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Field Activity Details for field activity S1479NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-14-79-NC,SD79

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Steve Eittreim

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Boomer

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 1979-11-15

End Date: 1979-11-20

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, nephelometer, integratednavigation, LoranC, miniranger, transitsatellite, Niskenbottle, sidescansonar, uniboom, Digitrack

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Bob Wilson, Brad Fowler, Carol Madison, Carrie Carpenter, Clint Steele, Don Auburn, Gordon Tanner, Jack Lee, Jed Tooke, John Saladin, Jon Erickson, Patrick Hart

Affiliate Staff:
Richard Heagney - Chief Mate
Vernon Pilgrim - Ship Captain

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Brad Fowler (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Carrie Carpenter (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Clint Steele (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Don Auburn (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jack Lee (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jed Tooke (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Pat Hart (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Richard Heagney - Chief Mate
Steve Eittreim (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Vernon Pilgrim - Ship Captain

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 37.84773 South: 37.18441 West: -123.5431 East: -122.20156

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) dat s-14-79-nc.305
Edited bathymetry dat s-14-79-nc.330
Survey information
Tape list
Edited bathymetry dat s-14-79-nc.330_011 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
nephelometer --- Turbidity
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-14-79-nc.011 (Provisional best file)
Dead reckoning data s-14-79-nc.011_degree
Survey information
LoranC --- Navigation
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-14-79-nc.620
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-14-79-nc.000
Survey information
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
Digitrack --- Single Beam
Survey information

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