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Field Activity Details for field activity O169NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: O-1-69-NC,TRI_JUNC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Eli A. Silver

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study of the tectonics of the triple junction of crustal plates in the area of Cape Mendocino

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1969-08-21

End Date: 1969-09-16

Equipment Used: bottomtransponder, dredge, Shipekgrab, gravitycore, magnetics

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Ted Gustafson (Scripps) - Unspecified
Steve Fisher (Scripps) - Unspecified
Mark Koide (Scripps) - Unspecified
Doug Aiton (Scripps) - Unspecified
Scott Carson (Scripps) - Unspecified

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eli Silver (Scripps) - Chief Scientist
Ted Gustafson (Scripps) - Unspecified
Steve Fisher (Scripps) - Unspecified
Mark Koide (Scripps) - Unspecified
Doug Aiton (Scripps) - Unspecified
Scott Carson (Scripps) - Unspecified

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 41.75 South: 37.75 West: -129.75 East: -122.25

Platform(s):


Oconostota

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
bottomtransponder --- Transects
dredge --- Geology
Shipekgrab --- Geology
gravitycore --- Geology
magnetics --- Magnetics

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