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Reports

Tierra Reports are listed in reverse-time order, in several groups as follows:
A. Sound Waves articles (USGS Coastal Science Monthly Newsletter)
B. Open-File Reports
C. Published abstracts of presentations at scientific meetings
D. Papers in scientific journals, or other USGS publications


Sound Waves articles:
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USGS Scientists Discover Gas Hydrate in Southern California During Cruise to Study Offshore Landslides, Earthquake Hazards, and Pollution, November 2003, by Cathy Frazee, Homa Lee, Bill Normark, and Brian Edwards

Survey of Offshore Hazards in Southern California, August 2002, by Michael A. Fisher, Christina E. Gutmacher, and Helen Gibbons

Southern California Earthquake Hazards, August 1999, by Bill Normark

Sediment Sampling Off Southern California, August 1999, by Homa Lee


Open-File Reports:
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Ross, S.L., D.M. Boore, M.A. Fisher, A.D. Frankel, E.L. Geist, K.W. Hudnut, R.E. Kayen, H.J. Lee, W.R. Normark, and F.L. Wong, 2004, Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Coastal Ventura County, California: U.S. Geological Survey OFR 2004-1286, 20p.

Wolf, S.C. and Gutmacher, C.E., 2004, Geologic and Bathymetric Reconnaissance Overview of the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1049, 7 sheets, scales range from 1:43,000 to 1:174,000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1049/

Normark, W.R., Fisher, M.A., Gutmacher, C.E., Sliter, R., Hibbeler, L., Feingold, B. and Reid, J.A., 2003, Cruise Report for A1-02-SC: Southern California CABRILLO project, Earthquake Hazards Task: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-110, 68 p.

Gutmacher, C.E., W.R. Normark, S.L. Ross, B.D. Edwards, P. Hart, B. Cooper, J. Childs and J.A. Reid, 2000, Cruise report for A1-00-SC Southern California Earthquake Hazards Project, Part A, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-516, 51 p.

Childs, J.R., W.R. Normark, and M.A. Fisher, 1999, Permit application and approval chronology for a small airgun survey offshore southern California, June 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-572 (web publication only).

Normark, W.R., J.A. Reid, R.W. Sliter, D.J. Holton, C.E. Gutmacher, M.A. Fisher, and J.C. Childs, 1999, Cruise report for O1-99-SC Southern California earthquake hazards project, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-560, 55 p.

Normark, W.R., Bohannon, R.G., Sliter, R., Dunhill, G., Scholl, D.W., Laursen, J., Reid, J.A., and Holton, D., 1999, Cruise report for A1-98-SC Southern California earthquake hazards project, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-152, 52 p.

Clarke, S.H. and Kennedy, M.P., 1998, Analysis of late Quaternary faulting in the Los Angeles Harbor area and hazard to the Vincent Thomas Bridge, California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 98-01, 50 p., 10 figures, 5 plates.

Normark, W.R. and Piper, D.J.W., 1998, Preliminary Evaluation of Recent Movement on Structures Within the Santa Monica Basin, Offshore Southern California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-518, 47 p.

Kennedy, M.P. and Clarke, S.H., 1997, Analysis of late Quaternary faulting in San Diego Bay and hazard to the Coronado Bridge, California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 97-10A, 59 p., 18 figures, 3 plates.

Kennedy, M.P. and Clarke, S. H., 1997, Age of faulting in San Diego Bay in the vicinity of the Coronado Bridge - An addendum to - Analysis of late Quaternary faulting in San Diego Bay and hazard to the Coronado Bridge, California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 97-10B, 110 p., 12 figures, 2 plates.

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Published abstracts from scientific meetings:
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Covault, J.A., W.R. Normark, and S.A. Graham, 2005, Sea-level and tectonic controls on late Quaternary sedimentation in San Diego Trough, offshore California: Geol. Soc. Amer. Cordilleran Section/Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, San Jose, Official Program, p. 34.

Nicholson, C., C. Sorlien, S. Hopkins, J. Kennett, W. Normark, R. Sliter, and M. Fisher, 2005, High-Resolution Stratigraphy and the Evolution of an Active Fault-Related Fold in 3D, Santa Barbara Channel, California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2005, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 159-160.

Normark, W.R., C.E. Gutmacher, and R. Sliter, 2005, Natural hydrocarbon seeps on the inner shelf off Pt. Conception and western Santa Barbara Channel, California: Geol. Soc. Amer. Cordilleran Section/Pacific Section American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, San Jose, Official Program, p. 96-97.

