AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Samantha McGill
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Samantha McGill
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To examine the relationship between particle size and bulk density for San Francisco Bay sediments.
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Start Date: 2024-04-25
End Date: 2024-04-26
Equipment Used: Push corer, Gomex Core
Information to be Derived: particle size, bulk density, percent organic and inorganic carbon.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect 4 sets of triplicate push cores, subsampled from a Gomex corer, from different channel sites in Northern San Francisco Bay.
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Affiliate Staff:
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Location:
Corte Madera Bay; San Pablo Bay; Suisun Bay; Grizzly Bay;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.15399722 | South: 37.79459282 | West: -122.53326416 | East: -121.9317627 |
Platform(s):
R/V Jewell |
McGill, S.C., Lacy, J.R., Tan, A.C., 2025, Properties of sediment collected from channels in northern San Francisco Bay, California, 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13Y6KYK.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| Gomex Core | --- | Geology | Properties of sediment collected from channels in northern San Francisco Bay, California, 2024 (Bed sediment samples were collected from the channels of 4 sites within northern San Francisco Bay, California, USA. The channels sampled were located in Corte Madera Bay, San Pablo Bay, Grizzly Bay and Suisun Bay. Sediment samples were collected with push cores, by subsampling a Gomex box corer. Cores, which ranged in length from 2 to 6 centimeters (cm), were sectioned by depth. The top two sections from each core were 1 cm thick, the following sections were 2 cm thick. Samples were analyzed for sediment properties including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent carbon.) |
