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PB82190752

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	353
Abstract	This volume presents the detailed results of offshore biological and geological reconnaissance and characterization surveys of seven rocky outcrop study areas on the Tanner and Cortes Banks, two topographic highs in the Southern California Bight. The geological part of the survey was performed using precision bathymetric and side scan sonar systems to produce original detailed 1:12,000 maps of the study areas and overlays displaying rocky outcrops, areas of sediment accumulation, and visible geological features. The biological part of the survey observed, described, and mapped the distribution, composition, and relative abundance of the dominant benthic biological communities found on the rocky outcrops in the seven study areas.
Keywords	Marine geology Marine biology Tanner Bank Cortez Bank Surveys Rocks Geologic structures Sediments Basalt Sedimentary rocks Benthos Mammals Aquatic animals Fishes Abundance Distribution(Property) Southern California Bight Maps Bathymetry
Source Agency	Bureau of Land Management
NTIS Subject Category	47E - Marine Geophysics & Geology 47D - Biological Oceanography
Corporate Authors	Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, CA.; Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB82-190745.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198214
Contract Number	DI-AA551-CT8-43

Biological and Geological Reconnaissance and Characterization Survey of the Tanner and Cortes Banks. Volume II: Synthesis of Findings.

Biological and Geological Reconnaissance and Characterization Survey of the Tanner and Cortes Banks. Volume II: Synthesis of Findings.
PB82190752

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	353
Abstract	This volume presents the detailed results of offshore biological and geological reconnaissance and characterization surveys of seven rocky outcrop study areas on the Tanner and Cortes Banks, two topographic highs in the Southern California Bight. The geological part of the survey was performed using precision bathymetric and side scan sonar systems to produce original detailed 1:12,000 maps of the study areas and overlays displaying rocky outcrops, areas of sediment accumulation, and visible geological features. The biological part of the survey observed, described, and mapped the distribution, composition, and relative abundance of the dominant benthic biological communities found on the rocky outcrops in the seven study areas.
Keywords	Marine geology Marine biology Tanner Bank Cortez Bank Surveys Rocks Geologic structures Sediments Basalt Sedimentary rocks Benthos Mammals Aquatic animals Fishes Abundance Distribution(Property) Southern California Bight Maps Bathymetry
Source Agency	Bureau of Land Management
NTIS Subject Category	47E - Marine Geophysics & Geology 47D - Biological Oceanography
Corporate Authors	Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, CA.; Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB82-190745.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198214
Contract Number	DI-AA551-CT8-43