Normark, W.R., D.J.W. Piper, and R. Sliter, 2005, Late Quaternary turbidite systems in Santa Monica Basin, offshore California: Geol. Soc. Amer. Cordilleran Section/Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, San Jose, Official Program, p. 34.

Ryan, H.F., J.E. Conrad, and R.W. Sliter, 2005, Quaternary Faulting in the Inner Southern California Borderland, Offshore San Diego County, California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2005, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 177-178.

Conrad, J., R. Sliter, and H. Ryan, 2004, Characteristics of the Southern Part of the Palos Verdes Fault from High Resolution and Multichannel Seismic Reflection Data: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2004, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 86-87.

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Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, H.G. Greene, H.J. Lee, and R. Sliter, 2004, Evaluating the Tsunamigenic Potential of Submarine Landslides Below Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California: Seismological Soc. of Amer. Annual meeting. Seismological Research Letters, v. 75, p. 290.

Hein, J.R., Normark, W.R., Lorenson, T.D., Powell, C.L. II, and McIntyre, B.R., 2004, Methanogenic carbonates collected with gas hydrate from a mud volcano offshore Southern California: Abstracts with Program of the 32nd International Geological Congress, 20-28 August, Florence Italy, part 2, p. 1250-1251.

Hopkins, S.E., C.C. Sorlien, C. Nicholson, J.P. Kennett, W.R. Normark, M.A. Fisher and R.W. Sliter, 2004, A Test for Extending the High-Resolution Global Climate Record in Santa Barbara Basin: Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC51D-1078.

Lee, H.J., W.R. Normark, M.A. Fisher, H.G. Greene, R.E. Kayen, P. Dartnell and J. Locat, 2004, Size and Age Characteristics for West Coast Tsunamigenic Landslides: Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS22B-05.

Normark, W.R., S. Baher, and R. Sliter, 2004, Late Quaternary Deformation in Santa Monica Basin Deposits Adjacent to Santa Cruz-Catalina Ridge, Offshore Southern California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2004, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 137.

Normark, W.R., M. McGann, and R. Sliter, 2004, Sediment accumulation rates of late Quaternary deposits in San Pedro Basin, the Gulf of Santa Catalina, and San Diego Trough, offshore southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS33B-0587.

Ryan, H., R. Sliter, and J. Conrad, 2004, New Fault Map of the Inner Southern California Borderland Offshore San Diego and Orange Counties, California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2004, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 155-156.

Sorlien, C., K. Broderick, L. Seeber, B. Normark, M. Fisher, R. Sliter, and M. Kamerling, 2004, The complete Palos Verdes Anticlinorium and Offshore Evidence for the Compton Blind Fault Beneath it: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2004, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 164.

Baher, S., Fuis, G., Normark, W.R., Sliter, R., 2003, Estimating Earthquake Hazards in the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S52H-07.

Baher, S., G. Fuis, R. Sliter, and B. Normark, 2003, Estimating Earthquake Hazard in the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 64.

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Broderick, K., C. Sorlien, B. Luyendyk, M. Kamerling, R. Sliter, M. Fisher, B. Normark, N. Seeber, 2003, Blind Thrust Faulting and Shelf-Slope Deformation in Eastern Santa Monica Bay, California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 70.

Erohina, T., W.R. Normark, R.W. Sliter, 2003, Acoustic Facies of Late Quaternary Channel and Overbank Systems, Gulf of Santa Catalina, California Borderland: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS52B-0917.

Fisher, M.A., Normark, W.R., and Langenheim, V.E., 2003, Geologic structure of the San Pedro shelf region, southern California: Pacific Section Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, May 2003, Conference Program and Abstracts, p. 65 (invited).

Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, H.G. Greene, H.J. Lee, and R. Sliter, 2003, Geology of Submarine Landslides Below Western Santa Barbara Channel, California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 84-85.

Greene, H.G., M. Fisher, N. Maher, and W. Normark, 2003, Dating One Slide Event of the Complex Compound Goleta Submarine Landslide, Santa Barbara Basin, California USA: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-03 (invited).

Hart, P.E., J.R. Childs, and W. Normark, 2003, New Access to Proprietary Marine Seismic Reflection Data along the U.S. West Coast: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 94-95.

Lee, H.J., W.R. Normark, M.A. Fisher, H.G. Greene, B.D. Edwards, and J. Locat, 2003, Ages of Potentially Tsunamigenic Landslides in Southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-02.

