Field Activity Details for field activity B0511SF

AKA: none

Other ID: B-05-11-SF

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, San Francisco Estuary Institute

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Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Amy Foxgrover

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: to collect surface sediment samples

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Start Date: 2011-08-22

End Date: 2011-08-31

Equipment Used: GPS, vanveengrab

Information to be Derived: sediment grain size, mineralogy, etc.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: These surface samples (top 2 cm) were collected for use in the USGS San Francisco Bay Coastal System Fine Sediment Provenance Study. Samples were collected aboard the R/V Endeavor (owned and operated by the US Bureau of Reclamation) on a cruise coordinated by the San Francisco Estuary Institute as part of the regional monitoring program; see URL: http://www.sfei.org/rmp/ and contracted to Applied Marine Sciences: see URL: http://www.amarine.com

Staff: Amy Foxgrover

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Notes: These samples will be collected by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (aboard their vessel) as part of their regional monitoring program. We are piggybacking on their cruise to collect samples for use in the San Francisco Coastal System Provenance Study

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Amy Foxgrover

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San Francisco Bay

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