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Field Activity Details for field activity S810SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-8-10-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Coastal System (ZP00DMA)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Amy Foxgrover

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize sediment properties in San Francisco Bay and offshore of the Golden Gate

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Berkeley, San Francisco Bay

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2010-03-17

End Date: 2010-03-20

Equipment Used: GPS, sediment grab sampler

Information to be Derived: Surface sediment grain size and composition

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment sampling to characterize sediment size distribution and composition

Staff: Carolynn Box, Jackson Currie, Peter Dal Ferro, Amy Foxgrover, Greg Gabel, Daniel Hoover

Affiliate Staff:
Jeff Hansen
Jamie Grover
Brenda Goeden - BCDC
Isaac Jones

Notes: San Francisco Bay Provenance Study

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Amy Foxgrover
Dan Hoover
Pete Dal Ferro
Jackson Currie
Jeff Hansen
Greg Gabel
Jamie Grover
Brenda Goeden - BCDC
Carolynn Box - BCDC
Isaac Jones

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 38.03456 South: 37.47127 West: -123.025 East: -122.06446

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Hein, J.R., Mizell, K., Barnard, P.L., 2013, Sand sources and transport pathways for the San Francisco Bay coastal system, based on X-ray diffraction mineralogy: Marine Geology, v. 345, pp. 154–169, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.003.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-8-10-sf.060 (Provisional best file)
sediment grab sampler --- Geology
Station Information

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