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Seafloor Geology: San Pedro Shelf, California
October 19, 2012 | USGS

USGS has published: “Seafloor Geology and Benthic Habitats, San Pedro Shelf, Southern California”. This is a really interesting publication with lots of seafloor photos, sediment facies maps, descriptions of geologic and biologic constituents at or near the seafloor, and much more.


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