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    "tag": 14144,
    "title": "Transgressive Contours--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California",
    "pubdate": "2015",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DS 781",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/pcmsc\/SeriesReports\/DS_DDS\/DS_781\/XMLs_on_ScienceBase\/F7N29V0Z_PigeonPtToMonterey\/TransgressiveContours_PigeonPointToMonterey_metadata.faq.html",
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    "descript": "This part of DS 781 presents data for the transgressive contours for the depth-to-transition map of the Pigeon Point to Monterey, California, map region. The vector file is included in T \"TransgressiveContours_PigeonPointToMonterey.zip,\" which is accessible from https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5066\/F7N29V0Z.  As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, a 50-m grid of sediment thickness for the seafloor within the limit of California\u2019s State Waters between Pigeon Point and southern Monterey Bay was generated from seismic-reflection data collected in 2009 and 2010 (USGS activities (S-15-10-NC, S-N1-09-MB, and S-06-11-MB) supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure from DS 781. The resulting grid covers was subtracted from regional bathymetry to determine the depth to the transitional surface. Contours at 5-meter intervals were derived from this grid.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Johnson, Samuel Y.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Hartwell, Stephen R.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Watt, Janet T.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Sliter, Ray W.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Maier, Katherine L.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Golden, Nadine E.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
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            "code": "189",
            "name": "computational methods",
            "scope": "Mathematical techniques used to analyze numerical data."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2092",
            "name": "contouring",
            "scope": "Derivation of contours, or other lines of constant value, that visually summarize the spatial variation of some characteristic over an area, for example elevation."
        },
        {
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            "code": "474",
            "name": "geospatial datasets",
            "scope": "Collections of related digital information that are geographically referenced."
        },
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            "scope": "Representation, usually on a flat surface, of a part or whole of the Earth or other parts of the universe.  Collections of maps linked digitally or bound together in a book are called atlases."
        },
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            "name": "seismic reflection methods",
            "scope": "Geophysical technique to study the subsurface of the earth using sound waves induced by explosives, vibrating devices, or percussive equipment.  The reflections of the sound waves from the boundaries of different rocks are measured."
        },
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        },
        {
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            "scope": "Locations or patterns of a feature of interest across space and (or) time. These data can include point data, lines, polygons, and temporal data at any scale relevant to CMSP and can be produced by observation, interpolation, or modeling. Distributions can also include maps or statistics of climatology, the environmental values that are expected to be observed at the present time."
        },
        {
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        },
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            "name": "sediment deposition",
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        },
        {
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            "description": "Contours showing the depth-to-transition surface for the Pigeon Point to Monterey, California, map region"
        }
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