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Field Activity Details for field activity J299SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: J-2-99-SF

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Seafloor and Sediment (MU246)

Principal Investigator(s): John Chin

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): John Chin

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey Grizzly Bay and adjacent areas for seasonal changes in bottom morphology and sediment texture

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Start Date: 1999-02-24

End Date: 1999-03-08

Equipment Used: Kleinsidescan, Geopulse, VanVeengrab, boxcore, 200khz, GPS

Information to be Derived: Changes in sonar bottom types from Feb. 98 survey, isopach map(s) of shallow sediments, grain size of surface sediments

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected several hundred Kms of acoustic trackline data, collected 56 grabs/box cores

Staff: Paul Carlson, Robin Dornfest, Wilson Lee, Fred Payne, Gordon Smith, Steve Wolf

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: physical data holdings\
San Francisco Bay Seafloor and Sediment. Associated activities: J-2-99-SF J-3-99-SF J-5-98-SF

Staff information imported from InfoBank
John Chin (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Steve Wolf (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Robin Dornfest (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Wilson Lee (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Fred Payne (USGS Western Region) - Electronic Technician
Gordon Smith (UCSC) - Boat Driver

Location:

San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 38.11714 South: 38.03577 West: -122.1579 East: -121.94113

Platform(s):

photo of David Johnston
David Johnston

Publications

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/.

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