Field Activity Details for field activity M197NC

AKA: none

Other ID: M-1-97-NC,M9707

Status: Completed

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Funding Program(s): Strata Formations on Margins (Strataform) (MU278)

Principal Investigator(s): Homa Lee

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Information Specialist(s): Ken Israel

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: STRATA FORmation on Margins (STRATAFORM) was initiated in 1994 by the Office of Naval Research as a coordinated multi-investigator study of continental-margin sediment transport processes and stratigraphy. The program is investigating the stratigraphic signature of the shelf and slope portions of continental margins, and hopes to provide better understanding of the sedimentary record and better prediction of strata. The objective of the cruise was to execute a statistical variability study of the area by collecting multiple samples at individual locations. Emphasis was also placed on collecting several deep water cores.

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Start Date: 1997-07-17

End Date: 1997-07-29

Equipment Used: pistoncore, CTD, GPS, boxcore

Information to be Derived: cores were analyzed using a multi-sensor core logger, yielding P-wave velocity, wet bulk density, and magnetic susceptibility data.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 158 box cores and 58 piston cores.

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Homa Lee (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

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Northern California

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