Other ID: F-7-90-NC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
Affiliate Investigator(s): Herman Karl and Dave Drake, PMG
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Slope stability survey.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA
End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA
Start Date: 1990-07-19
End Date: 1990-08-03
Equipment Used: 10 kHz Bathymetry, 3.5 kHz, 4.5 kHz, GPS (wh), Loran-C, Del Norte, transponder net, SeaMARC sidescan sonar system
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: William Danforth, Barry Irwin, Thomas O'Brien, William Schwab
Affiliate Staff:
Ian Rouse - IOS
Electrical Engineer; John Chin - PMG
Geologist; Doug Musser - PMG
Navigator; Kaye Kinoshita - PMG
Navigator; Tom Crook - WHOI/DSL
Navigator; Leda Beth Pickthorn - PMG
Navigator; Warren Scherfius - PMG
Photographer; Steve Wessels - PMG
Photographer; Larry Cooker - PMG
Electronics; Herman Karl - PMG
Chief Scientist; Dave Drake - PMG
Chief Scientist; Kevin Redman - IDSS
Unspecified Investigator; Alan Ota - EPA
Unspecified Investigator; Kirk O'Donnell - IDSS
Unspecified Investigator; Tom Dettweiler - Meridan
Unspecified Investigator; Chester Alysta - IDSS
Unspecified Investigator; Dave Wyatt - Meridan
Unspecified Investigator; Ski Laniewicz - IDSS
Unspecified Investigator; Art Wright - IDSS
Unspecified Investigator; John Cannan - J. Marr
Ship's Captain; Matthew Gilbey - J. Marr
Chief Engineer; Albert Fuller - J. Marr
Chief Mate
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab - Co-Chief Scientist, Bill Danforth - Geologist, Barry Irwin - Navigator, Tom O'Brien - Geophysicist.
Location:
Farallon Escarpment, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 37.81098952 | South: 37.08804886 | West: -123.66639364 | East: -122.71635193 |
Platform(s):
Farnella |
Karl, H.A., Schwab, W.C., Drake, D.E., and Chin, J.L., 1992, Detection of barrels that contain low-level radioactive waste in Farallon Island radioactive waste dumpsite using side-scan sonar and underwater-optical systems—Preliminary interpretation of barrel distribution: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-178, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92178.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's progress report on status of analysis and interpretation of data from 1990-018-FA and 1990-027-FA (F7-90-NC and F8-90-NC). |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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10 kHz Bathymetry | --- | Single Beam | NGDC MGD77 data |
3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
4.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1990-018-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data) |
Del Norte, transponder net | --- | Navigation | |
SeaMARC sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan |