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Field Activity Details for field activity M170NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: M-1-70-NC,ANTIPODE-1

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bill Normark

Affiliate Investigator(s): J.R. Curray (SCRIPPs)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geology and structure of the continental margin of California between Point Conception and Cape Mendocino. Activities include seismic reflection profiling, echo sounding, magnetics, rock dredging, dart coring, and piston coring.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 1970-06-15

End Date: 1970-06-29

Equipment Used: navigation, boxcore, gravitycore, dredge, pistoncore, dartcore, airgun, echosounder, magnetics

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, magnetics, and core samples.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Gary Griggs (UCSC) - Scientist

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bill Normark (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Eli Silver (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
J.R. Curray (SCRIPPs) - Chief Scientist
Gary Griggs (UCSC) - Scientist

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 38.25 South: 33.75 West: -124.75 East: -118.25

Platform(s):

photo of Melville
Melville

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
gravitycore --- Geology
dredge --- Geology
pistoncore --- Geology
dartcore --- Geology
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
echosounder --- Single Beam
magnetics --- Magnetics

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