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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