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Field Activity Details for field activity P2599HW

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AKA: none

Other ID: 1999-025-FA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Mike Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Michael Field

Information Specialist(s):

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

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Start Date: 1999-04-14

End Date: 1999-04-14

Equipment Used: MiniDV video camera, Differential GPS, Handheld GPS, grab sampler, camera, gravitycore

Information to be Derived: equipment used: DGPS, GPS - Handheld, Corer - gravity, Grab sampler

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: SCUBA diving was used to a max. depth of 60 feet. Most observations of coral and sampling will be accomplished by snorkeling. Each of the field party collected sediment samples and photographed the bottom. The fluff sampler, slide hammer corer, and grab sampler were tested on this cruise.

Staff: Mike Bothner, Michael Field

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: FAN created from InfoBank and WH FAN because miniDV cassette tapes held in Santa Cruz. 5/5/2016.
Original Center People field contained: Mike Field, Mike Bothner, Susie Cochran, Peter Gill, Hank Chezar, and Pat Chavez. Bob Barton and Joe Newell helped with mobilization and shipping of gear.
Project = Geologic Studies of Coral Reefs, Geologic Studies of Coral Reefs

Location:

Molokai, HI

Boundaries
North: 21.27401865 South: 20.98178268 West: -157.363 East: -156.63708496

Platform(s):


Beach

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
MiniDV video camera --- Video
Differential GPS --- Navigation
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
grab sampler --- Surveys (geochemical)
Geology
camera --- Photo
gravitycore --- Geology

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