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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-655-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Lorenson, Mary McGann

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charles K. Paull, MBARI

Information Specialist(s): Thomas Lorenson, Mary McGann

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Understand and quantify geologically recent changes in the seafloor morphology. Targeted areas include sites: (a) deformed by recent faulting, (b) experiencing seafloor modifications associated with events in submarine channels; and (c) undergoing changes associated with methane venting.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2018-09-14

End Date: 2018-10-02

Equipment Used: GPS, Push corer, Vibracore

Information to be Derived: Geologic modifications of the ocean floor off southern California due to submarine events.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Paull_2018655FA sample location data submitted to FAD by Mike Torresan, 10/30/2018

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Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

southern California, United States, Pacific Ocean

Boundaries
North: 34.01155617 South: 32.54975183 West: -118.91113371 East: -117.08691496

Platform(s):

photo of Western Flyer
Western Flyer

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Push corer --- Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology
Vibracore --- Geology

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