Survey of supposed deep-sea chemical munitions dump off Southern California reveals trash and 55-gallon drums
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
A total of 32 chemical munitions dumping areas are shown on nautical charts of United States waters. Seven of these lie off the California coast, between San Francisco and the Mexican border. Some of the marked areas off California are huge, encompassing almost 4,000 square kilometers of seafloor. Of the seven California sites, only the area off San Francisco has been studied in any detail.