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Field Activity Details for field activity S409SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-4-09-SC

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Lorenson

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Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Methane, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of oil, asphalt, and gas samples from natural hydrocarbon seeps from offshore Pt. Conception to Coal Oil Point, CA

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Start Date: 2009-06-16

End Date: 2009-06-20

Equipment Used: Contros methane sensor, GPS, Bethos Stingray ROV

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Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Notes: Stingray ROV Contros methane sensor

Location:

Santa Barbara

Boundaries
North: 34.45433 South: 34.36359 West: -120.492 East: -119.68482

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Lorenson, T.D., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., Peters, K.E., Kvenvolden, K.A., Dougherty, J.A., Gutmacher, C.E., Wong, F.L., and Normark, W.R., 2009, Natural offshore seepage and related tarball accumulation on the California coastline; Santa Barbara Channel and the southern Santa Maria Basin; source identification and inventory: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1225, 116 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1225/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Contros methane sensor --- Methane
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-4-09-sc.060 (Provisional best file)
Bethos Stingray ROV --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology

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