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Field Activity Details for field activity P401SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-4-01-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Coastal System (ZP00DMA)

Principal Investigator(s): Francis Parchaso

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Dan Allison

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To acquire seasonal surface sediment samples to document changes in bed texture

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: MARFAC, Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: MARFAC, Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 2001-10-16

End Date: 2001-10-17

Equipment Used: VanVeengrab, GPS

Information to be Derived: Grain size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected samples from Boston Whaler at five stations. Collected samples from Polaris at seven stations.

Staff: Byron Richards, Scott Conrad, Cary Lopez, Heather Peterson, Michelle Shouse, Robin Stewart

Affiliate Staff:
Ireve Lavigne (USGS) - Unspecified
Rian Hooff (SFSU) - Unspecified
Amy Lesen (UCB) - Unspecified
Bill Sobczak (USGS) - Unspecified
Patricia Von Phul (USGS) - Unspecified

Notes: San Francisco Bay Seafloor and Sediment

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Byron Richards (USGS) - Captain
Scott Conrad (USGS) - Engineer
Francis Parchaso (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dan Allison (USGS Western Region) - Information Specialist
Ireve Lavigne (USGS) - Unspecified
Rian Hooff (SFSU) - Unspecified
Amy Lesen (UCB) - Unspecified
Cary Lopez (USGS) - Unspecified
Heather Peterson (USGS St. Petersburg) - Unspecified
Bill Sobczak (USGS) - Unspecified
Michelle Shouse (USGS) - Unspecified
Robin Stewart (USGS) - Unspecified
Patricia Von Phul (USGS) - Unspecified

Location:

San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 38.12927 South: 38.0315 West: -122.1398 East: -121.93357

Platform(s):

photo of Polaris I
Polaris I

Publications

Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006, usSEABED: Pacific coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data p-4-01-sf.060 (Provisional best file)

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