Sidescan Sonar Image Collected from the San Gregorio Fault Zone, California, 1997 - Maher, Norman (GIS data of the Monterey Bay, 1997)
This GeoTIFF is a sidescan sonar image of 'Chimney Field' area on the San Gregorio fault zone. The San Gregorio Fault is an active earthquake fault located off the coast of Northern California. The Chimney field area is located on the upper northern flank of Sur Ridge. These data are available in GCS WGS 84 and UTM Zone 10 (NAD 83) projections. This layer is part of the GIS Data of the Monterey Bay collection, a compilation of data and imagery of the Monterey Bay area, including coastline, imagery, and bathymetry.
This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This collection of data provides documented layers of of the Monterey Bay to persons/institutions of interest throughout the research and educational communities.
Maher, N. (1998). Sidescan Sonar Image Collected from the San Gregorio Fault Zone, California, 1997. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/rm945zy8047
All data are registered to the WGS84 datum with two versions of each feature, image, and grid coverage included in the collection. One is in a Geographic (decimal degrees) coordinate system and the second is in a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 10 projection. For strict accuracy and hard-copy production requiring feature, grid, and/or image data, the UTM projection coverages should be used. In fact, some ArcView functions will not be available unless the data are displayed in a projection. This is because a Geographic Coordinate System is NOT a projection but rather a spherical coordinate system dealing directly in latitude and longitude. However, at the scale of maps covering Monterey Bay, the errors produced by ignoring this fact are small. NOTE: To most easily use the grid data, the ArcView Spatial Analyst extension should be installed on your system.
Rights: These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.
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Keywords: Geospatial data; cartographic dataset; Continental margins; Sidescan sonar; Monterey Bay (Calif.); Monterey Canyon (Calif.); 1997; Imagery and Base Maps; Inland Waters