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Field Activity Details for field activity P969SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-9-69-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Dave McCulloch, Dave Peterson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Paul Carlson

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seismic profiling and geochemistry of the San Francisco Bay.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 1969-06-12

End Date: 1969-06-13

Equipment Used: waterbottle, grab, Secchidisc, tempsalinometer, planktonnet, navigation, sparker

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, water data, temperature, salinity, sedimentation, grain size analyses, plankton data.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dave McCulloch (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Peterson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 38.25 South: 37.25 West: -123.25 East: -121.25

Platform(s):

photo of Polaris I
Polaris I

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
waterbottle --- Chemistry
grab --- Geology
Secchidisc --- Turbidity
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
planktonnet --- Biology
navigation --- Navigation
sparker --- Sparker

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