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BLM/OCS Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Baseline Studies

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 1977-08-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
Data in this file were produced by Science Applications, Inc., prime contractor on the Bureau of Land Management/Outer Continental Shelf - Southern California Studies (BLM/OCS). Data consist of six data files (benthic sediment characteristics, benthic sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment hydrocarbons, intertidal sediment trace metals, benthic sediment trace metals, and intertidal sediment characteristics). Data are derived from 801 grab and box core samples from the sea floor offshore Southern California. Original documentation have been scanned as images to a .PDF document. The data were received on August 19, 1977. Some documentation has been transcribed to an ASCII readme file. Additional data codes and documentation are in poor, extremely hard to read condition. There are known problems in these data files, including truncation of records past the 80th column in the first file (Benthic Sediment Characteristics). Other problems exist in device codes and analyses that were unable to be resolved by multiple exchanges with the contributors. Additional problems may exist, including deviations from the specified formats.

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isPartOf NCEI Marine Geology Data Archive
issued 1977-08-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "OCS > Outer Continental Shelf Program",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "OCS-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA",
  "OCS-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
  "Ocean bottom",
  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Sediments",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentation",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Geotechnical Properties",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Benthic Habitat",
  "Earth Science > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Trace Elements",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers",
  "CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Resource Management",
  "CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Environmental Monitoring",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Ocean > Pacific Ocean",
  "Vertical Location >Sea Floor"
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modified 1977-08-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -117.251,30.666,-120.533,34.411
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title BLM/OCS Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Baseline Studies

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