U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), Primary Investigator (Eric L. Geist) 20070406 http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/solomon07/ Figure displays bathymetry location of April 2007 earthquake and other geographic boundaries. These data and information are intended for science researchers, students from elementary through college, policy makers, and general public. 20070406 publication date Complete As needed 151.0000 160.0000 -3.0000 -10.0000 General Marine Geology Tsunami ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans geoscientificInformation General Solomon Islands Solomon Sea Figure is available over the internet in the "Tsunamis & Earthquakes (USGS)" web site at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/solomon07/ Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Some USGS information accessed through this means may be preliminary in nature and presented without the approval of the Director of the USGS. This information is provided with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete and conclusions drawn from such information are the responsibility of the user. This information is not intended for navigational purposes. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Eric L. Geist Geophysicist mailing and physical address

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Menlo Park CA 94025-3561 USA (650) 329-5457 (650) 329-5411 egeist@usgs.gov http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/solomon07/images/tectonic_small.gif Figure displays schematic fault traces. GIF U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology 2007 http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gazette/html/regions/sb.html (an explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used.) (information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set.) U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center 2001 http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/06mgg01.html online 2001 publication date ETOPO2 The 2-Minute Gridded Global Relief Data provided the bathymetry information. U.S. Defense Mapping Agency 1990 http://www.csc.noaa.gov/shoreline/world_vec.html online 1990 publication date WVS The World Vector Shoreline provided the coastline information. Peter Bird, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 20030314 http://element.ess.ucla.edu/publications/2003_PB2002/2001GC000252.pdf paper 2003 publication date plates The paper provided the plate boundaries. The relief data were plotted with GMT4.1.1. Additional annotations were added using Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3. 2007 The shoreline data were plotted with GMT4.1.1. 2007 The plate boundaries were added using Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3. 2007 20070406 U.S. Geological Survey Eric L. Geist Geophysicist mailing and physical address

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