AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)
Principal Investigator(s): Katherine Coble
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: ROV-sampling of Monterey Canyon to collect ground truth samples of the Ocean Imaging Project, San Gregorio Fault Zone, and canyon flanks near deployed and planned sediment traps.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
Start Date: 2014-04-14
End Date: 2014-04-19
Equipment Used: navigation, Push corer, Vibracore
Information to be Derived: Sediment accumulation rates, age of faulting, frequency of sediment deformation, source of sediment in traps
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Vibracores and push cores taken. Core locations for vibracores are on FAD. USGS official repository for vibracores only.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Principal Investigators: Charlie Paull, Roberto Gwiazda, Esther Sumner (MBARI)
Location:
Monterey Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.03763968 | South: 36.53875471 | West: -122.783 | East: -121.77929688 |
Platform(s):
 Western Flyer |
Maier, K.L., Paull, C.K., McGann, M.L., Lundsten, E.M., Anderson, K., Gwiazda, R., and Brothers, D.S., 2016, Sediment core data from the northern flank of Monterey Canyon, offshore California: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| navigation | --- | Navigation | |
| Push corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Vibracore | --- | Geology | sediment core data (published in Science Base; U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070083) |
