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Field Activity Details for field activity J200SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: J-2-00-SF

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): Hydraulic Mining Debris (MU142)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ryan Leech, Richard Smith

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Mercury levels from hydraulic mining (1800s). Ground truthing, box coring, gravity coring.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Benicia, CA

End Port/Location: Benicia, CA

Start Date: 2000-03-20

End Date: 2000-03-27

Equipment Used: gravitycore, GPS, boxcore, bathymetry

Information to be Derived: Grain size, mining debris

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected ~25 gravity cores and 9 box cores in San Pablo and Suisun Bays (North San Francisco Bay).

Staff: Jenifer Agee, Roberto Anima, Anja Boelm, Ryan Leech, Jim Lugosi, Mark Marvin, Walt Olson, Kathy Presto, Gordon Smith, Richard Smith

Affiliate Staff:
Heather Little (UCSC) - Labor
Alexa La Plante (UCSC) - Labor

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Jaffe (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Richard Smith (USGS Western Region) - Scientist
Mark Marvin (USGS Western Region) - Biologist
Walt Olson (USGS Western Region) - Marine Technician
Gordon Smith (USGS Western Region) - Captain
Jenifer Agee (USGS Western Region) - Biologist
Ryan Leech (USGS Western Region/eco) - Labor
Kathy Presto (USGS Western Region) - Navigation
Roberto Anima (USGS Western Region) - Scientist
Jim Lugosi (USGS Western Region/ECO) - Labor
Heather Little (UCSC) - Labor
Anja Boelm (UCSC) - Labor
Alexa La Plante (UCSC) - Labor

Location:

San Pablo Bay

Boundaries
North: 38.12025 South: 38.02583 West: -122.462 East: -122.02846

Platform(s):

photo of David Johnston
David Johnston

Publications

Fregoso, T.A., Woodrow, D., and Orzech, K., 2024, Gravity Cores and Box Cores from Suisun Bay, San Pablo Bay, and San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G7VZZQ.

Jaffe, B.E., Smith, R.E., Torresan, L.Z., 1998, Sedimentation and bathymetric change in San Pablo Bay, 1856-1983: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-759, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr98759.

Schreppel, H.A., Degnan, C.H, Dadisman, S.V., and Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey Selected Single-Beam Bathymetry Datasets, 1969â2000: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/757/.

Woodrow, D.L., Chin, J.L., Wong, F.L., Fregoso, T.A., and Jaffe, B.E., 2017, Description of gravity cores from San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait, San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1078, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20171078.

Woodrow, D.L., Chin, J.L., Wong, F.L., Fregoso, T.A., and Jaffe, B.E., 2017, Gravity cores from San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait, San Francisco Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release.

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