Field Activity S0611MB

Identifier S0611MB
Alternate names S-06-11-MB
Purpose State Waters Mapping
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Janet Tilden Watt. Geophysical data of field activity S-06-11-MB in Southern Monterey Bay to Point Sur, Central California from 05/16/2011 to 05/27/2011
Location Central California
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Janet Tilden Watt Ray Sliter Andy Ritchie
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing, CA 2011-05-16
End Point Sur, CA 2011-05-27
Bounds
West -122.072
East -121.78462
North 36.85052
South 36.31691
Activity geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Crew members
Ray W Sliter
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ray W Sliter
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Janet Tilden Watt
Affiliate staff Janet Tilden Watt,Andy Ritchie

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Magnetics, Navigation, Boomer, Sparker

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
magnetometer Magnetics 5
GPS Navigation 2
EdgeTech 512i Boomer 2
minisparker Sparker 11

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Edited magnetics data s-06-11-mb.220_060 magnetometer Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
mag.csv.zip data s-06-11-mb.mag.csv.zip magnetometer Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Ray W Sliter
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-06-11-mb.062 GPS Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
chirp.sgy.zip data s-06-11-mb.chirp.sgy.zip EdgeTech 512i Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data s-06-11-mb.410_chirp EdgeTech 512i Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
pt1.sparker.sgy.zip data s-06-11-mb.pt1.sparker.sgy.zip minisparker Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
pt2.sparker.sgy.zip data s-06-11-mb.pt2.sparker.sgy.zip minisparker Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
pt3.sparker.sgy.zip data s-06-11-mb.pt3.sparker.sgy.zip minisparker Provisional best file Ray W Sliter
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data s-06-11-mb.410_sparker minisparker Provisional best file Ray W Sliter

