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Field Activity Details for field activity L291NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-2-91-NC

Status: Completed

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Principal Investigator(s): George Tate

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Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment transports in storms, stress experiment

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Start Date: 1991-01-25

End Date: 1991-01-29

Equipment Used: Geoprobe

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed a geoprobe tripod on the inner shelf north of Bodega Bay. Used an ROV to recover a second geoprobe and managed to refurbish and relaunch this second system.

Staff: Kevin O'Toole, Walt Olson, Hal Williams, Al McClenaghan, Bill Lafleur, Byron Richards, Joanne C. Ferreira, Rick Viall

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Rick Vaill (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Walt Olson (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Hal Williams (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Al McClenaghan (USGS Western Region) - Captain
Bill Lafleur (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Byron Richards (USGS Western Region WRD) - Unspecified Investigator

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 41.75 South: 37.75 West: -125.75 East: -122.25

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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