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Field Activity Details for field activity W0313NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-03-13-NC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Charles Paull

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charlie Paull (MBARI, , Chief Scientist, )

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To understand gas vents and the impact of associated phenomena on seafloor morphology and to characterize the geologic deposits associated with hyperpycnal flows.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 2013-07-27

End Date: 2013-08-06

Equipment Used: GPS, MBARI ROV

Information to be Derived: photography, video, sediment sampling

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Peter Dartnell, Brian Edwards, Thomas Lorenson, Mary McGann

Affiliate Staff:
Krystle Anderson (MBARI
)
Roberto Gwiazda (MBARI
)
Esther Sumner (MBARI
)
Susan Von Thun (MBARI
)
Glen Sherman (Stanford
)

Notes: MBARI URL: http://www.mbari.org/expeditions/Northern13/index.htm

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Charlie Paull (MBARI, , Chief Scientist, )
Krystle Anderson (MBARI, )
Roberto Gwiazda (MBARI, )
Esther Sumner (MBARI, )
Susan Von Thun (MBARI, )
Mary McGann (USGS, )
Brian Edwards (USGS, )
Pete Dartnell (USGS, )
Tom Lorenson (USGS, )
Glen Sherman (Stanford, )

Location:

Eel Submarine Canyon area

Boundaries
North: 42.75 South: 36.25 West: -125.75 East: -116.25

Platform(s):

photo of Western Flyer
Western Flyer

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
MBARI ROV --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology

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