Dataset description: Isopachs--Pigeon Point to Monterey, California

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.
Version1
Keywordsseismic reflection methods, stratigraphic thickness, geospatial datasets, maps and atlases, marine geology
Data typesSparker
Formatshapefile;
Amount0.82 MB

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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
SN109MBMini-sparker
S1510NCsparker
shallow-penetrating continuous seismic profiling (3.5-khz system, 150-joule sparker)
S0611MBminisparker
800 joules minisparker