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Field Activity Details for field activity J593SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: J-5-93-SF

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Gary Mann, Mike Marlow

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sonar data

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Start Date: 1993-10-04

End Date: 1993-10-12

Equipment Used: navigation, 512 chirp-source, 512 chirp, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived: chirp and segy listed

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Gary Mann (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Mike Marlow (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

California

Boundaries
North: 37.82466 South: 37.50923 West: -122.428 East: -122.19359

Platform(s):

photo of David Johnston
David Johnston

Publications

Carlson, P.R., Anima, R.J., Mann, G.M., Marlow, M.S., and Ingram, L., 1995, Buried channel system of South San Francisco Bay, clues to late Holocene sedimentary processes and environmental fluctuations: , American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Meeting, San Francisco, California. , pp. 580–581, URL: http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/1995/pacific/abstracts/0580e.htm.

Marlow, M.S., Anima, R.J., Carlson, P.R., Childs, P.R., Hart, P.E., Jachens, P.E., Mann, R.C., and Sliter, R.W., 1995, San Leandro Basin; a filled sedimentary basin beneath South San Francisco Bay: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79 no. 4, pp. 592–592.

Marlow, M.S., Hart, P.E., Carlson, P.R., Childs, J.R., Mann, D.M., Anima, R.J., and Kayen, R.E., 1996, Misinterpretation of lateral acoustic variations on high-resolution seismic reflection profiles as fault offsets of Holocene bay mud beneath the southern part of San Francisco Bay, California: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 13 no. 3, pp. 341–348.

Marlow, M.S., Hart, P.E., Carlson, P.R., Childs, J.R., Mann, D.M., Anima, R.J., and Kayen, R.E., 1994, High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles and interpretation pitfalls created by acoustic anomalies from Holocene muds beneath South San Francisco Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-0639, 16 p.

Marlow, M.S., Hart, P.E., Childs, J.R., Mann, D.M., Mann, G.M., Carlson, P.R., and Anima, R.J., 1994, A major unconformity beneath South San Francisco Bay and the development of San Leandro Basin: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 75 no. 44, pp. 683–683.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data j-5-93-sf.050 (Provisional best file)
Integrated navigation (SINS) data j-5-93-sf.050_degree
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data j-5-93-sf.070
512 chirp-source --- Sub Bottom Profiler
512 chirp --- Sub Bottom Profiler
chirp (data on FAD)
segy (data on FAD)
sidescansonar --- Sidescan

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