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Field Activity Details for field activity S5A79NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-5A-79-NC,REX_1

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione, Dave Drake

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Treasure Island, CA

Start Date: 1979-05-30

End Date: 1979-06-03

Equipment Used: 12khz, 3.5khz, uniboom, Geoprobe, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, CTD, Aanderaa, Geodyne, nephelometer, dartcore, VanVeengrab, VanDornbottle, integratednavigation, miniranger, transit satellite, sidescanmarker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Boyle, Scott Conard, Steve Eittreim, Margaret Goud, Paula Mackrow, Jim Nicholson, Kevin O'Toole, George Tate, Chuck Totman, Pat Wiberg, Bob Wilson

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain
Gary Sullivan - Geologist
Jan Thompson - Biologist

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Steve Eittreim (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
Jack Lee (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Paula Mackrow - Navigator
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain
Gary Sullivan - Geologist
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Geologist and Watchstander
Jan Thompson - Biologist
Chuck Totman (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Pat Wiberg (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 38.46464 South: 37.15389 West: -123.452 East: -122.3641

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/.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-5a-79-nc.305
Edited bathymetry data s-5a-79-nc.330_050 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Tape list
Survey information
Edited bathymetry data s-5a-79-nc.330
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
underwatercamera --- Photo
Station Information
underwatertelevision --- Video
Survey information
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
Aanderaa --- Current
Station Information
Geodyne --- Current
Station Information
nephelometer --- Turbidity
Station Information
dartcore --- Geology
Station Information
VanVeengrab --- Geology
REX1-1
REX1-1b
REX1-2
REX1-3
REX1-3a
REX1-4
Station Information
VanDornbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-5a-79-nc.050 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-5a-79-nc.620
Edited ranging navigation data with Lat/Long s-5a-79-nc.690
transit satellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-5a-79-nc.000
sidescanmarker --- Sidescan
Survey information

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