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Field Activity Details for field activity B210SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: B-2-10-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Coastal System (ZP00DMA)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

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Information Specialist(s): Amy Foxgrover

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

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Start Date: 2010-05-19

End Date: 2010-06-19

Equipment Used: GPS, hand trowel

Information to be Derived: surface sediment grain size and composition

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Notes: San Francisco Bay Provenance Study. Other surveys conducted as part of this provenance study include surface samples collected from the Snavely during S-7-10-SF and S-8-10-SF and stream samples collected by Don Woodrow S-7-10-SF.

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 38.04855 South: 37.54601 West: -123.012 East: -122.16515

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Publications

Hein, J.R., Mizell, K., Barnard, P.L., 2013, Sand sources and transport pathways for the San Francisco Bay coastal system, based on X-ray diffraction mineralogy: Marine Geology, v. 345, pp. 154–169, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.003.

Hein, J.R., Mizell, K., Koschinsky, A., Conrad, T.A., 2013, Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based resources: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 51, pp. 1–14, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.001.

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