Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: Stephen R. Hartwell
        Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
        Originator: Clifton W. Davenport
        Originator: Janet T. Watt
        Publication_Date: 2016
        Title: Geology and geomorphology--Offshore of Monterey, California
        Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
        Series_Information:
          Series_Name: Data Series
          Issue_Identification: DS 781
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
        Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781
        Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/csmp/OffshoreMonterey/data_catalog_OffshoreMonterey.html
        Larger_Work_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Nadine E. Golden
            Publication_Date: 2015
            Title: California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Data Series
              Issue_Identification: DS 781
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781
    Description:
      Abstract:
        This part of DS 781 presents data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Geology_OffshoreMonterey.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Watt, J.T., Davenport, C.W., Kvitek, R.G., Erdey, M.D., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., and Maier, K.L. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Monterey, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1110, pamphlet 44 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161110. 

        Marine geology and geomorphology were mapped in the Offshore of Monterey map area, California, from approximate Mean High Water (MHW) to the 3-nautical-mile limit of California''s State Waters. Offshore geologic units were delineated on the basis of integrated analyses of adjacent onshore geology with multibeam bathymetry and backscatter imagery, seafloor-sediment and rock samples, digital camera and video imagery, and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles.
      Purpose: To expand geologic mapping to the seafloor within the California's State Waters, to update coastal geologic mapping, and to contribute to a uniform regional geologic database. Additionally, to provide a geologic map for the public and geoscience community to aid in assessments and mitigation of geologic hazards in the Monterey Bay and Vicinity region and to provide sufficient geologic information for land-use and land-management decisions both onshore and offshore. This information is not intended for navigational purposes.
      Supplemental_Information:
        Additional information about the USGS field activities from which these data were derived is available online at:

        https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=S0611MB
        https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=W3482MB


        Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

        Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology.
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 2006
          Ending_Date: 2010
      Currentness_Reference: ground condition
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.064886
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.811775
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.692799
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.532722
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
        Theme_Keyword: USGS:ba3240fe-f62c-45ca-befd-475db0128013
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
        Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry
        Theme_Keyword: Seafloor Topography
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
        Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
        Theme_Keyword: environment
        Theme_Keyword: oceans
        Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
        Theme_Keyword: seabed
        Theme_Keyword: marine geology
        Theme_Keyword: geologic mapping
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
        Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
        Theme_Keyword: marine geology
        Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
        Theme_Keyword: USGS
        Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
        Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
        Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
        Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
        Theme_Keyword: Marine Nearshore Subtidal
        Theme_Keyword: Marine Offshore Subtidal
        Theme_Keyword: Transform Continental Margin
        Theme_Keyword: Continental/Island Shelf
        Theme_Keyword: Rock Substrate
        Theme_Keyword: Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
        Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
        Place_Keyword: State of California
        Place_Keyword: Monterey
        Place_Keyword: Monterey County
        Place_Keyword: Seaside
        Place_Keyword: Marina
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        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
        Place_Keyword: Northern California Ecoregion
      Stratum:
        Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
        Stratum_Keyword: Substrate
    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints:
      USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain. Acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and California State University, Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab in products derived from these data. Share data products developed using these data with the U.S. Geological Survey.
      This information is not intended for navigational purposes. Read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Uses of these data should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Where these data are used in combination with other data of different resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lowest resolution of all the data.
      This database has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
      Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document these data in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
          Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical
          Address: 2885 Mission Street
          City: Santa Cruz
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 95060-5792
          Country: US
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
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      Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Geology offshore Monterey.
      Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
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    Cross_Reference:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: Johnson, S.Y.
        Originator: Dartnell, P.
        Originator: Hartwell, S.R.
        Originator: Cochrane, G.R.
        Originator: Golden, N.E.
        Originator: Watt, J.T.
        Originator: Davenport, C.W.
        Originator: Kvitek, R.G.
        Originator: Erdey, M.D.
        Originator: Krisgman, L.M.
        Originator: Sliter, R.W.
        Originator: Maier, K.L.
        Publication_Date: 2016
        Title: California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Monterey, California
        Series_Information:
          Series_Name: Open-File Report
          Issue_Identification: 2016-1110
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
        Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161110
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      Map elements were visually checked for overshoots, undershoots, duplicate features, polygon closure, and other errors by the lead authors and by the GIS technician(s) who created the digital database. Review drafts of the map were reviewed internally by at least two other geologists for consistency with basic geologic principles and general conformity to USGS mapping
      standards.
