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Field Activity Details for field activity S0512SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-05-12-SC

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)

Principal Investigator(s): Samuel Johnson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): David Finlayson

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Comprehensive mapping of Hosgri and Los Osos faults, and their convergence

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Morro Bay

End Port/Location: Morro Bay

Start Date: 2012-07-30

End Date: 2012-08-08

Equipment Used: magnetometer, soundvelocityprofiler, GPS, multibeam

Information to be Derived: High resolution bathymetry and magnetics.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: David Finlayson, Stephen Hartwell, Samuel Johnson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
David Finlayson
Sam Johnson
Steve Hartwell

Location:

central California (based at Morro Bay Harbor)

Boundaries
North: 35.68407153 South: 34.92197104 West: -122.0690918 East: -120.81115723

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Hartwell, S.R., Finlayson, D.P., Dartnell, P., and Johnson, S.Y., 2013, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatterâEstero Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013â1225.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
magnetometer --- Magnetics
soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity
GPS --- Navigation
multibeam --- Multibeam

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