Chirp seismic-reflection data collected offshore of San Diego and Los Angeles Counties, southern California, from 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22 (USGS field activity S-7-11-SC)

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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:
Chirp seismic-reflection data collected offshore of San Diego and Los Angeles Counties, southern California, from 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22 (USGS field activity S-7-11-SC)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: chirp seismic-reflection data in SEG-Y format
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7X63K3K
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/F7X63K3K
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2011 to collect information on active offshore faults. The survey area is offshore southern California between Long Beach and San Diego. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Parke Snavely. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using an EdgeTech 512 subbottom profiler. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to about 50 meters, variable by location.
Purpose:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution seismic-reflection in June 2011, between Santa Catalina Island and Oceanside, southern California. The survey was designed to image faults and folds associated with movement on the numerous faults offshore southern California, including the Newport-Inglewood, Palos Verdes, 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 USGS R/V Parke Snavely simultaneously with a single-channel minisparker system [DOI:10.5066/F7SF2TCV]. About 204 km of data were collected using an EdgeTech Chirp 512. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to about 50 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=S0711SC 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: 20110608
Ending_Date: 20110622
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: -118.45020
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.33957
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.54561
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.92887
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:67942ed2-35f2-4c85-96b0-f5f4b62f8053
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: chirp
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: Los Angeles County
Place_Keyword: Long Beach
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 S-07-11-SC using an Edgetech 512 Chirp subbottom profiling system consisting of a source transducer and an array of receiving hydrophones housed in a 500-lb “fish” towed at a depth of several meters below the sea surface. 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 Edgetech 512 Chirp fish was deployed 7m behind the DGPS receiver. Layback is estimated to be 7 ± 3m. 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 0.5 milliseconds and vertical accuracy is approximately ±4 milliseconds depending on sea state.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Seismic-reflection data were collected using an Edgetech 512 Chirp subbottom profiling system consisting of a source transducer and an array of receiving hydrophones housed in a 500-lb “fish” towed at a depth of several meters below the sea surface. The swept-frequency “chirp” source signal is between 500 and 4,500 Hz, and data are recorded by hydrophones located on the bottom of the fish. At boat speeds of 4 to 4.5 nm/hour, seismic traces were collected roughly every 1 to 2 meters. The data consist of three-channels, a raw channel, a 90-degree phase-shifted channel and an “amplitude envelop” channel created and transformed internally from the other two channels. The data were recorded in standard SEG-Y 16-bit integer format with Triton Subbottom Logger (SBL) software that merges seismic-reflection data with differential GPS navigation data.
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The processed seismic-reflection SEG-Y files consist of the internally transformed amplitude envelope channel corrected for the depth of the fish below the sea surface using Paradigm Geophysical Echos seismic processing software (see: http://www.pdgm.com/products/echos/). 1) SEG-Y channel with sequence number “1” was written to a SEG-Y file; 2) The fish depth header word was read and converted from millimeters to two-way travel time to create a fish-depth static value; and 3) The fish depth static was applied to the data to correct for the vertical up and down movement of the Chirp fish and a final processed SEG-Y was output.
Process_Date: 2011
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:
S-07-11-SC.scs.chirp.zip – this zip file contains raw and processed high-resolution seismic-reflection (SEG-Y) and navigation (ASCII) data collected during PCMSC field activity S-07-11-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 processed seismic data per navigation line
File_Decompression_Technique:
Winzip, 7-zip, or Winrar are free software that will open .zip files
Transfer_Size: 11782
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X63K3K
Fees: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210912
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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