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Field Activity Details for field activity L179NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-1-79-NC,REX_2

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione, Dave Drake

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwoood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwoood City, CA

Start Date: 1979-10-25

End Date: 1979-10-28

Equipment Used: 12khz, 3.5khz, Geoprobe, instrumentmooring, boxcore, Niskenbottle, dopplersonar, RhoRho, miniranger, transitsatellite

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Chuck Totman, Dick Tagg, George Tate, Graig McHendrie, Jack Lee, Jim Nicholson, Jim Saltzgaber, Jon Erickson, Kaye Kinoshita, Kevin O'Toole, Mel Rappeport

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
Jan Thompson - Geologist
Mary Lou Swisher - Watchstander
Richard Heagney - Ship Captain
Susan Mathews - Dafe Curator

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Chuck Totman - Watchstander
Dave Cacchione - Chief Scientist
Dave Drake - Chief Scientist
Dick Tagg - Navigator
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
George Tate - Watchstander
Graig McHendrie - Navigator
Jack Lee - Electronics Technician
Jan Thompson - Geologist
Jim Nicholson - Electronics Technician
Jim Saltzgaber - Chief Engineer
Jon Erickson - Mechanical Technician
Kaye Kinoshita - Navigator
Kevin O'Toole - Mechanical Technician
Mary Lou Swisher - Watchstander
Mel Rappeport - Geophysicist
Richard Heagney - Ship Captain
Susan Mathews - Dafe Curator

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 38.6007 South: 37.50818 West: -123.39 East: -122.16302

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

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/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
8-5
Station Information
4-1
5-1
8-1
8-2
8-4
9-1
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
dopplersonar --- Navigation
Survey information
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data l-1-79-nc.620
Edited ranging navigation data with Lat/Long l-1-79-nc.690
Survey information
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data l-1-79-nc.001 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Survey information

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