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Map of seismic-reflection track lines

By Sound Waves Newsletter May 2021 (approx.)
a multicolored map shows many black lines covering an area offshore of the Port of Los Angeles, overlapping red lines
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Colored slope map showing seismic-reflection track lines (black) and active faults (red): PVF - Palos Verdes fault zone; NIF - Newport-Inglewood fault zone; SPBF - San Pedro Basin fault; SDTF - San Diego Trough fault.

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