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Folds--Offshore of Monterey, California magnetometer This part of DS 781 presents fold data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. The vector data file is included in ""Folds_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. Folds in the Offshore of Monterey map area are identified on seismic-reflection data based on abrupt truncation or warping of reflections and (or) juxtaposition of reflection panels with different seismic parameters such as reflection presence, amplitude, frequency, geometry, continuity, and vertical sequence. Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activity S0-6-11-MB collected in 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Faults--Monterey Canyon and Vicinity Map Area, California magnetometer This part of DS 781 presents fault data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Faults_MontereyCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/MontereyCanyon/data_catalog_MontereyCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series-Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, 48 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072. Faults in the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area are identified on seismic-reflection data based on abrupt truncation or warping of reflections and (or) juxtaposition of reflection panels with different seismic parameters such as reflection presence, amplitude, frequency, geometry, continuity, and vertical sequence. Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activities SN109MB and S0611MB. The seismic reflection profiles were collected in 2009 and 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Folds--Monterey Canyon and Vicinity Map Area, California magnetometer This part of DS 781 presents fold data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Folds_MontereyCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/MontereyCanyon/data_catalog_MontereyCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series-Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, 48 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072. Folds were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activities SN109MB and S0611MB. The seismic reflection profiles were collected in 2009 and 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Faults--Offshore of Monterey, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents fault data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. The vector data file is included in ""Faults_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. Faults in the Offshore of Monterey map area are identified on seismic-reflection data based on abrupt truncation or warping of reflections and (or) juxtaposition of reflection panels with different seismic parameters such as reflection presence, amplitude, frequency, geometry, continuity, and vertical sequence. Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activity S0-6-11MB collected in 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Folds--Offshore of Monterey, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents fold data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. The vector data file is included in ""Folds_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. Folds in the Offshore of Monterey map area are identified on seismic-reflection data based on abrupt truncation or warping of reflections and (or) juxtaposition of reflection panels with different seismic parameters such as reflection presence, amplitude, frequency, geometry, continuity, and vertical sequence. Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activity S0-6-11-MB collected in 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Faults--Monterey Canyon and Vicinity Map Area, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents fault data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Faults_MontereyCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/MontereyCanyon/data_catalog_MontereyCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series-Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, 48 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072. Faults in the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area are identified on seismic-reflection data based on abrupt truncation or warping of reflections and (or) juxtaposition of reflection panels with different seismic parameters such as reflection presence, amplitude, frequency, geometry, continuity, and vertical sequence. Faults were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activities SN109MB and S0611MB. The seismic reflection profiles were collected in 2009 and 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Folds--Monterey Canyon and Vicinity Map Area, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents fold data for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Folds_MontereyCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/MontereyCanyon/data_catalog_MontereyCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series-Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, 48 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072. Folds were primarily mapped by interpretation of seismic reflection profile data from USGS field activities SN109MB and S0611MB. The seismic reflection profiles were collected in 2009 and 2011. Stephen Hartwell
Geology and geomorphology--Monterey Canyon and Vicinity Map Area, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents data for the geologic and geomorphic map of Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California. The vector data file is included in "Geology_MontereyCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/MontereyCanyon/data_catalog_MontereyCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series-Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, 48 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072. Marine geology and geomorphology were mapped in the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area from approximate Mean High Water (MHW) across the continental shelf, as well as in Monterey Canyon to a water depth of about 1,750 m. This map area includes much of central Monterey Bay, extending just beyond the limit of California's State Waters (note that the California's State Waters limit, which generally is 3 nautical miles [5.6 km] from shore, extends farther offshore (as much as 12 nautical miles) between Santa Cruz and Monterey, so that it encompasses all of Monterey Bay. 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. Aerial photographs taken in multiple years were used to map the nearshore area (0 to 10 m water depth) and to link the offshore and onshore geology. Stephen Hartwell
Depth to Transition--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents data for the depth-to-transition map of the Pigeon Point to Monterey, California, map region. The raster data file is included in "DepthToTransition_PigeonPointToMonterey.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N29V0Z. As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, a 50-m-resolution grid of sediment thickness for the seafloor within the limit of California's State Waters between Pigeon Point and southern Monterey Bay was generated from seismic-reflection data collected in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (USGS activities (S-15-10-NC, S-N1-09-MB, and S-06-11-MB) supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure from DS 781. The resulting grid was subtracted from regional bathymetry to determine the depth to the transitional surface. Contours at 5-meter intervals were derived from this depth-to-transition grid and are also available in this data release. Samuel Y Johnson
Isopachs--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California minisparker This part of DS 781 presents data for the sediment-thickness isopachs for the Pigeon Point to Monterey Bay, California, map region. The vector data file is included in "Isopachs_PigeonPointToMonterey.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N29V0Z. As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, a 50-m-resolution grid of sediment thickness for the seafloor within the limit of California's State Waters between Pigeon Point and southern Monterey Bay was generated from seismic-reflection data collected in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (USGS activities (S-15-10-NC, S-N1-09-MB, and S-06-11-MB) supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure from DS 781. Isopach contours at 2.5-meter intervals were derived from this sediment-thickness grid. Samuel Y Johnson

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
Geology and geomorphology--Offshore of Monterey, California 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. Stephen Hartwell
Sediment Thickness--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California This part of DS 781 presents data for the sediment-thickness map of the Pigeon Point to Monterey, California, map region. The raster data file is included in ""SedimentThickness_PigeonPointToMontereyBay.zip,"" which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N29V0Z. As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, a 50-m-resolution grid of sediment thickness for the seafloor within the limit of California's State Waters between Pigeon Point and southern Monterey Bay was generated from seismic-reflection data collected in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (USGS activities (S-15-10-NC, S-N1-09-MB, and S-06-11-MB) supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure from DS 781. Isopach contours at 2.5-meter intervals were derived from this sediment-thickness grid and are also available in this data release. Samuel Y Johnson
Transgressive Contours--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California This part of DS 781 presents data for the transgressive contours for the depth-to-transition map of the Pigeon Point to Monterey, California, map region. The vector file is included in T "TransgressiveContours_PigeonPointToMonterey.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N29V0Z. As part of the USGS's California State Waters Mapping Project, a 50-m grid of sediment thickness for the seafloor within the limit of California's State Waters between Pigeon Point and southern Monterey Bay was generated from seismic-reflection data collected in 2009 and 2010 (USGS activities (S-15-10-NC, S-N1-09-MB, and S-06-11-MB) supplemented with outcrop and geologic structure from DS 781. The resulting grid covers was subtracted from regional bathymetry to determine the depth to the transitional surface. Contours at 5-meter intervals were derived from this grid. Samuel Y Johnson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity