping program csmp is a cooperative program to create a comprehensive coastal marine geologic and habitat base map series for all of california s state waters. This product is intended to aid fishermen and those needing seafloor features and potential fishing grounds.
The colors on this reflectivity map describe the hardness of the seafloor surface. Deep sea basins washington oregon and california report and data. This first map set covers hueneme canyon and vicinity and includes 12 map sheets displaying seafloor characteristics an explanatory pamphlet and a data catalog of gis files. An unprecedented effort to map the seafloor bordering california s coastline has produced some of the most detailed beautiful and useful maps of an underwater landscape ever made.
The california seafloor mapping program is the most extensive of its kind initiated in 2008 and bearing fruit in a series of beautiful maps. Channel islands images data. A marine gravity map of the north atlantic ocean red dots show locations of earthquakes with magnitude 5 5 and they highlight the present day location of the seafloor spreading ridges and. The california ocean protection council copc authorized funds to establish the csmp in 2007 and assembled a team of experts from state and federal agencies.
Topographic maps of the sea floor produced at a 1 100 000 scale that contain loran c rates bottom sediment types and known bottom obstructions. This map shows the alvin dive track along the seafloor. Each consist of three sheets a base bathymetric map. A computer enhanced multibeam bathymetry map of the northwestern and northern gulf of mexico continental shelf and slope.
Seafloor maps reveal underwater caves slopes and fault lines drone ships deep sea robots and better sonar are finding unknown seafloor habitats as well as volcanoes faults and tsunami. California state waters map series see web site. Columbia river mouth data. Elwha river bathymetry and acoustic backscatter 2010.
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