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Field Activity Details for field activity M0212SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: M-02-12-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Skidaway Institute Of Georgia, University of Chicago, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): California Urban Ocean (MU034)

Principal Investigator(s): Clark Alexander

Affiliate Investigator(s): Susan Kidwell

Information Specialist(s): Brian Edwards

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To quantify the temporal resolution in fossil benthic assemblages: assess and model the roles of burial dynamics, seafloor type, and intrinsic factors using (un)natural experiments.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: San Diego, CA

Start Date: 2012-09-01

End Date: 2012-09-08

Equipment Used: vibratingcore

Information to be Derived: Sediment descriptions; Controls on how molluscan fossils are preserved in the sedimentary record

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Clark Alexander, Brian Edwards

Affiliate Staff:
Susan Kidwell

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Susan Kidwell
Clark Alexander
Brian Edwards

Location:

Los Angeles margin

Boundaries
North: 35.75 South: 32.25 West: -122.25 East: -114.25

Platform(s):

photo of Melville
Melville

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
vibratingcore --- Geology

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