None
Dataset (offsite)
2011-06-08
creation
Chirp seismic-reflection data of field activity S-07-11-SC: offshore San Diego, and Los Angeles Counties, southern California from 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22
This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2011 to collect information on active offshore faults. The survey area is offshore southern California between Long Beach and San Diego. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Parke Snavely. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using an EdgeTech 512 subbottom profiler. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to about 50 meters, variable by location.
Citation: Sliter, R.W., Conrad, J.E., Ryan, H.F., and Triezenberg, P.J., 2017, Chirp seismic-reflection data of field activity S-07-11-SC: offshore San Diego, and Los Angeles Counties, southern California from 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi:10.5066/F7X63K3K
processed
Seismic:Active:SCS
Seismic:Reflection
Other
DigitalSeg:DigitallyAcquired
Online
Unspecified
fieldSession
Seismic-reflection data were collected using an Edgetech 512 Chirp subbottom profiling system consisting of a source transducer and an array of receiving hydrophones housed in a 500-lb “fish” towed at a depth of several meters below the sea surface. The swept-frequency “chirp” source signal is between 500 and 4,500 Hz, and data are recorded by hydrophones located on the bottom of the fish. At boat speeds of 4 to 4.5 nm/hour, seismic traces were collected roughly every 1 to 2 meters. The data consist of three-channels, a raw channel, a 90-degree phase-shifted channel and an “amplitude envelope” channel created and transformed internally from the other two channels. The data were recorded in standard SEG-Y 16-bit integer format with Triton Subbottom Logger (SBL) software that merges seismic-reflection data with differential GPS navigation data.
U.S. Geological Survey
Ray Sliter
rsliter@usgs.gov}
custodian
dataset
The processed seismic-reflection SEG-Y files consist of the internally transformed amplitude envelope channel corrected for the depth of the fish below the sea surface using Paradigm Geophysical Echos seismic processing software. 1) SEG-Y channel with sequence number “1” was written to a SEG-Y file; 2) The fish depth header word was read and converted from millimeters to two-way travel time to create a fish-depth static value; and 3) The fish depth static was applied to the data to correct for the vertical up and down movement of the Chirp fish and a final processed SEG-Y was output.
U.S. Geological Survey
Ray Sliter
rsliter@usgs.gov}
custodian
33.51666
33.17407
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Southern California
2011-06-08
2011-06-22
U.S. Geological Survey
Patrick Hart
hart@usgs.gov
pointOfContact
U.S. Geological Survey
Ray Sliter
rsliter@usgs.gov
custodian
open
Unspecified
Unspecified
Unspecified
resourceProvider
Sonar_CHIRP
Sonar_CHIRP
digital
WGS84
no
410
2021-09-13
U.S. Geological Survey
Peter Triezenberg
ptriezenberg@usgs.gov
pointOfContact
Seismic Metadata v.1
2016-12-15