AKA: none
Other ID: San Francisquito Creek; South San Francisco Bay
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Data Source Information: R. Lawrence Phillips, USGS emeritus
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological)
Start Date: 2002-01-01
End Date: 2002-01-01
Equipment Used: Push corer
Information to be Derived: Core 721-1: radiocarbon dates; biological census counts of benthic foraminifera, diatoms, and palynomorphs; geochemistry - sediment levels of anthropogenic metals and other elements
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: A suite of cores was collected in 2002 at the mouth of San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay to determine sediment depositional rates on the delta. One of those cores (721-1) was selected for radiocarbon, microbiological (pollen, diatom, and foraminifers), and geochemical analyses to reconstruct a depositional record in South San Francisco Bay over the last millennium.
Notes: Core 721-1 was taken by driving a metal core barrel by hand into the tidal mudflat at approximately 37.4583°N and 122.0961°W.
Location:
San Francisquito Creek, South San Francisco Bay
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.48139683 | South: 37.42143578 | West: -122.15423586 | East: -122.04093932 |
Platform(s):
McGann, M., Starratt, S.W., Reidy, L., Lorenson, T.D., Phillips, R.L., and Kneeshaw, T.A., 2023, Radiocarbon measurements, census counts of benthic foraminifera, diatoms, and palynomorphs, and geochemistry from core 721-1 obtained in 2002 off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QQT6KZ.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | Census counts of palynomorphs from core 721-1 (This data release provides census counts of palynomorphs in sediments of a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) 210Pb and 137Cs measurements from core 721-1 (This data release provides 210Pb and 137Cs measurements in sediments of a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) Anthropogenic metals and other elements from core 721-1 (This data release provides the measurement of anthropogenic metals and other elements in sediments of a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) Census counts of benthic foraminifera from core 721-1 (This data release provides census counts of benthic foraminifera in sediments of a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) Census counts of diatoms from core 721-1 (This data release provides census counts of diatoms in sediments of a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) Radiocarbon measurements from core 721-1 (This data release provides radiocarbon measurements from a core obtained off San Francisquito Creek in South San Francisco Bay.) |
