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Field Activity Details for field activity S5B79NC

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AKA: none

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

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jim Gardner, Michael Field

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Treasure Island, CA

End Port/Location: Monterey, CA

Start Date: 1979-06-03

End Date: 1979-06-07

Equipment Used: 12khz, 3.5khz, nephelometer, integratednavigation, RhoRho, miniranger, transitsatellite, Niskenbottle, airgun

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Bob Wilson, Brian Edwards, Carol Madison, Cornellius Farley, Dave Klise, Don Reed, Gordon Pitt, Jack Lee, Jim Nicholson, Kevin O'Toole, Michael Boyle, Paula Mackrow, Roger Anderson, Steve Eittreim, Walter Dean

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain
Rick Leveque - Geologist

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bob Wilson - Mechanical Technician
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Cornellius Farley - Chief Engineer
Dave Klise - Geologist
Don Reed - Geophysicist
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain
Gordon Pitt - Chief Mate
Jack Lee (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Mike Field (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Paula Mackrow - Navigator
Rick Leveque - Geologist
Roger Anderson - Geologist
Steve Eittreim (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Walter Dean - Geologist

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 38.5083 South: 36.68301 West: -124.1328 East: -121.9568

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Tape list
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
nephelometer --- Turbidity
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Lines
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-5b-79-nc.050_degree
Survey information
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-5b-79-nc.050 (Provisional best file)
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-5b-79-nc.620
Edited ranging navigation data with Lat/Long s-5b-79-nc.690
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-5b-79-nc.000
Survey information
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information

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