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CMECS geoform, CMECS substrate, and surficial geology offshore of Arcata, California
This substrate, geomorphic, and geologic attributed polygon shapefile in the Offshore of Arcata, California, map area is part of USGS Data Series 781 (Golden and Cochrane, 2019). The map area is one of 83 map areas of the California State Waters Map Series. The polygons are derived from multibeam echosounder (MBES) data and derivatives of that data using video-supervised and unsupervised classification. Attributes and attribute values are named following the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS; Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012) to be useful for ecosystems management.
Author(s) |
Guy R Cochrane |
Publication Date | 2024-03-25 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2009 |
Ending Date of Data | 2009 |
Data Contact | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J1K4QX |
Citation | Cochrane, G.R., 2024, CMECS geoform, CMECS substrate, and surficial geology offshore of Arcata, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J1K4QX. |
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Metadata Date | 2024-03-25 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2025-01-07T07:20:07.907Z