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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-681-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Nowacki

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Nowacki

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect bathymetry marsh cores for sediment-accumulation studies

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2023-12-14

End Date: 2023-12-14

Equipment Used: Cee HydroSystems Ceescope, core

Information to be Derived: Sediment cores, bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data collected successfully.

Staff: Andrew Stevens, Daniel Nowacki

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-643-FA.

Location:

Whale Tail Marsh, Eden Landing, San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 37.61831069 South: 37.52660906 West: -122.19543457 East: -122.08042145

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot
photo of Raft
Raft

Publications

Ferreira, J.C.T., Nowacki, D.J., and Stevens, A.W., 2024, Oceanographic, water-quality, bathymetric, and discharge data from Whales Tail Marsh tidal creeks, South San Francisco Bay, California, 2021-2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P17ZUBYC.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Cee HydroSystems Ceescope --- Single Beam
core --- Biology
Geology

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