Howorth, Peter C.; Hudson, D. Travis(National Park Service, 1993)
The waters of the Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary contain numerous submerged archaeological and historical sites. Stone artifacts discovered in 18 submerged archaeological sites ...
Ambrose, Richard F.; Engle, John M.; Coyer, James A.; Nelson, Bobette V.(National Park Service, 1993)
The densities of three species of sea urchins and the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) were monitored at a site near Anacapa Island, California. Although the study site had previously supported a dense kelp bed, from ...
Boundy-Sanders, Susan Q.; Vedder, John G.; Sanders, Christopher O.; Howell, David G.(National Park Service, 1993)
Field relations show that the Santa Catalina Island pluton intruded both the Catalina Schist and the San Onofre Breccia. Early to middle Miocene macrofossils from the San Onofre Breccia of East End Quarry support the 19 ...
Since 1979 when the National Park Service distributed the historical resource study of the Channel Islands National Monument and San Miguel Island (Roberts 1979) new research and interpretation have touched upon at least ...
The historic seismicity of the California Islands region is represented by several significant events including the 1812 (M=7.1) earthquake which occurred near Santa Barbara, the 1812 event (M=6.9) near San Juan Capistrano, ...
Major-oxide and trace-element compositions of middle Miocene volcanic rocks from north Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands are very similar. In contrast, they are geochemically distinct from the volcanic clasts from the Blanca ...
Jones, Julia Allen; Grice, Doug(National Park Service, 1993)
A soil map of Santa Cruz Island (249 km2) was constructed based on a field soil survey and data in a geographic information system (GIS) of the island. Soil map units were determined from 138 classified soil profiles ...
Basch, Lawrence V.; Engle, John M.(National Park Service, 1993)
Abstract. - The mantis shrimp Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) ranges from south of Point Conception in southern California to the Golfo de Chiriqui, Panama. Hemisquilla populations occur off ...
Several plant communities on Santa Catalina Island have been altered by trampling and over-grazing from such animals as goats and pigs. The soil beneath selected groves of Lyonothamnus floribundus floribundus was sampled ...
Cimburg, Robert L.; Smith, Robert W.; Cadien, Donald B.(National Park Service, 1993)
Between 1982- 1984, soft- bottom
infaunal benthic assemblages were investigated along the shelf and slopes of the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara Basins, near Pt. Conception, California. These efforts were part of a long-term ...