The U.S. Geological Survey; California State University, Monterey Bay; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and Education partnered to map central San Francisco Bay and its entrance under the Golden Gate Bridge using multibeam echosounders.
View eastward, through the Golden Gate into central San Francisco Bay. Depth of sea floor color coded: red (less than 10 m deep) to purple (more than 100 m deep). Land from USGS digital orthophotographs (DOQs) overlaid on USGS digital elevation models (DEMs). Sand waves in this view average 6 m in height and 80 m from crest to crest. Golden Gate Bridge is about 2 km long. Vertical exaggeration is approximately 4x for sea floor, 2x for land.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Title | Sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, California |
| DOI | 10.3133/gip54 |
| Authors | Helen Gibbons, Patrick L. Barnard |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Series Title | General Information Product |
| Series Number | 54 |
| Index ID | gip54 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Western Coastal and Marine Geology |