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AKA: none

Other ID: F-2-92-SC,F-2-92-CC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Walter Dean, Jim Gardner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

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Start Date: 1992-03-11

End Date: 1992-03-30

Equipment Used: GPS, gravitycore, pistoncore, triggercore, 3.5khz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Willy Angus, Lisa Bader, Bradley Carkin, Tisha Clark, Peter Dartnell, Grace Fong, Eileen Hemphill, Robert Kayen, Kaye Kinoshita, Larry Kooker, William McArthur, Mary McGann, Walt Olson, Kevin O'Toole, Stuart Sides

Affiliate Staff:
John Nichols - Ship Captain
Terry Chantler - Chief Mate
Shef Corey (URI) - Computer Analyst
Brad Linsley (Rice Univ.) - Geologist
Ann Sabin (OSU) - Geologist
Reny Crocker (Stanford) - Geologist

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
John Nichols - Ship Captain
Terry Chantler - Chief Mate
Willy Angus (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Walter Dean (USGS Central Region) - Chief Scientist
Lisa Bader (USGS Central Region) - Geologist
Stuart Sides (USGS Flagstaff) - Computer Analyst
Shef Corey (URI) - Computer Analyst
Grace Fong (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Kaye Kinoshita (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Willie McArthur (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Brad Carkin (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Pete Dartnell (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Eileen Hemphill (Geologist, USGS Western Region) - Haley
Brad Linsley (Rice Univ.) - Geologist
Mary McGann (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Ann Sabin (OSU) - Geologist
Reny Crocker (Stanford) - Geologist
Tisha Clark (Stanford) - Geologist
Rob Kayen (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Larry Kooker (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Walt Olsen (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician

Location:

Central California

Boundaries
North: 37.82686 South: 32.06809 West: -125.753 East: -118.63689

Platform(s):

photo of Farnella
Farnella

Publications

Gardner, J.V., Dean, W.E., and Kayen, Robert, 1992, USGS CRUISE F2-92 Central and southern California Margin Paleoceanography of the California Current: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-342, https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/f/f292sc/meta/f-2-92-sc.cruisereport.pdf.

McGann, M., Hemphill-Haley, Eileen, and Quinterno, Paula J., 1994, Foraminiferal faunal succession in laminated sediments off Central California: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 75 no. 44, pp. 347–347.

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/.

van Geen, A., Fairbanks, R.G., Dartnell, P., McGann, M., Gardner, J.V., and Kashgarian, M., 1995, Changes in ventilation of the Northeast Pacific during the last deglaciation: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transaction, v. 76 no. 17, pp. 180–180.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data f-2-92-sc.060 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
gravitycore --- Geology
foram slides (data in PCMSC holdings)
Station Information
pistoncore --- Geology
subsamp_req.pdf
Station Information
triggercore --- Geology
Station Information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information

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