Normark, W. R., 2003, Geohazards of the southern California offshore area: out of sight, out of mind?: Geol. Assoc. Canada-Mineral. Assoc. Canada-Soc. Econ. Geologists Joint Annual Meeting, Abstract Vol. 28, cd-rom, Abstract No. 783 (invited keynote address for geohazards session of the Geological Assoc. of Canada meeting).

Normark, W.R. and M. McGann, 2003, Developing a High-Resolution Stratigraphic Framework for Estimating Age of Fault Movement and Landslides in the California Continental Borderland: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 121-122.

Normark, W.R., H.J. Lee, B.D. Edwards, and Shipboard Scientific Staff USGS Cruise A1-03-SC, 2003, Hydrate Discovery in Santa Monica Basin Offshore California: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 121.

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Normark, W.R., J.R. Hein, C.L Powell II, T.D. Lorenson, H.J. Lee, and B.D. Edwards, 2003, Methane Hydrate Recovered From A Mud Volcano in Santa Monica Basin, Offshore Southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS51B-0855.

Piper, D.J.W., W.R. Normark, and M. McGann, 2003, Variations in accumulation rate of late Quaternary turbidite deposits in Santa Monica Basin, offshore southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS52B-0916.

Ryan, H. F., Sliter, R., and Normark, W. R., 2003, Recent faulting in the Gulf of Santa Catalina from San Diego to Dana Point, California: Pacific Section Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, May 2003, Conference Program and Abstracts, p. 87 (invited).

Ryan, H., R. Sliter, and B. Normark, 2003, Revisiting the Offshore Connection Between the Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon Fault Zones: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2003, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 135-136.

Sliter, R.W. and H. F. Ryan, 2003, Possible Connections Between the Coronado Bank Fault Zone and the Newport-Inglewood, Rose Canyon, and Palos Verdes Fault Zones Offshore San Diego County, California: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T51D-0193.

Sorlien, C., Broderick, K., Kamerling, M., Fisher, M., Normark, W. R., Sliter, R., and Seeber, L., 2003, Structure and kinematics beneath Santa Monica Bay, California: Pacific Section Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, May 2003, Conference Program and Abstracts, p. 90.

Fisher, M.A., Normark, W.R., Langenheim, V.E., Calvert, A.J., Sliter, R.W., Sorlien, C.S., Nicholson, C., 2002, Marine geology of the San Pedro continental shelf and initial results from seismic reflection data obtained in Santa Barbara Channel: Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T71E-1218. ALSO presented at SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2002, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 69-70.

Kennedy, M.P., Tan, S.S., and Clarke, S.H., 2002, Geologic map and digital data base of the Oceanside 30'x60' quadrangle, California: Geol. Soc. America Annual Mtg. Abstracts with Program, v. 34, no. 6, p. 125.

Normark, W. R., McGann, M., and Sliter, R., 2002, Emplacement of the 7,500 yr B.P. Palos Verdes submarine debris avalanche, southern California: Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T71E-1219.

Sorlien, C., K. Broderick, M. Kamerling, M. Fisher, and L. Seeber, 2002, A blind fault beneath Santa Monica Bay: SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 2002, Proceedings and Abstracts, p. 132.

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Bohannon, R G., 2001, Quaternary Tectonic Evolution of the Coastal Belt Southwest of Los Angeles Basin: Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S12E-06.

Fisher, M. A., Normark, W. R., Bohannon, R. G., and Sliter, R. W., 2001, Geology of the Continental Margin Beneath Santa Monica Bay, Southern California, from Small-Airgun Seismic-Reflection Data: Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S11A-0544.

Sliter, R. W., H. F. Ryan, and W. R. Normark, 2001, Does recent deformation at the base of slope provide evidence of a connection between the Newport-Inglewood and the Rose Canyon fault zones offshore southern California?: Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 82, p. F802.

Bohannon, R.G., and Gardner, J.V., 2000, Submarine Landslides of San Pedro Sea Valley, Southwest Los Angeles Basin: EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 81, No. 48, p. F749-F750.

Fuis, G.S., Criley, E.E., Murphy, J.M., et al., 2000, The Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II)--A survey to identify major faults and seismic hazards beneath a large urban region, Seismological Research Letters, v. 71, no. 2, p. 214-215.

Reid, J. A., M. S. Marlow, and W. R. Normark, 2000, Multibeam Image and New High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Profiles Confirm Recent Deformation in the Loma Sea Valley, Offshore San Diego: EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 80, p. F1068.

Simila, G., Fuis, G., Burdette, T., et al, 2000, The Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II); a survey to identify major faults and seismic hazards beneath a large metropolitan area: AAPG Bulletin, vol.84, no.6, p.895.

