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Field Activity Details for field activity O268NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: O-2-68-NC,CHANEEL_2

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): California Continental Margin (MU028)

Principal Investigator(s): Eli A. Silver

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Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Structure of the continental margin off northernmost California was studied by reflection profiling and magnetic profiling, and by extensive bottom sampling.

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Start Date: 1968-08-26

End Date: 1968-08-26

Equipment Used: airgun, magnetics, pipedredge, gravitycore, grab, dredge

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: single-channel airgun and sparker data

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eli Silver (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

California continental margin

Boundaries
North: 41.75 South: 37.75 West: -125.75 East: -122.25

Platform(s):


Oconostota

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
magnetics --- Magnetics
pipedredge --- Geology
gravitycore --- Geology
grab --- Geology
dredge --- Geology

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