USGS CMG W-2-95-NC Metadata

We gathered Huntec digital high-resolution and
Datasonics SIS-1000 sidescan
over an inner shelf region, a shelf-to-slope region, and over the Humboldt 
Slide.
We collected great views of the midshelf mud belt
as well as the clinoforms that drape the outer shelf and upper slope.
These data will provide the geometrical input into a numerical model
of siliclastic sedimentation, one of the primary objectives of STRATAFORM.

Associated cruises:


  W-2-95-NC
  W-1-96-NC
For raw and intermediate data sets, contact
Rani Nandiwada

Borgeld, J. C., Hughes-Clarke, J. E., Goff, J. A., Mayer, L. A., and Curtis,
J. A, 1999, Acoustic backscatter of the 1995 flood deposit on the Eel shelf,
in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine
Geology, v. 154, p. 197-210.  Retrieved from
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00253227

Cacchione, D., Wiberg, P., Lynch, J., Irish, J., and Traykovski, P, 1999,
Estimates of suspended-sediment flux and bedform activity on the inner portion
of the Eel continental shelf, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of
Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, p. 83-97.

Drake, D. E, 1999, Temporal and spatial variability of the sediment grain-size
distribution on the Eel shelf; the flood layer of 1995, in Nittrouer, C.A.,
ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154,
p. 169-182.

Field, M. E., Gardner, J. V., and Prior, D. B, 1999, Geometry and significance
of stacked gullies on the northern California slope, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed.,
The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, p. 271-286.

Gardner, J. V., Prior, D. B., and Field, M. E, 1999, Humboldt slide; a large
shear-dominated retrogressive slope failure, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The
Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, p. 323-338.

Goff, J. A., Orange, D. L., Mayer, L. A., and Hughes-Clarke, J. E, 1999,
Detailed investigation of continental shelf morphology using a high-resolution
swath sonar survey; the Eel margin, northern California, in Nittrouer, C.A.,
ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, p.
255-269.  Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00253227

Lee, H., Locat, J., Dartnell, P., Israel, K., and Wong, F. L, 1999, Regional
variability of slope stability; application to the Eel margin, California, in
Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine
Geology, v. 154, p. 305-321.

Nittrouer, Charles A., editor, 1999, The Formation of Continental-Margin
Strata: Marine Geology v. 154, p. 1-420, http://www.sciencedirect.com/.
[book volume]

Mayer, Larry, Fonseca, Luciano, Pacheco, Miguel, Galway, Sean, Vicente Martinez,
Jose, Hou, Tianhang, Orange, Dan, Gulick, Sean, Yun, Janet, Gardner, James V.,
Dartnell, Pete, Lee, Homa, and Cutter, Randy, 200?, The STRATAFORM GIS:
University of New Brunswick, Office of Naval Research.