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Field Activity Details for field activity O100SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: O-1-00-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Brian Edwards, Homa Lee

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Wendy Dahl

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Pollution transport and accumulation

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2000-04-09

End Date: 2000-04-14

Equipment Used: underwatertelevision, Shipekgrab, VanVeengrab, GPS, underwatercamera, bathymetry

Information to be Derived: Comparative study of backscatter plots versus photos and video, grain size on sediments, pollution accumulation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Photographs, videos, and grab samples were taken in the Santa Monica Bay

Staff: Wendy Dahl, Peter Dartnell, Brian Edwards, Paul Fischer, Ken Franke, Homa Lee, Henry Chezar, Meg McQuarrie, Fred Payne, Kathy Presto, Hal Williams

Affiliate Staff:
Shane Slaughter (CREW) - SECOND CAPTAIN
Danny Le (DECKHAND
CREW) - Phee
Elizabeth Riggs (CREW) - STEWARD

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Brian Edwards (USGS) - CHIEF SCIENTIST
Homa Lee (USGS) - CHIEF SCIENTIST
Pete Dartnell (USGS) - GEOLOGIST
Hank Chezar (USGS) - PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST
Meg McQuarrie (ORE) - NAVIGATION
Kathy Presto (ORE) - PHOTO PROCESSOR
Wendy Dahl (ECO) - NAVIGATION/FACS
Fred Payne (USGS) - ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN
Hal Williams (USGS) - MARINE TECHNICIAN
Ken Franke (CREW) - CAPTAIN
Shane Slaughter (CREW) - SECOND CAPTAIN
Danny Le (DECKHAND, CREW) - Phee
Elizabeth Riggs (CREW) - STEWARD
Paul Fischer (CREW) - DECKHAND

Location:

California

Boundaries
North: 34.02777 South: 32.75728 West: -118.726 East: -117.23482

Platform(s):

photo of Outer Limits
Outer Limits

Publications

Alexander, C.R., and Venherm, Claudia, 2003, Modern sedimentary processes in the Santa Monica, California continental margin; sediment accumulation, mixing and budget, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 177–204.

Bay, S.M., Zeng, E.Y., Lorenson, T.D., Tran, K., and Alexander, C.R., 2003, Temporal and spatial distributions of contaminants in sediments of Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 255–276.

Chezar, H., and Newman, I., 2006, Overview: DVD-video disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1101, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1101/.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1168.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1169.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1170.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1171.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1172.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1173.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1174.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1175.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1176.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1177.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1178.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1179.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1180.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1181.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1182.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1183.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1184.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1185.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1186.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1187.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1188.

Dojiri, M., Yamaguchi, M., Weisberg, S.B., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Changing anthropogenic influence on the Santa Monica Bay watershed, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 1–14.

Gardner, J.V., Dartnell, P., Mayer, L.A., and Hughes Clarke, J.E., 2003, Geomorphology, acoustic backscatter, and processes in Santa Monica Bay from multibeam mapping: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 15–46, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00323-9.

Greenstein, D., Bay, Steven M., Jirik, Andrew, Brown, Jeffrey, and Alexander, Clark R., 2003, Toxicity assessment of sediment cores from Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research,, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 277–297.

Hein, J.R., Dowling, J.S., Schuetze, A., and Lee, H.J., 2003, Clay-mineral suites, sources, and inferred dispersal routes: Southern California continental shelf: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, pp. 79–102, doi: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00326-4.

Lee, H.J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., 2003, Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, 342 p.

Leecaster, M., 2003, Spatial analysis of grain size in Santa Monica Bay, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 67–78.

Noble, M.A., and Xu, J.P., 2003, Observations of large-amplitude cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 127–149.

Schreppel, H.A., Degnan, C.H, Dadisman, S.V., and Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey Selected Single-Beam Bathymetry Datasets, 1969â2000: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/757/.

Sommerfield, C.K., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Magnitude and variability of Holocene sediment accumulation in Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56 no. 1-2, pp. 151–176.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
underwatertelevision --- Video
Shipekgrab --- Geology
Station Information
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data o-1-00-sc.060 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
underwatercamera --- Photo
bathymetry --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data o-1-00-sc.301
Raw depth (bathymetry) data o-1-00-sc.302
Raw depth (bathymetry) data o-1-00-sc.302_060 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data o-1-00-sc.300

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