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Notes
1. Data were not normalized for organic carbon.
Kilometers
2. Vertical scale is in centimeters. Vertical scale is exaggerated by a factor of approximately 4,400.
Total PCBs (ug/kg)
3. Bed interval of 0-8 cm is shown separated from the remainder of the vertical profile.
5 - 70 300 - 600
4. View is from the Pacific Ocean towards the shoreline.
Abbreviations
70 - 150 600 - 1,000 5. The profile is a flattened rendition of the 60-m isobath. The concentration isopleths may appear
disjointed and irregular at bends in the actual 60-m isobath. (Bends appear as folds). LACSD Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
150 - 300 >1,000 ug/kg Micrograms per kilogram
6. Edges of the baseline modeled area are shown on Figure 3.
 Interpretive DDTs in
0-2-cm Interval
FIGURE 10
-100 -100
-300 -300

-400

0
-400
Palos Verdes Peninsula 0
Palos Verdes Peninsula
-50 -50

area not sampled

Tunnels Tunnels
-60 Palos Verdes Point Palos Verdes Point
0

-1
-1 0 0
0 0

-700

Fall 2009 Sediment Sampling Program

-50 -50
0 0

Los Angeles County, California

-30
Outfalls
Santa Monica Bay
0

Palos Verdes Shelf

Outfalls
Santa Monica Bay
-400
-80 -80 -3
0 0 00
-40
0

-5 -5
0 0 0 0

Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

-600
-7
0 0

2002/2004 Data Set 2009 Data Set

Notes

"
!
DDTs (mg/kg)

0 - 0.05
0.05 - 0.1
0.5 - 1
1.0 - 1.5
10 - 25
25 - 50
1. Concentrations at shoreline locations were assumed to be 0.05 mg/kg for contouring purposes only.

2. The 2002/2004 data set was based on results of samples collected by LACSD using the Van Veen sampler.
O
To provide data north of Palos Verdes Point, this data set also used results from four Bight 1994 samples;
0.1 - 0.2 1.5 - 3 50 - 90 one 1993 LACSD sample; and two 1992 NOAA samples. 3.5 0 3.5

0.2 - 0.5 3 - 10 90 - 155 3. Concentrations are not normalized for organic carbon.
Kilometers
Approximate scale

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 Interpretive PCBs in
0-2-cm Interval
FIGURE 11
-100 -100
-300 -300

-400

0
-400
Palos Verdes Peninsula 0
Palos Verdes Peninsula
-50 -50

area not sampled

Tunnels Tunnels
-60 Palos Verdes Point Palos Verdes Point
0

-1
-1 0 0
0 0

-700

Fall 2009 Sediment Sampling Program

-50 -50
0 0

Los Angeles County, California

-30
0 Outfalls Outfalls

Palos Verdes Shelf

Santa Monica Bay Santa Monica Bay
-400
-80 -80 -3
0 0 00
-40
0

-5 -5
0 0 0 0

Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

-600
-7
0 0

2002/2004 Data Set 2009 Data Set

Notes

"
!
Total PCBs (mg/kg)

0 - 0.05
0.05 - 0.075
0.15 - 0.2
0.2 - 0.3
0.75 - 1
1 - 1.25
1. Concentrations at shoreline locations were assumed to be 0.05 mg/kg for contouring purposes only.

2. The 2002/2004 data set was based on results of samples collected by LACSD using the Van Veen sampler.
O
To provide data north of Palos Verdes Point, this data set also used results from four Bight 1994 samples;
0.075 - 0.1 0.3 - 0.5 1.25 - 1.5 one 1993 LACSD sample; and two 1992 NOAA samples. 3.5 0 3.5

0.1 - 0.15 0.5 - 0.75 1.5 - 2 3. Concentrations are not normalized for organic carbon.
Kilometers
Approximate scale

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