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Field Activity Details for field activity S1278NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-12-78-NC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Sam Clarke, Michael Field

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Coos Bay, OR

End Port/Location: Redwood City (Approx.), CA

Start Date: 1978-11-02

End Date: 1978-11-12

Equipment Used: integratednavigation, RhoRho, miniranger, transitsatellite, 3.5khz, tempsalinometer, gravitycore, uniboom, airgun, sparker, magnetics

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff: John Chin, Brian Edwards, Margaret Goud, Carol Hirozawa, John Laingor, Carol Madison, Graig McHendrie, Kevin O'Toole, Bob Patrick, Bill Richmond, John Saladin, Garey Simpson, George Tate, Ken Taylor, Florence Wong

Affiliate Staff:
Richard Heagney - Ship Captain

Notes: Although these have an NC (Northern California) suffix on the cruise year, they are all from Oregon - Sam Clarke.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bill Richmond (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Bob Patrick (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Carol Hirozawa (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Florence Wong (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Garey Simpson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Gary Hill (USGS Western Region) - Biologist
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Graig McHendrie (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
John Chin (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
John Laingor (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Ken Taylor (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Mike Field (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Richard Heagney - Ship Captain
Sam Clarke (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Oregon

Boundaries
North: 44.27508 South: 40.24013 West: -125.4422 East: -124.21708

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

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/.

Wong, F.L., 1995, Sediment distribution on a stream-dominated continental margin, northern California: Implications from heavy-mineral studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-614, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/0614/report.pdf.

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