    Completeness_Report: Data are complete: no offshore features that could be accurately identified and represented at the compilation scale of 1:24,000 were eliminated or generalized. The smallest area represented is approximately 100 square meters. All geospatial database elements are attributed.
    Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Polygons were primarily mapped by one of the following methods: (1) interpretation of 2-meter- and 3-meter-resolution hillshaded bathymetry data from bathymetric lidar and sonar surveys; (2) interpretation of 2-meter- and 5-meter-resolution amplitude (backscatter) data from bathymetric sonar surveys; (3) interpretation of seismic-reflection-profile data. Map Unit contact locations were interpreted typically at a scale of between 1:1,000 and 1:2,000 using the above base data. Bathymetric sonar and lidar data have a horizontal accuracy greater than the resolution of the base data. Map unit contacts were digitized by heads-up screen digitization of line data on 2-meter-resolution DEMs described above. Horizontal accuracy is estimated to be between 2 and 5 meters depending on how clearly contacts can be resolved. Most digitized positions on the map are estimated to have better than 5 m horizontal accuracy. There is no elevation data in the polygon shapefile.
    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Peter Dartnell
            Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek
            Publication_Date: 2016
            Title: Bathymetry--Offshore of Monterey, California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Data Series
              Issue_Identification: DS 781
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Other_Citation_Details: See metadata for "Bathymetry_2m_OffshoreMonterey" and "Bathymetry_5m_OffshoreMonterey" in DS 781 for source data and postprocessing/reprocessing information.
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8
        Type_of_Source_Media: digital files of gridded bathymetry data (ArcInfo GRID)
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 1998
              Ending_Date: 2012
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: bathymetry
        Source_Contribution: Gridded bathymetry data at 2- and 5-meter resolution used to help with geologic and geomorphologic interpretations.
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Peter Dartnell
            Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek
            Publication_Date: 2016
            Title: Backscatter--Offshore of Monterey, California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Data Series
              Issue_Identification: DS 781
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Other_Citation_Details: See metadata for "Backscatter_5M_OffshoreMonterey" "Backscatter_7125_OffshoreMonterey" "Backscatter_8101_OffshoreMonterey" and "Backscatter_Swath_OffshoreMonterey" in DS 781 for amplitude source data and postprocessing/reprocessing information.
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8
        Type_of_Source_Media: digital files of gridded amplitude (backscatter) data (ArcInfo GRID)
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 2006
              Ending_Date: 2007
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: backscatter
        Source_Contribution: Gridded amplitude data at 1- and 5-meter resolution used to help with geologic and geomorphologic interpretations.
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Ray W. Sliter
            Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
            Originator: Janet T. Watt
            Originator: Daniel S. Scheirer
            Originator: Peter J. Triezenberg
            Publication_Date: 2013
            Title: High-resolution seismic-reflection and marine-magnetic data from Offshore Central California--San Gregorio to Point Sur
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Open-File Report
              Issue_Identification: 2013-1071
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131071
        Type_of_Source_Media: ASCII lat/long shot point files
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 20091110
              Ending_Date: 20120522
          Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seismic
        Source_Contribution: Digital seismic data used to interpret subsurface geologic structure
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Jane A. Reid
            Originator: Jamey M. Reid
            Originator: Chris J. Jenkins
            Originator: Mark Zimmerman
            Originator: S. Jeffress Williams
            Originator: Michael E. Field
            Publication_Date: 2006
            Title: usSEABED—Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Data Series
              Issue_Identification: DS 182
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds182
        Type_of_Source_Media: Esri project files, csv files
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 2006
          Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sediment
        Source_Contribution: seafloor sediment and rock samples used to interpret seafloor geology
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Nadine E. Golden
            Originator: Guy R. Cochran
            Publication_Date: 2013
            Title: California Seafloor Mapping Program video and photograph portal
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: data release
              Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7J1015K
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
            Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J1015K
        Type_of_Source_Media: seafloor video and photographs
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 2013
          Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: imagery
        Source_Contribution: seafloor video and photographs used to interpret seafloor geology
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description: Map unit polygons were digitized over underlying 2-meter base layers developed from multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data. Derivatives such as slope and curvature were generated from source rasters. Interpreted rasters include amplitude, hillshaded bathymetry (using various illumination angles and vertical exaggeration), slope, and curvature. Curvature was decomposed into profile and plan curvature for analysis purposes.
