AKA: Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment (MBCCE)
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Mary McGann
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover equipment from Monterey Canyon
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
Start Date: 2016-04-11
End Date: 2016-04-14
Equipment Used: Other, pushcore
Information to be Derived: Physical Oceanography, grain size, displaced microfossils
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sample locations submitted to FAD 8/30/2016 Recovered a McLane Profiler, a mooring (with sediment trap), and a Benthic Instrument Node
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Additional principal investigator: Charles K. Paull (MBARI)
Additional organizations:
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Ocean University of China, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, and the University of Hull, England
Location:
Monterey Canyon, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Boundaries | |||
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North: 36.84544812 | South: 36.71417877 | West: -122.04279542 | East: -121.88708782 |
Platform(s):
Western Flyer |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Other | --- | --- | --- |
pushcore | --- | Geology |