AKA: none
Other ID: S-6-08-SC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Johnson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Peter Triezenberg
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Marine seismic reflection data are used to image and map sedimentary and structural features of the seafloor and subsurface. These data were acquired in in the offshore areas between Cayucos and Pismo Beach from the nearshore (~6 m depth) to just west of the Hosgri Fault Zone, in support of the California State Waters Mapping Program and the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Pacific Gas & Electric Company and the U.S. Geological Survey. The specific objective of this seismic survey is to provide seismic reflection images and magnetic anomaly maps of the depositional geometry of the upper 50 m of subbottom stratigraphy in order to better understand the mechanisms of sediment transport and deposition. Another objective of the survey is to identify offsets in sedimentary strata and basement rocks to characterize important fault properties. These seismic profiles provide high-quality images with approximately 1 m of vertical resolution and up to 120 m of subbottom penetration.
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Start Date: 2008-06-09
End Date: 2008-06-27
Equipment Used: magnetics, GPS, sparker, Chirp
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Notes: planned activity; 9 days
Location:
CA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 35.44563 | South: 35.01894 | West: -121.051 | East: -120.64456 |
Platform(s):
 Parke Snavely |
Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Watt, J.T., Beeson, J.W., Dartnell, P., and Cochran, S.A., 2019, California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog--Point Sur to Point Arguello Region, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
Kluesner, J.W., Balster-Gee, A.F., and Johnson, S.Y., 2023, Reprocessed single channel sparker seismic reflection data offshore central California from USGS field activities S-6-08-SC and S-6-09-SC: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95HX7GB.
Sliter, R.W., Triezenberg, Peter J., Hart, Patrick E., Watt, Janet T., Johnson, Samuel Y., and Scheirer, Daniel S., 2009, revised 2010, High-resolution seismic reflection and marine magnetic data along the Hosgri Fault Zone, central California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1100, 11 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1100/.
FAN S608SC has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=S608SC.
