AKA: none
Other ID: C-1-96-SC,CS-1-96-SM
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s): Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project (ZP000LD)
Principal Investigator(s): Jim Gardner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map Santa Monica Bay to support USGS project studying marine pollution and geohazards along the Los Angeles Margin.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Marina Del Rey
End Port/Location: Marina Del Rey
Start Date: 1996-09-30
End Date: 1996-10-29
Equipment Used: multibeam, GPS, integratednavigation
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, backscatter, slope, sediment volumes, interpreted geology, etc
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed survey and processed bathymetry and backscatter data of Santa Monica Bay from Point Dume to Palos Verdes, out to the 800 meter isobath.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Notes: For raw and intermediate data sets, contact Rani Nandiwada
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Location:
California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 34.2 | South: 33.7 | West: -119 | East: -118.3 |
Platform(s):
 Coastal Surveyor |
Alexander, C.R., and Venherm, Claudia, 2003, Modern sedimentary processes in the Santa Monica, California continental margin; sediment accumulation, mixing and budget, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 177–204.
Bay, S.M., Zeng, E.Y., Lorenson, T.D., Tran, K., and Alexander, C.R., 2003, Temporal and spatial distributions of contaminants in sediments of Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 255–276.
Dartnell, P., and Gardner, J., 2004, Predicted Seafloor Facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1081.
Dartnell, P., Gardner, J.V., Mayer, L.A., and Hughes-Clarke, J.E., 2004, Los Angeles and San Diego Margin High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1221, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041221.
Dojiri, M., Yamaguchi, M., Weisberg, S.B., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Changing anthropogenic influence on the Santa Monica Bay watershed, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 1–14.
Gardner, J.V., Dartnell, P., Mayer, L.A., and Hughes Clarke, J.E., 2003, Geomorphology, acoustic backscatter, and processes in Santa Monica Bay from multibeam mapping: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 15–46, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00323-9.
Gardner, J.V., Mayer, L.A., 1998, Cruise report: RV Ocean Alert Cruise A2-98-SC: mapping the southern California continental margin; March 26 through April 11, 1998; San Diego to Long Beach, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-475, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr98475.
Greenstein, D., Bay, Steven M., Jirik, Andrew, Brown, Jeffrey, and Alexander, Clark R., 2003, Toxicity assessment of sediment cores from Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research,, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 277–297.
Hein, J.R., Dowling, J.S., Schuetze, A., and Lee, H.J., 2003, Clay-mineral suites, sources, and inferred dispersal routes: Southern California continental shelf: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, pp. 79–102, doi: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00326-4.
Lee, H.J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., 2003, Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, 342 p.
Leecaster, M., 2003, Spatial analysis of grain size in Santa Monica Bay, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 67–78.
Noble, M.A., and Xu, J.P., 2003, Observations of large-amplitude cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 127–149.
Sommerfield, C.K., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Magnitude and variability of Holocene sediment accumulation in Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 151–176.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| multibeam | --- | Multibeam | sidescan (data on FAD) |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| integratednavigation | --- | Navigation |
