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Field Activity Details for field activity P370NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-3-70-NC

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Alan Cooper, Dave McCulloch

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

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End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1970-01-14

End Date: 1970-02-27

Equipment Used: minisparker, bathymetry, navigation, uniboom

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, seismic reflection profiles.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dave McCulloch (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Alan Cooper (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Northern California; Gulf of Farallones

Boundaries
North: 38.25 South: 36.25 West: -123.75 East: -121.75

Platform(s):

photo of Polaris I
Polaris I

Publications

Cooper, A., 1971, Structure of the continental shelf west of San Francisco, California: San Jose, CA, San Jose State University Master's thesis.

Cooper, A., 1973, Structure of the continental shelf west of San Francisco, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-0048, 72 p.

Cooper, A.K., 1970, Structure of the continental shelf off San Francisco, California: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 51 no. 11, pp. 761–761.

Silver, E.A., Curray, Joseph R., and Cooper, Alan K., 1971, Tectonic development of the continental margin off central California, in Geologic guide to the northern Coast Ranges, Point Reyes Region, California: Sacramento, CA, Geological Society of Sacramento.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
minisparker --- Sparker
bathymetry --- Single Beam
navigation --- Navigation
uniboom --- Boomer

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