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Available Maps: West Coast

Maps by region -
Washington  /  Northern California  /  Southern California

WASHINGTON

1. Puget Sound (Duwamish, Puyallup, Nisqually Deltas)
   • Gardner J.V., van den Ameele, E.J., and Dartnell, P., 2001, Multibeam mapping of the major deltas of southern Puget Sound, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-266. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-266/
     
     Digital data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-266/html/data.htm
     
     
2. Washington Continental Shelf
   
   • Twichell, D.C., and Cross, V.A., 2002, Holocene evolution of the southern Washington and northern Oregon shelf and coast—geologic discussion and GIS data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-076, Paper and CD-ROM.  Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-076/
     
     Digital data:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-076/HTMLDOCS/DATA.HTM
     
     
   • Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., and Parolski, K.F., 2000, Sidescan sonar imagery, surface sediment samples, and surficial geologic interpretation of the southwestern Washington inner continental shelf based on data collected during Corliss cruises 97007 and 98014:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-167, 27 p. with 1 CD-ROM.  Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of00-167/
     
     Digital data:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-167/htmldocs/data.htm

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

1. San Francisco Bay
   • Dartnell, Peter, and Gardiner, J.V., 1999, Sea-floor images and data from multibeam surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55, 1 CD-ROM. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/pacmaps/sf_index.htm
     
     
2. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
   • Wong, F.L., and Eittreim, S.L., 2001, Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-179. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/index.html.
     
     Digital data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/3_catalog.html
     
     
   • Eittreim,S.L., Anima, R.J.,Stevenson, A.J., and Wong, F.L., 2000, Seafloor Rocks and Sediments of the Continental Shelf From Monterey Bay to Point Sur, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2345. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2000/2345/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2000/2345/

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

1. Carpenteria to Rincon Pt.
   
   • Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Dartnell, P., Schroeder, D.M., and Finlayson, D.P., 2007, Seafloor mapping and benthic habitat GIS for Southern California, Volume III: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1271. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1271/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1271/catalog.html
     
     
2. Channel Islands
   
   • Dartnell, Peter, Cochrane, Guy, and Dunaway, M.E., 2005, Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data; northeastern Channel Islands Region, Southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1153. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1153/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1153/ci-data.html
     
     
3. Los Angeles Margin
   
   • Dartnell, Peter, 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. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1221/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1221/datagrd.html
     
     
   • Gardner, J.V., and Dartnell, Peter, 2002, Multibeam mapping of the Los Angeles, California margin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-162. Online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-162/.
     
     Digital data: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-162/data.html
     
     
   • Dartnell, Peter, and Gardiner, J.V., 1999, Sea-floor images and data from multibeam surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55, 1 CD-ROM. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/pacmaps/la_index.htm
     
     
4. San Diego Margin
   
   • Dartnell, Peter, and Gardiner, J.V., 1999, Sea-floor images and data from multibeam surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-55, 1 CD-ROM. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-55/pacmaps/sd_index.htm
     
     
   • Dartnell, Peter, 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. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1221/.
     
     Digital data: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1221/datagrd.html

U.S. WEST COAST

1. Exclusive Economic Zone, Pacific
   
   • U.S. Pacific Continental Margin GLORIA Mapping Program, Digital Mosaic.
     
     Digital data: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/gloria/eastcst/index.html

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