PubTalk 8/2002 — Revealing the Hidden World Beneath Monterey Bay

Explore the diverse features on and below the sea floor in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

by Steve Eittreim, Marine Geologist

• See---
  • Drowned bedrock pinnacles that provide shelter for rockfish
  • Earthquake faults that slice through the sea floor
  • New, highly detailed views of the tortuous Monterey Canyon
• Learn---
  • About buried former seacliffs now 40 meters below sea level
  • About Monterey Bay.s muds that are migrating toward San Francisco
  • About the value and importance of a marine sanctuary