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bathymetry
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: backscatter
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: seismic
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sediment
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: imagery
        Process_Date: 2015
      Process_Step:
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          The mapped area was extended to the shoreline by using digital orthophotos to interpret the region between the inner edge of the multibeam bathymetry and the approximate shoreline. The approximate shoreline is from the NOAA Shoreline Mapping Program accessed at (http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NSDE/). The resulting boundary was transformed to WGS 84 UTM Zone 10 North in ArcGIS 10 using the NAD83 to WGS84 (ITRF00) transformation algorithm. This boundary was then used to extend and trim both onshore and offshore geology in the print and PDF product.
          Only data for offshore map units are released digitally in this publication.  For onshore geology (Offshore and Onshore Geology and Geomorphology, Offshore of Monterey Map Area), see Brabb (1997) andWagner and others (2002).
          References Cited:
          Brabb, E.E., 1997, Geologic Map of Santa Cruz County, California: A digital database, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 97–489, 1:62,500.
          Wagner, D.L., Greene, H.G., Saucedo, G.J., and Pridmore, C.L., 2002, Geologic Map of the Monterey 30' x 60' quadrangle and adjacent areas, California: California Geological Survey Regional Geologic Map Series, scale 1:100,000.
        Process_Date: 2015
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description: Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog.
        Process_Date: 20171005
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              Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
              Contact_Person: Alan O. Allwardt
            Contact_Position: Contractor -- Information Specialist
            Contact_Address:
              Address_Type: mailing and physical address
              Address: 2885 Mission Street
              City: Santa Cruz
              State_or_Province: CA
              Postal_Code: 95060
            Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7551
            Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
            Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aallwardt@usgs.gov
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        Process_Date: 20180426
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        Process_Date: 20201019
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              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: Performed minor edits to the metadata to correct typos. No data were changed
        Process_Date: 20211014
        Process_Contact:
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              Contact_Person: Susan A. Cochran
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              City: Santa Cruz
              State_or_Province: CA
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qccf2
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Submarine canyon active axial channel fill
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qccf1
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Submarine canyon active tributary channel fill
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qcb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Submarine canyon inner bench
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qmscp
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Submarine canyon platform
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qcw
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Submarine canyon walls
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tp
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Purisima Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tvb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Volcanic rocks
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tc
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Carmelo Formation
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tu
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sedimentary rocks, undivided
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kgr
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Granitic rocks of Monterey
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tpcw
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Purisima Formation; occurs within submarine canyon walls
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tmcw
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Monterey Formation; occurs within submarine canyon walls
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kgcw
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Granitic rocks of Monterey; occurs within submarine canyon walls
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This report
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Area
        Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
  Distribution_Information:
    Distributor:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical address
          Address: 345 Middlefield Rd
          City: Menlo Park
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 94025-3561
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-4309
    Distribution_Liability:
      These databases, identified as geology maps of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California have been approved for release and publication by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although these databases have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
      Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at 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. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
      Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
      These data are not intended for navigational use.
    Standard_Order_Process:
      Digital_Form:
        Digital_Transfer_Information:
          Format_Name: shapefile
          Format_Version_Number: ArcMap (version 10.0, ESRI , 2011)
          Format_Specification: Point, line, and polygon features are in shapefile format and are projected in UTM Zone 10 coordinates, with datum WGS84.
          Format_Information_Content: The .zip file for a shapefile includes the .aux, .dbf, .shp, .shx, .sbx, and .sbn files, as well as FGDC-compliant metadata for the Geology data layer of Offshore Monterey, California.
          File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip
          Transfer_Size: 1
        Digital_Transfer_Option:
          Online_Option:
            Computer_Contact_Information:
              Network_Address:
                Network_Resource_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/56d0db8fe4b015c306ee9ca9
                Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8
                Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/
            Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded using the Network Resource links. The first link will begin a direct download of the data. The second link is a landing page on which all of the downloadable data for a particular region are listed. The third link is a landing page for the entire data catalog.
      Fees: none
    Technical_Prerequisites: The downloadable data file has been compressed with the "zip" command and can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and importing and viewing an Esri ArcMap TIFF. Users should download the ArcGIS Project File, OffshoreMontereyGIS.mxd.zip, a compressed (with the "zip" command) version of the ArcMap document (.mxd) that has all the data layers loaded in the table of contents for "Offshore of Monterey map area" and has all the data symbolized as on the data release map sheets. Download and save this ArcGIS project file, including all data layers, to the directory the user has created for this GIS.
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20220520
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Organization_Primary:
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
          Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical
          Address: 2885 Mission Street
          City: Santa Cruz
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 95060-5792
          Country: US
        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
    Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
