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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-618-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other

Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)

Principal Investigator(s): Brian Edwards, Mary McGann

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charles K. Paull (MBARI)

Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect cores with the MBARI ROV to study neotectonics and sediment transport in the Southern California Continental Borderland

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2015-05-05

End Date: 2015-05-16

Equipment Used: Vibracore, GPS

Information to be Derived: Sediment cores

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 61 Vibracore locations .xls file submitted for FAD on 5/18/2015

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: MBARI ROV vibracores from this cruise will be archived at the USGS PCMSC.

Location:

offshore southern CA and Baja

Boundaries
North: 32.79831808 South: 29.94985899 West: -118.992 East: -115.57617188

Platform(s):

photo of Western Flyer
Western Flyer

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Vibracore --- Geology
GPS --- Navigation

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