TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Figure 1 Major Land Provinces Adjacent to Santa 



Monica Bay -___------ — ___- _____ lo 



Figure 2 Major Faults in Santa Monica Mountains along 



the Northern Boundary of Santa Monica Bay- 12 



Figure 3 Drainage Area Tributary to Santa Monica Bay 17 



Figure 4 Block Diagram of Palos Verdes Hills and 



Adjacent Areas — 22 



Figure 5 Submarine Topography of Santa Monica Bay- 25 



Figure 6 Fathometer Traces over Santa Monica Shelf- 26 



Figure 7 Shallow-water Fathometer Tracklines on Santa 



Monica Shelf 28 



Figure 8 Micro-relief of Santa Monica Shelf- 29 



Figure 9 Profiles of Redondo Canyon 33 



Figure 10 Bottom Sampling Equipment used aboard the 



VELERO IV 36 



Figure 11 Location of Bottom Sediment Samples 39 



Figure 12 Detrital Sediment Diagram 43 



Figure 13 Bottom Material in Santa Monica Bay 45 



Figure 14 Distribution of Gravel in Santa Monica Bay 48 



Figure 15 Hypothetical Cross-section of the Rock and 



Gravel Area ____ 49 



Figure 16 Per Cent Sand in the Bottom Sediments 50 



Figure 17 Per Cent Silt in the Bottom Sediments 51 



Figure 18 Per Cent Clay in the Bottom Sediments 52 



Figure 19 Distribution of Coarse Fraction Types 54 



Figure 20 Isopleth Map of Sediment Median Diameters 65 



Figure 21 Cumulative Curve of the Percentage of Samples 



in Santa Monica Bay __________ 66 



Figure 22 Graph of Median Diameters versus Depth 70 



