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Field Activity Details for field activity S178SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-78-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sonar: Sidescan, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Environmental Data: CTD, Sampling: Chemistry, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Hueneme, CA and USCG, Long Beach, CA

End Port/Location: USCG, Long Beach, CA and USCG, Long Beach, CA

Start Date: 1978-04-17

End Date: 1978-04-29

Equipment Used: 12khz, 3.5khz, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, sidescansonar, Geoprobe, CTD, Hydroproducts, instrumentmooring, transmissometer, integratednavigation, miniranger, transitsatellite, boxcore, Soutargrab, VanDornbottle, waterbucket, uniboom

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Brian Edwards, Carol Madison, Chuck Totman, Dave Drake, Ed Clukey, George Tate, Herman Karl, J. Bassin, Jim Nicholson, Neal Barnes, Pat Wiberg, S. Thornton

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Oceanographer
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Chuck Totman (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Oceanographer
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Herman Karl (USGS Western Region) - Oceanographer
J. Bassin (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Neal Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Pat Wiberg (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
S. Thornton (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander

Location:

Southern California

Boundaries
North: 33.91684 South: 33.52976 West: -119.0659 East: -117.91488

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Drake, D.E., Cacchione, D.A., and Karl, H.A., 1985, Bottom currents and sediment transport on San Pedro Shelf, California: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 55, pp. 15–28.

Wolf, S., and Gutmacher, C., 2004, Geologic and Bathymetric Reconnaissance Overview of the San Pedro Shelf Region, Southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1049, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1049/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-1-78-sc.301
Edited bathymetry data s-1-78-sc.330
Edited bathymetry data s-1-78-sc.330_010 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
Tape list
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
underwatercamera --- Photo
underwatertelevision --- Video
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
Hydroproducts --- Chemistry
Station Information
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
transmissometer --- Turbidity
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-1-78-sc.010
Dead reckoning data s-1-78-sc.010_degree (Provisional best file)
Lines
Survey information
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-1-78-sc.620
Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long s-1-78-sc.640
Survey information
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-1-78-sc.650
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-1-78-sc.000
Survey information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Station Information
Soutargrab --- Geology
Station Information
VanDornbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
waterbucket --- Chemistry
Station Information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information

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