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Table of Contents - Special Paper 454

Earth Science in the Urban Ocean: The Southern California Continental Borderland

edited by Homa J. Lee and William R. Normark


Dedication
D.J.W. Piper
vii
Prologue
H.J. Lee and W.R. Normark
1

Section 1. Surficial Seafloor Mapping and Characterization (P. Dartnell, editor)
1.1 Introduction to surficial seafloor mapping and characterization
P. Dartnell
7
1.2 Seafloor terrain analysis and geomorphology of the greater Los Angeles Margin and San Pedro Basin, Southern California
P. Dartnell and J.V. Gardner
9
1.3 Estimating rocky seafloor extent on the Southern California continental shelf
G.R. Cochrane and H.G. Greene
29

Section 2. Source-to-Sink Sedimentation (J.A. Warrick, editor)
2.1 Introduction to Southern California source-to-sink sedimentation
J.A. Warrick
37
2.2 Sources of sediment to the coastal waters of the Southern California Bight
J.A. Warrick and K.L. Farnsworth
39
2.3 Dispersal of river sediment in the Southern California Bight
J.A. Warrick and K.L Farnsworth
53
2.4 Sediment accumulation on the Southern California Bight continental margin during the twentieth century
C.R. Alexander and H.J. Lee
69
2.5 Postglacial sedimentary record of the Southern California continental shelf and slope, Point Conception to Dana Point
C.K. Sommerfield, H.J. Lee, and W.R. Normark
89
2.6 Late Quaternary sediment-accumulation rates within the inner basins of the California Continental Borderland in support of geologic hazard evaluation
W.R. Normark, M. McGann, and R.W. Sliter
117
2.7 Submarine canyon and fan systems of the California Continental Borderland
W.R. Normark, D.J.W. Piper, B.W. Romans, J.A. Covault, P. Dartnell, and R.W. Sliter
141

Section 3. Southern California Physical Oceanography and Sediment Transport (M.A. Noble, editor)
3.1 Introduction to the physical oceanography of the central Southern California Bight
M.A. Noble
169
3.2 Variability of the Southern California wave climate and implications for sediment transport
J.P. Xu and M.A. Noble
171
3.3 Coastal ocean transport patterns in the central Southern California Bight
M.A. Noble, K.J. Rosenberger, P. Hamilton, and J.P. Xu
193

Section 4. Regional Tectonic Structure: Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards (M.A. Fisher, editor)
4.1 Introduction to geologic hazards of offshore Southern California
M.A. Fisher
227
4.2 Recent developments in understanding the tectonic evolution of the Southern California offshore area: Implications for earthquake-hazard analysis
M.A. Fisher, V.E. Langenheim, C. Nicholson, H.F. Ryan, and R.W. Sliter
229
4.3 Submarine landslides of the Southern California Borderland
H.J. Lee, H.G. Greene, B.D. Edwards, M.A. Fisher, and W.R. Normark
251
4.4 Potential earthquake faults offshore southern California, from the eastern Santa Barbara Channel south to Dana Point
M.A. Fisher, C.C. Sorlien, and R.W. Sliter
271
4.5 Recent faulting in the Gulf of Santa Catalina: San Diego to Dana Point
H.F. Ryan, M.R. Legg, J.E. Conrad, and R.W. Sliter
291

Section 5. Coastal aquifers of Southern California (B.D. Edwards, editor)
5.1 Introduction to Southern California’s coastal groundwater basins and aquifer systems
B.D. Edwards
317
5.2 Characteristics of Southern California coastal aquifer systems
B.D. Edwards, R.T. Hanson, E.G. Reichard, and T.A. Johnson
319
5.3 Comparison of groundwater flow in Southern California coastal aquifers
R.T. Hanson, J.A. Izbicki, E.G. Reichard, B.D. Edwards, M. Land, and P. Martin
345
5.4 Stratigraphic controls on saltwater intrusion in the Dominguez Gap area of coastal Los Angeles
B.D. Edwards, K.D. Ehman, D.J. Ponti, E.G. Reichard, J.C. Tinsley, R.J. Rosenbauer, and M. Land
375

Section 6. Contaminant and Biological Implications of Earth Science Studies in the Southern California Bight (M. McGann, editor)
6.1 Introduction to contaminant and biological implications
M. McGann
397
6.2 The extent and magnitude of sediment contamination in the Southern California Bight
K.A. Maruya and K. Schiff
399
6.3 Review of impacts of contaminated sediment on microfaunal communities in the Southern California Bight
M. McGann
413
6.4 Soft-bottom macrofaunal communities in Santa Monica Bay: Phylogenetic approaches toward the elucidation of fine-scale biotic pattern and its physicochemical explanans
G.B. Deets and C.L. Cash
457