Figure 1. Offshore Coal Oil Point study area. Fault locations and anticline-syncline pairs in Monterey and Sisquoc Formations of northern Santa Barbara Channel shelf determine seep distribution. Mapped distribution of seepage is from 3.5 kHz sonar survey during August 1996. Area of seepage comparison is boxed 13 km2 area surrounding Platform Holly. Arrow points to sonar profiles in Figure 2. SBA-Santa Barbara Airport. LAX-Los Angeles International Airport.
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