Contours (10m): Offshore of Fort Ross, California, 2010

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Abstract
This line shapefile contains bathymetric contours at 10-meter intervals for the offshore area of Fort Ross, California. The maps were generated from data collected by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and by Fugro Pelagos. Mapping was completed between 2007 and 2010, using a combination of 200-kHz and 400-kHz Reson 7125, and 244-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam echosounders, as well as 468-kHz SEA SWATHPlus interferometric system. These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry from about the 10-m isobath to beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California State Waters. Bathymetric contours at 10-m intervals were generated from a bathymetric surface model. The most continuous contour segments were preserved while smaller segments and isolated island polygons were excluded from the final output. Contours were smoothed via a polynomial approximation with exponential kernel (PAEK) algorithm using a tolerance value of 60 m. The contours were then clipped to the boundary of the map area. These data are not intended for navigational purposes. This layer is part of USGS Data Series 781.
Purpose
In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats and geology within the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters. CSMP has divided coastal California into 110 map blocks, each to be published individually as United States Geological Survey Open-File Reports (OFRs) or Scientific Investigations Maps (SIMs) at a scale of 1:24,000. Maps display seafloor morphology and character, identify potential marine benthic habitats and illustrate both the seafloor geology and shallow (to about 100 m) subsurface geology. Data layers for bathymetry, bathymetric contours, acoustic backscatter, seafloor character, potential benthic habitat and offshore geology were created for each map block, as well as regional-scale data layers for sediment thickness, depth to transition, transgressive contours, isopachs, predicted distributions of benthic macro-invertebrates and visual observations of benthic habitat from video cruises over the entire state. These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. This information is not intended for navigational purposes.The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Shapefile
Extent 0.38
Place Santa Cruz, California, US
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Date valid 2007 - 2010
Publication date 2014
Edition Version 1.0
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 123°18ʹ20ʺ--W 123°6ʹ18ʺ/N 38°32ʹ43ʺ--N 38°23ʹ49ʺW 123°18ʹ20ʺ--W 123°6ʹ18ʺ/N 38°32ʹ42ʺ--N 38°23ʹ50ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Kvitek, Rikk G.
Creator Dartnell, Peter
Creator Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Creator Golden, Nadine E.

Subjects

Subject Coasts
Subject Contours (Cartography)
Subject Ocean bottom
Subject California
Subject Sonoma County (Calif.)
Subject Pacific Ocean
Subject 2007-2010
Subject Geoscientific Information
Subject Oceans
Subject Elevation
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/dw670xx8572

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Copyright
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Preferred citation

Dartnell, P. and Kvitek, R.G. (2014). Contours (10m): Offshore of Fort Ross, California, 2010. California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 781. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dw670xx8572.

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