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Field Activity Details for field activity N197MB

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AKA: none

Other ID: N-1-97-MB

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MU182)

Principal Investigator(s): Roberto Anima

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Roberto Anima

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine sediment characteristics and variations from nearshore out to 60m water depth.

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Start Date: 1997-07-22

End Date: 1997-07-25

Equipment Used: GPS, VanVeengrab

Information to be Derived: Grain size, sediment characteristics and variation along shore from Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Occupied and collected at approximately 50 sample sites. Also collected water depth information at each site.

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Roberto Anima (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Northern Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 37.09872 South: 36.92986 West: -122.3779 East: -121.98744

Platform(s):


Nai Ai

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data n-1-97-mb.060 (Provisional best file)
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Station Information

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