Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server:
Monterey Bay Region

Publications and References

Below is a list of selected USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program publications for the Monterey Bay region. To search for additional publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.

• The Gulf of the Farallones: Sidescan-Sonar Imagery; 2004, E. M. Sweeney, W.W. Danforth, H.A. Karl, T.F. O'Brien, W.C. Schwab, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1082, 1 CD-ROM
• Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2001, U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-179, 1 CD-ROM
• Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico Coasts, 2001, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-68, 1 CD-ROM
• A photographic survey of the coastline, 2000, U. S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-61, 1 CD-ROM
• Atlas of GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar Imagery of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: EEZ-View, 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-540, 1 CD-ROM.
• GLORIA Imagery and Bathymetry from the U.S. EEZ off Washington, Oregon, and California, 1991, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-396, 1 CD-ROM.

Fact Sheets

• Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary Geological Processes and Framework
• El Niño Storms Erode Beaches on Monterey Bay, California
• California State Fact Sheet

Publications

• Seafloor geology and natural environment of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2002, in Marine Geology, Eittreim, S.J. and Noble, M. eds., Volume 181, Issue 1-3
• Core Descriptions, Core Photographs, Physical Property Logs and Surface Textural Data of Sediment Cores Recovered from the Continental Shelf of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary During the Research Cruises M-1-95-MB, P-2-95-MB, and P-1-97-MB: 2001, Orzech, K.M., Dahl, W.E., Edwards, B.D., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Open-File Report 01-107
• Geology and Coastal Hazards in the Northern Monterey Bay, California Field Trip Guidebook: 2000, Hapke, C., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-438, November 4, 2000
• Seafloor Rocks and Sediments of the Continental Shelf From Monterey Bay to Point Sur, California: 2000, Eittreim, S.J., Anima, R.J., Stevenson, A.J., and Wong, F.L., U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies 2345
• Inner-shelf bottom depression in southern Monterey Bay, California: 1997, Xu, J. P. and Eittreim, S. L., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 1997
• Location and structure of the San Gregorio Fault across the northern Monterey Bay shelf [abs.]: 1996, Stevenson, A., Greene, H. G., and Anima, R. J., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 6th Annual Research Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '96, Monterey, California, March 9, 1996
• Outer-shelf ridge in Southern Monterey Bay [abs.]: 1995, Eittreim, S. L., Stevenson, A., and Greene, H. G., Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 76, p. 328.
• The Monterey Submarine Canyon, California Moored Array Data Report: 1995, Kinoshita, K. and Noble, M., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-838

Posters

• Investigations of hydrodynamics and sediment transport in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary [abs.]: 1999, Jaffe, B., Storlazzi, C., Anima, R., Scholar, D., and Canestro, D., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '99, Climate Change and the Sanctuary, Poster Session, Seaside, California, March 20, 1999
• Hydrocarbons Associated with Fluid Venting Process in Monterey Bay, California: 1999, Lorenson, T.D., Kvenvolden, K.A, Hostettler, F.D, Rosenbauer, R.J., Martin, J.B, and Orange, D.L., Proceedings of the 18th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, 3 p
• The influence of antecedent topography, oceanographic forcing, and local tectonics on the distribution and transport of littoral sediments along the Monterey Peninsula and Carmel Bay, California [abs]: 1999, Storlazzi, C. D., Field, M. E., and Griggs, G., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '99, Climate Change and the Sanctuary , Poster Session, Seaside, California, March 20, 1999
• Investigations of transport pathways for water and sediment between the Farallon shelf and Monterey Bay [abs.]: 1997, Noble, M. A., Kinoshita, K., and Jaffe, B., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '97, Facets of Biodiversity, Poster Session, Santa Cruz, California, March 15, 1997, p 31
• Sea-floor Morphology between Año Nuevo and Santa Cruz, California: 1997, Anima, R.J., Stevenson, A.J., Eittreim, S.L., Rodriguez, Y.W., and Griggs, G.B.
• Currents and sediment movement in Monterey submarine canyon [abs.]: 1996, Noble, M., Kinoshita, K., Rosenfeld, L., Pilskaln, C., Eittreim, S., and Schwing, F., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '98, Building Community Connections in Science, Education and Conservation, Poster Session, Monterey, California, March 9, 1996
• Paleo-drainage patterns across the inner continental shelf, Monterey Bay California: 1996, Anima, R. J., Stevenson, A. J., and Eittreim, S. E., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium, Sanctuary Currents '98, Building Community Connections in Science, Education and Conservation, Poster Session, Monterey, California, March 9, 1996