Holton, D. J., W. R. Normark, and D. J. W. Piper, 1999, Holocene deformation in the Santa Monica Basin, offshore southern California: EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 80, p. F1003.

Marlow, M.S., Bohannon, R.G., Gardner, J.V., Normark, W.R., and Simpson, R. W. Jr., 1999, Palos Verdes Fault Complex: An Example of Fault Segmentation in Offshore Southern California: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 31., p. A-128.

Normark, W. R., R. Sliter, P. E. Hart, and D. J. Holton, 1999, Evidence for a buried gas-hydrate mound in turbidite fill of the Gulf of Santa Catalina, offshore southern California: EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 80, p. F481.

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Bohannon, R. G., 1998, Tertiary tectonic evolution of the inner continental borderland, California: Geol. Soc. America Cordilleran Sect. Abstracts with Program, v. 30, no. 5, p. 6.

Bohannon, R. G., Gardner, J. V., Sliter, R., and Normark, W. R., 1998, Seismic hazard potential of offshore Los Angeles Basin based on high-resolution, multibeam bathymetry and close-spaced, seismic-reflection profiles: EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 79, p. F818.

Clarke, S.H., Kennedy, M.P., Ponti, D.J., Moody, C., and Wilson, J., 1998, Kinematics of the Palos Verdes fault zone in Los Angeles Harbor, California, from multidisciplinary studies: Geol. Soc. America Cordilleran Sect. Abstracts with Program, v. 30, no. 5, p. 9-10.

Kennedy, M.P., Clarke, S.H., Kennedy, G.L., Moody, C., and Wilson, G., 1998, Holocene faulting on the Rose Canyon fault zone, San Diego Bay, California: Geol. Soc. America Cordilleran Sect. Abs. with Program, v.30, no. 5, p. 23.

Normark, W. R., Piper, D. J. W., and Hiscott, R. N., 1998, Depositional architecture and outcrop-scale acoustic facies analysis for Hueneme and Dume fans, Santa Monica Basin, California: AAPG Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Abstracts CD, file 493.PDF.

ten Brink, U., Molzer, P.C., and Okaya, D.A., 1998, The thermal structure of California: EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 79 (17-Suppl.), p. 334.

ten Brink, U.S., Zhang, J., Brocher, T.M., Okaya, D.A., Klitgord, K.D., and Fuis, G.S., 1998, Crustal structure of the Inner California Borderland: Evidence for modern deformation and for a Miocene metamorphic core complex: Eos, v.79 (45-Suppl.), p. 875.

Clarke, S.H., Kennedy, M.P., and Ponti, D.J., 1997, Seismic-reflection study of the Palos Verdes fault zone in the vicinity of the Los Angeles Harbor, California: Geol. Soc. America Cordilleran Sect. Abstracts with Program, v. 29, no. 5, p. 8.

Kennedy, M.P. and Clarke, S.H., 1997, An analysis of the Rose Canyon fault zone in San Diego Bay, California: Geol. Soc. America Cordilleran Sect. Abstracts with Program, v. 29, no. 5, p. 22.

Klitgord, K.D., and Brocher, T., 1996, Oblique-slip deformation in the San Pedro Basin offshore Southern California region: EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Union, v. 77, p. F737.


Papers in scientific journals or other USGS publications:
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Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, H.G. Greene, H.J. Lee, and R.W. Sliter, in press, Geology and Tsunamigenic Potential of Submarine Landslides in Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California: Marine Geology

Hein, J.R., Normark, W.R., McIntyre, B.R., Lorenson, T.D., and Powell, C.L., II., in press, Methanogenic calcite, 13C-depleted bivalve shells, and gas hydrate from a mud volcano offshore southern California: Geology.

Baher, S., G. Fuis, R. Sliter, and W.R. Normark, 2005, Upper-Crustal Structure of the Inner Continental Borderland near Long Beach, California: Bull. Seismological Soc. Amer., vol. 95, no. 5.

Fisher, M.A., H.G. Greene, W.R. Normark, and R.W. Sliter, 2005, Neotectonics of the Offshore Oak Ridge Fault near Ventura, Southern California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 95, No. 2, pp. 739-744, doi: 10.1785/0120040126.

Bohannon, R.G., and Gardner, J.V., 2004, Submarine Landslides of the San Pedro Escarpment, southwest of Long Beach, California: Marine Geology, v. 203, p. 261-268.

