AKA: none
Other ID: A-2-98-SC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Los Angeles Shelf Pollution and Waste Disposal Project (MU162)
Principal Investigator(s): Brian Edwards, Homa Lee
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Carolyn Degnan, Jamie Stocking
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect box core, gravity and piston core samples to understand anthropogenic affects on sedimentation
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1998-08-23
End Date: 1998-08-31
Equipment Used: GPS, echosounder, gravitycore, pistoncore, boxcore, clamshellgrab, imagery
Information to be Derived: grain size, C/CO3, microfauna, organic geochemistry, photographic characterization
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 129 samples (grab samples, box cores, gravity cores and piston cores) from 150 stations
Staff: Russ Brisindine, Henry Chezar, Richard Corrigan, Timothy Elfers, Kevin Evans, Meg McQuarrie, Walt Olson, Kevin O'Toole, Bill Robinson, Jamie Stocking, Jingping Xu
Affiliate Staff:
Randy Keaten - Micropaleontologist
Alyson Craig (Skidway Inst Of Ocean.) - Geologist/lead 210
Marcus Ballweber - Chief Mate
Paul Giron - Deck Hand
Ricky Labrador - Chief Cook
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Homa Lee (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Hank Chezar (USGS Western Region) - Photographer
Jingping Xu (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Kevin Evans (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Randy Keaten - Micropaleontologist
Tim Elfers (Skidway Inst Of Ocean.) - Geologist/lead 210
Alyson Craig (Skidway Inst Of Ocean.) - Geologist/lead 210
Meg McQuarrie (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jamie Stocking (USGS Western Region) - Navigator/facs
Bill Robinson (USGS Western Region) - Electronic Tech
Walt Olson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Tech
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Tech
Richard Corrigan - Ship Captain
Marcus Ballweber - Chief Mate
Russ Brisindine - Chief Engineer
Paul Giron - Deck Hand
Ricky Labrador - Chief Cook
Location:
Santa Monica Bay
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 34.02126 | South: 33.73932 | West: -119.06 | East: -118.44517 |
Platform(s):
 Auriga |
Alexander, C.R., and Venherm, Claudia, 2003, Modern sedimentary processes in the Santa Monica, California continental margin; sediment accumulation, mixing and budget, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 177–204.
Bay, S.M., Zeng, E.Y., Lorenson, T.D., Tran, K., and Alexander, C.R., 2003, Temporal and spatial distributions of contaminants in sediments of Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 255–276.
Dojiri, M., Yamaguchi, M., Weisberg, S.B., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Changing anthropogenic influence on the Santa Monica Bay watershed, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 1–14.
Greenstein, D., Bay, Steven M., Jirik, Andrew, Brown, Jeffrey, and Alexander, Clark R., 2003, Toxicity assessment of sediment cores from Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research,, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 277–297.
Hein, J.R., Dowling, J.S., Schuetze, A., and Lee, H.J., 2003, Clay-mineral suites, sources, and inferred dispersal routes: Southern California continental shelf: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, pp. 79–102, doi: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00326-4.
Lee, H.J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., 2003, Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, 342 p.
Leecaster, M., 2003, Spatial analysis of grain size in Santa Monica Bay, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 67–78.
Noble, M.A., and Xu, J.P., 2003, Observations of large-amplitude cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 127–149.
Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006, usSEABED: Pacific coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/.
Schreppel, H.A., Degnan, C.H, Dadisman, S.V., and Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey Selected Single-Beam Bathymetry Datasets, 1969â2000: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/757/.
Sommerfield, C.K., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Magnitude and variability of Holocene sediment accumulation in Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 151–176.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | Global positioning system (GPS) data a-2-98-sc.060 Global positioning system (GPS) data a-2-98-sc.061 (Provisional best file) |
| echosounder | --- | Single Beam | Raw depth (bathymetry) data a-2-98-sc.300 Raw depth (bathymetry) data a-2-98-sc.300_061 |
| gravitycore | --- | Geology | gravity core locations |
| pistoncore | --- | Geology | piston core locations |
| boxcore | --- | Biology Geology | boxcore locations |
| clamshellgrab | --- | Geology | clamshell grab locations |
| imagery | --- | Photo Video |
