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Field Activity Details for field activity P168SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-1-68-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Point Conception (MU231)

Principal Investigator(s): Gene Rusnak

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Steve Wolf

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To substantiate earlier work showing how the thick sediments of the Santa Barbara Channel thin out and abut against older crystalline or meta- sedimentary rocks of the Channel Islands.

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Start Date: 1968-06-14

End Date: 1968-07-11

Equipment Used: sparker, bathymetry

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, seismic reflection profiles, geologic map.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Steve Wolf

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Gene Rusnak (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Steve Wolf (USGS Western Region) - Scientist

Location:

Southern California

Boundaries
North: 34.75 South: 32.25 West: -122.75 East: -116.75

Platform(s):

photo of Polaris I
Polaris I

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
sparker --- Sparker
bathymetry --- Single Beam

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