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Scientific Consensus Statement for Mapping the Oregon Territorial Seafloor

Scientific Consensus Statement for Mapping the Oregon Territorial Seafloor. Dawn Wright, Chris Goldfinger, OSU and the Oregon Territorial Sea Task Force. OPAC Meeting, Tillamook, 3/17/06. What the Statement IS …. What the Statement is NOT. Territorial Sea, not the EEZ.

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Scientific Consensus Statement for Mapping the Oregon Territorial Seafloor

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  1. Scientific Consensus Statement for Mapping the Oregon Territorial Seafloor Dawn Wright, Chris Goldfinger, OSU and the Oregon Territorial Sea Task Force OPAC Meeting, Tillamook, 3/17/06

  2. What the Statement IS …

  3. What the Statement is NOT

  4. Territorial Sea, not the EEZ NOAA Coastal Services Center

  5. Isn’t it already mapped? Could you find your way to every town on this map? Goldfinger et al., OSU Active Tectonics Lab

  6. Ocean Thematic Layers Graphic courtesy of Christina Massel, Steve Miller, Scripps

  7. Details, Details… 100 m 10 m California Dept. of Fish & Game, Moss Landing Marine Labs

  8. An Example of Required Detail: Siletz Goldfinger et al., OSU Active Tectonics & Seafloor Mapping Lab Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

  9. An Example of Required Detail: Seal Rock Goldfinger et al., OSU Active Tectonics & Seafloor Mapping Lab Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

  10. Only 5% Thus Far!

  11. Seafloor Mapping: How and What? Multibeam Single Beam Images courtesy of NOAA and UNH

  12. Topo/Bathy is the Fundamental Base “Layer” USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

  13. Study Area Image courtesy of Dan Fornari, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  14. Applications

  15. Why now?

  16. Desired Role of OPAC

  17. Contacts

  18. Extra slides

  19. Turn Is. San Juan Island Creating a Habitat Map Greene et al., Moss Landing Marine Labs

  20. Groundtruthing the Interpretations Bedrock outcrop? Sand waves? Greene et al., Moss Landing Marine Labs

  21. Multibeam Bathymetry Greene et al., Moss Landing Marine Labs

  22. Multibeam Backscatter (Sidescan) Greene et al., Moss Landing Marine Labs

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