Bohannon, R G, Gardner, J V, and Sliter, R. W., 2004, Holocene to Pliocene tectonic evolution of the region offshore of the Los Angeles urban corridor, southern California: Tectonics, v. 23, TC1016, doi:10.1029/2003TC001504, 34 p.

Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, V.E. Langenheim, A.J. Calvert, and R. Sliter, 2004, Marine geology and earthquake hazards of the San Pedro shelf region, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1687, 39 p. See abstract and/or download from this off-site link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1687/

Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, V.E. Langenheim, A.J. Calvert, and R.W. Sliter, 2004, The Offshore Palos Verdes Fault Zone near San Pedro, Southern California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 94, no. 2, p. 506-530.

Greene, H.G., Murai, L.Y., Ward, S.N., Fisher, M.A., Paull, C.E., Lee, H.J., Normark, W.R., and Maher, N.A., 2004, Types and mechanisms of mass-wasting events that shape the California continental margin, USA: in 57th Canadian Geotech. Conf. October, 2004, G36554 pdf p. 1-7.

Lee, H.J., Normark, W.R., Fisher, M.A., Greene, H.G., Edwards, B.D., and Locat, J., 2004, Timing and Extent of Submarine Landslides in Southern California: Offshore Technology Conference 2004, Houston, TX, Paper No. 16744, 12 p.

Locat, J., Lee, H. J., Locat, P., and Imran, J., 2004, Numerical analysis of the mobility of the Palos Verdes debris avalanche, California, and its implication for the generation of tsunamis, Marine Geology, v. 203, p. 269-280.

Normark, W.R., and M. McGann, 2004, Late Quaternary deposition in the Inner Basins of the California Continental Borderland: Part A. Santa Monica Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5183, 21 p. See abstract and/or download from this off-site link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5183/

Normark, W.R., S. Baher, and R. Sliter, 2004, Late Quaternary sedimentation and deformation in Santa Monica and Catalina Basins, offshore southern California: In Geology and Tectonics of Santa Catalina Island and the California Continental Borderland, M. Legg, P. Davis, and E. Gath, eds., South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guidebook No. 32, Santa Ana, p. 291-318.

Normark, W.R., M. McGann, R. Sliter, 2004, Age of Palos Verdes submarine debris avalanche, southern California: Marine Geology, v. 203, p. 247-259.

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Fisher, M.A., W.R. Normark, R.G. Bohannon, R.W. Sliter, and A.J. Calvert, 2003, Geology of the Continental Margin Beneath Santa Monica Bay, Southern California, from Seismic-Reflection Data: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 93, no. 5, p. 1955-1983.

Normark, W. R., D. J. W. Piper, H. Posamentier, C. Pirmez, S. Migeon, 2002, Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees: Marine Geology, v. 192, p. 23-58.

Kennedy, M.P., and S.H. Clarke, Jr., 2001, Late Quaternary faulting in San Diego Bay and hazard to the Coronado Bridge: California Geology, v. 55, no. 4, July/August, p. 4-17.

Piper, D. J. W. and W. R. Normark, 2001, Sandy fans --- from Amazon to Hueneme and beyond, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., v. 85, p. 1407-1438.

Fuis, G.S., Criley, E.E., Murphy, J.M., et al., 2000, The Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II)--A survey to identify major faults and seismic hazards beneath a large urban region, Seismological Research Letters, v. 71, no. 2, p. 214-215.

Marlow, M.S., Gardner, J.V., and Normark, W.R., 2000, Using high-resolution multibeam bathymetry to identify seafloor surface rupture along the Palos Verdes fault complex in offshore southern California: Geology, v. 28, p. 587-590.

ten Brink, U.S., Zhang, J., Brocher, T.M., Okaya, D.A., Klitgord, K.D., and Fuis, G.S., 2000, Geophysical evidence for the evolution of the California Inner Continental Borderland as a metamorphic core complex: J., Geophys. Res. vol. 105, No. B3, p. 5835-5857.

Piper, D. J. W., Hiscott, R. N., and Normark, W. R., 1999, Outcrop-scale acoustic facies analysis and latest Quaternary development of Hueneme and Dume submarine fans, offshore California: Sedimentology, v. 46, p. 47-78.

Bohannon, R.G. and Geist, E. L., 1998, Upper crustal structure and Neogene tectonic development of the California Continental Borderland: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 779-800.

Normark, W. R., Piper, D. J. W., and Hiscott, R. N., 1998, Sea level controls on the textural characteristics and depositional architecture of the Hueneme and associated submarine fan systems, Santa Monica Basin, California: Sedimentology, v. 45, p. 53-70.


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