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Field Activity Details for field activity L176MX

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-1-76-MX,LEE176MX

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bill Normark, Jim Bischoff, James Hein

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Biology

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA and Port Hueneme,CA and Port Hueneme, CA and San Diego, CA and San Diego, CA - Scripps and Mazatlan- James I and Mazatlan and La Paz - St James2

End Port/Location: Port Hueneme, CA and Port Hueneme, CA and San Diego, CA and San Diego, CA - Scripps and Mazatlan- Hot Rocks and Mazatlan and La Paz - Ed James I and La Paz

Start Date: 1976-01-06

End Date: 1976-02-17

Equipment Used: airgun, magnetics, chaindredge, Phlegercore, gravitycore, dartcore, 3.5khz, uniboom, minisparker, VanVeengrab, transitsatellite, dopplersonar, LoranC, LoranA, Niskenbottle, planktonnet, integratednavigation, Shipekgrab

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andy Stevenson, Bob Patrick, Robert Rosenbauer, Carrie Carpenter, Chris Gutmacher, Connie Beaver, Doug Dolan, Ed Chichester, Frances Cook, Gerta Callahan, Gordon Hess, Gordon Tanner, John Barron, Pat Wilde, Rich Garlow, Steve Wallace, Steve Wolf

Affiliate Staff:
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Frank Madeiros - Ship Captain
Jeff Niemitz - Geologist
John Simpson - Mechanical Technician
Luc Ortlieb - Geologist

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Andy Stevenson - Geologist
Bill Normark - Chief Scientist
Bob Patrick - Electronics Technician
Bob Rosenbauer - Geologist
Carrie Carpenter - Dafe Curator
Chris Gutmacher - Watchstander
Connie Beaver - Watchstander
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Doug Dolan - Mechanical Technician
Ed Chichester - Watchstander
Frances Cook - Watchstander
Frank Madeiros - Ship Captain
Gerta Callahan (Geologist) - Kell
Gordon Hess - Geologist
Gordon Tanner - Electronics Technician
Jeff Niemitz - Geologist
Jim Bischoff - Chief Scientist
Jim Hein - Chief Scientist
John Barron - Geologist
John Simpson - Mechanical Technician
Luc Ortlieb - Geologist
Pat Wilde - Geologist
Rich Garlow - Geologist
Steve Wallace - Mechanical Technician
Steve Wolf - Geologist

Location:

Baja California

Boundaries
North: 37.34483 South: 20.86066 West: -122.6052 East: -106.42083

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

Bischoff, J.L., and Niemitz, J.W., 1980, Bathymetric maps of the Gulf of California: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1244, 4 p.

Hein, J.R., and Yeh, H.W., 1979, Some effects of hydrothermal activity at the intersection of spreading centers and fracture zones in the Gulf of California: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 442–442.

Moore, J.G., Normark, W.R., Hess, G.R., and Meyer, C.E., 1977, Petrology of basalt from the East Pacific Rise near 21 degrees North latitude: Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey, v. 5 no. 6, pp. 753–759.

Niemitz, J.W., and Bischoff, James L., 1981, Tectonic elements of the southern part of the Gulf of California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 92 no. 3, I 101-I 104, II 360-II 407 p.

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
magnetics --- Magnetics
chaindredge --- Geology
011a
132a
159a
044a
058a
059a
078a
125a
137b
155a
161a
l-1-76-mx.dredges.chaindredge.gulfofca.pdf
Station Information
006b
009a
010a
141a
147b
152a
Phlegercore --- Geology
Station Information
gravitycore --- Geology
017a
018a
019c
086a
095a
097a
Station Information
083a
092b
093a
118a
028a
038a
041a
064a
042a
003a
024a
033a
047a
056a
068a
079a
099a
109a
123a
084a
075a
077a
080a
081a
082a
087a
088a
089a
090a
098a
100a
101a
102a
103a
105a
107a
108a
110a
112a
113a
114a
119a
120a
121a
124a
004a
005a
015a
016a
021a
022a
023a
025a
026a
027a
029a
030a
031a
032a
034a
035a
036a
037a
040a
070a
071a
072a
073a
074a
076a
045a
046a
048a
049a
050a
051a
052a
053a
054b
055a
057a
061a
062a
063a
065a
066a
069a
dartcore --- Geology
151a
153a
039a
115b
129a
139a
143a
154a
Station Information
160a
163b
164b
165b
156b
133a
135b
136b
138a
140c
142a
144a
145a
146a
149a
150b
130a
085a
091a
096a
122a
126a
127a
128b
060a
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data l-1-76-mx.335
Edited bathymetry data l-1-76-mx.335_051 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
minisparker --- Sparker
Survey information
VanVeengrab --- Geology
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data l-1-76-mx.000
Survey information
dopplersonar --- Navigation
Survey information
LoranC --- Navigation
LoranA --- Navigation
Survey information
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
planktonnet --- Biology
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Dead reckoning data l-1-76-mx.010
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-76-mx.050
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-76-mx.051 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Lines
Survey information
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-76-mx.051_degree
Shipekgrab --- Geology
20b
Station Information

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