Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project
Homepage for the Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project with links to images, downloadable data, applications, fly-by movies, products, publications, and contacts for studies of San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Lake Tahoe, and other Pacific areas.
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Indiana hydroacoustics
Use of hydroacoustics by the USGS in Indiana to make streamflow measurements using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) and other hydroacoustic current meters.
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Central California /San Francisco Bay Earthquake Hazards Project
Information on earthquakes in central California and the San Francisco region with links to four types of field studies, deep seismic investigations, geotechnical investigations, shallow seismic imaging, and airborne geophysical surveys.
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Multibeam data and socio-economic issues in west-central San Francisco Bay
Webpage based on USGS Open File Report 98-139 links to information on the San Francisco Bay estuary to study dredge disposal effects, fish habitats, sediment transport, rock pinnacles and navigation, and consequences of a large oil spill.
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Definition:
Study methods based on the analysis of sound waves in fluid media, such as air and water, and in the solid Earth (includes analysis of compressional waves in solids, e.g., seismic P-waves). [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
