USGS - science for a changing world

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity D167SC

View new CMGDS report form

AKA: none

Other ID: D-1-67-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Navy, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): George Moore

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sonobuoy

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To study, by continuous-reflection profiling, the volumetric distribution and internal structure of sediments deposited in a group of modern continental-margin submarine basins whose physiographic and oceanographic characteristics are relatively well known and who relations to source and other variables differ in marked degree. Thus, the sedimentary fill in the basins (the end products of marine processes of erosion, transportation, and deposition) can be related to the physical variables within the region of the basins and conclusions may be drawn regarding the important factors which have influenced its accumulation.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1967-01-05

End Date: 1967-01-11

Equipment Used: airgun, sparker, deadreckoning, LoranA, sonobuoy

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
George Moore (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Southern California

Boundaries
North: 34.75 South: 32.25 West: -122.75 East: -116.75

Platform(s):

photo of Davis
Davis

Publications

Moore, D.G., 1969, Reflection profiling studies of the California Continental Borderland: Structure and Quaternary Turbidite Basins: Geological Society of American Special Paper 107, 142 p.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
sparker --- Sparker
deadreckoning --- Navigation
LoranA --- Navigation
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Questions or Comments? Contact CMGDS Team
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov