Minisparker seismic-reflection data collected between Huntington Beach and San Diego, offshore of southern California, from 2008-04-28 to 2008-05-05 (USGS field activity B-1-08-SC)

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ray W. Sliter
Originator: James E. Conrad
Originator: Holly F. Ryan
Originator: Peter J. Triezenberg
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Minisparker seismic-reflection data collected between Huntington Beach and San Diego, offshore of southern California, from 2008-04-28 to 2008-05-05 (USGS field activity B-1-08-SC)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: minisparker seismic-reflection data in SEG-Y format
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7NS0S1D

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NS0S1D

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2008 to collect information on active offshore faults. The survey area is offshore southern California between Huntington Beach and San Diego. The data were collected aboard the R/V Bold. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using a SIG 2mille minisparker. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to several hundreds of meters, variable by location.

Purpose:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles in April 2008, between Huntington Beach and San Diego, southern California. The survey was designed to image faults and folds associated with movement on the numerous faults offshore southern California, including the Palos Verdes, Coronado Bank, San Pedro Basin, San Diego Trough, and several other unnamed fault zones. This data can be used to update the USGS Quaternary fault database and in shaking hazard models developed by the Working Group for California Earthquake probabilities. This work was funded by the USGS Coastal and Marine Catastrophic Hazards Project. Data were collected aboard the Environment Protection Agency R/V Bold. Approximately 325 km of single-channel seismic-reflection data were acquired using a SIG 2mille minisparker. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to several hundreds of meters, variable by location. This dataset also includes navigation files of the surveyed transects. The images of bedrock, sediment deposits and tectonic structure provide geologic information that is essential to hazard assessment, regional sediment management and coastal and marine spatial planning at Federal, State and local levels, as well as to future research on the geomorphic, sedimentary, tectonic and climatic record of Southern California.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the field activity from which these data were derived is available online at: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=B108SC Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20080428
Ending_Date: 20080505

Currentness_Reference: ground condition at the time the data were collected

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.55773
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.15503
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.68022
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.57446

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:2671be75-62f3-4724-9be8-0cebe98577ea

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Continental Margins

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: sub-bottom profiling

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection profiling

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry and Elevation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: minisparker
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMG
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: State of California
Place_Keyword: San Diego County
Place_Keyword: Huntington Beach
Place_Keyword: Los Angeles
Place_Keyword: San Diego

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or -produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This information is not intended for navigational purposes.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment: SEG-Y Rev 1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Identified as best available version.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Subbottom data were collected during USGS cruise B-1-08-SC using a SIG 2mille minisparker system consisting of a hydrophone streamer, high-voltage power supply and discharge sparker tips. Quality control was conducted during the collection process.

Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Position data were provided by a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) navigation receiver. The SIG 2mille hydrophone streamer and sparker electrodes were deployed 20m behind the DGPS receiver. Layback is estimated to be 35 ± 5m. No layback correction from the DGPS receiver position was applied to navigation data.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Depths shown in the seismic data files are in milliseconds (round trip travel time) and are referenced to sea level. Vertical resolution is approximately 1 millisecond and vertical accuracy is approximately ±4 milliseconds depending on sea state.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Seismic-reflection data were collected using a minisparker system that creates an acoustic signal by discharging a 500-Joule, high-voltage electrical pulse between electrodes and a ground that generates a frequency spectrum roughly between 200 and 1,600 Hz. At boat speeds of 4 to 4.5 nm/hour, seismic traces were collected roughly every 1 to 2 meters. The data were recorded on a 15-m-long hydrophone streamer in standard SEG-Y 32-bit floating-point format with Triton Subbottom Logger (SBL) software that merges seismic-reflection data with differential GPS navigation data.

Process_Date: 2008

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Seismic-reflection SEG-Y files were corrected for swell effects using Sioseis software (see: http://sioseis.ucsd.edu/procs.html). 1) SEG-Y header cdp numbers were defined using the "header" Sioseis processes, and a bandpass filter was applied; 2) Water-bottom time/shot-point pairs where created and added to the headers to guide the automated swell correction; 3) A swell filter was applied to the data; and 4) A 120- to 800-Hz bandpass filter, mute and agc were applied, and the results were exported as a processed SEG-Y file.

Process_Date: 2015

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data were moved to a new repository, and metadata was edited to reflect the new location. Other edits were performed as needed to bring the metadata up to PCMSC standards, including a slight rewording of the title. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20210831
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Horizontal X and Y locations for the seismic profile locations are provided in ASCII position files and are stored in the SEG-Y data trace headers in the standard header locations.

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_84
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_84
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Depth_System_Definition:

Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
Depth_Resolution: 0.1
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Navigation and Seismic Shots with Time Stamp in standard SEG-Y file format

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Technical Standards, available for download at http://seg.org/Publications/SEG-Technical-Standards

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-831-427-4747

Resource_Description:

B-1-08-SC.scs.sparker.zip – this zip file contains raw and swell-corrected high-resolution seismic-reflection (SEG-Y) and navigation (ASCII) data collected during PCMSC field activity B-1-08-SC. The data are divided up and presented by navigation line, as reflected in the individual file name(s).

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SEG-Y
Format_Version_Number: SEG-Y rev 1
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file contains the raw and swell-corrected seismic data per navigation line

File_Decompression_Technique:

Winzip, 7-zip, or Winrar are free software that will open .zip files

Transfer_Size: 96193

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NS0S1D

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20210913
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission St.
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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