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Table of Contents - Special Paper 454Earth Science in the Urban Ocean: The Southern California Continental Borderlandedited by Homa J. Lee and William R. Normark |
Dedication D.J.W. Piper |
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Prologue H.J. Lee and W.R. Normark |
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Section 1. Surficial Seafloor Mapping and Characterization (P. Dartnell, editor) |
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1.1 | Introduction to surficial seafloor mapping and characterization P. Dartnell |
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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 |
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1.3 | Estimating rocky seafloor extent on the Southern California continental shelf G.R. Cochrane and H.G. Greene |
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Section 2. Source-to-Sink Sedimentation (J.A. Warrick, editor) |
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2.1 | Introduction to Southern California source-to-sink sedimentation J.A. Warrick |
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2.2 | Sources of sediment to the coastal waters of the Southern California Bight J.A. Warrick and K.L. Farnsworth |
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2.3 | Dispersal of river sediment in the Southern California Bight J.A. Warrick and K.L Farnsworth |
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2.4 | Sediment accumulation on the Southern California Bight continental margin during the twentieth century C.R. Alexander and H.J. Lee |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 3. Southern California Physical Oceanography and Sediment Transport (M.A. Noble, editor) |
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3.1 | Introduction to the physical oceanography of the central Southern California Bight M.A. Noble |
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3.2 | Variability of the Southern California wave climate and implications for sediment transport J.P. Xu and M.A. Noble |
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3.3 | Coastal ocean transport patterns in the central Southern California Bight M.A. Noble, K.J. Rosenberger, P. Hamilton, and J.P. Xu |
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Section 4. Regional Tectonic Structure: Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards (M.A. Fisher, editor) |
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4.1 | Introduction to geologic hazards of offshore Southern California M.A. Fisher |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 5. Coastal aquifers of Southern California (B.D. Edwards, editor) |
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5.1 | Introduction to Southern California’s coastal groundwater basins and aquifer systems B.D. Edwards |
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5.2 | Characteristics of Southern California coastal aquifer systems B.D. Edwards, R.T. Hanson, E.G. Reichard, and T.A. Johnson |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 6. Contaminant and Biological Implications of Earth Science Studies in the Southern California Bight (M. McGann, editor) |
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6.1 | Introduction to contaminant and biological implications M. McGann |
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6.2 | The extent and magnitude of sediment contamination in the Southern California Bight K.A. Maruya and K. Schiff |
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6.3 | Review of impacts of contaminated sediment on microfaunal communities in the Southern California Bight M. McGann |
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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 |
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