USGS - science for a changing world

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity V181SC

View new CMGDS report form

AKA: none

Other ID: V-1-81-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Brian Edwards, Michael Field

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Wilmington, CA

End Port/Location: Wilmington, CA

Start Date: 1981-08-24

End Date: 1981-08-30

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, RhoRho, miniranger, radar, transitsatellite, uniboom, sidescansonar, gravitycore, underwatercamera, minisparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff: Russell Crane, Jim Gardner, Bob Hall, Carol Hirozawa, Larry Kooker, Carol Madison, Kevin O'Toole

Affiliate Staff:
Andy Valois - Ship Captain
Anne Jennings - Geologist
Tim Vogel - Geochemist
Whitey Platt - Chief Mate

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Andy Valois - Ship Captain
Anne Jennings - Geologist
Bob Hall - Geologist
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Carol Hirozawa (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Larry Kooker (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Mike Field (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Russell Crane - Geologist
Tim Vogel - Geochemist
Whitey Platt - Chief Mate

Location:

Southern California

Boundaries
North: 34.40625 South: 33.20033 West: -120.5252 East: -118.38283

Platform(s):

photo of Velero
Velero

Publications

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Edited bathymetry data v-1-81-sc.335_052 (Provisional best file)
Edited bathymetry data v-1-81-sc.335
Metadata
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
RhoRho --- Navigation
Metadata
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data v-1-81-sc.622
Miniranger Operations Table v-1-81-sc.632
Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long v-1-81-sc.641
Lines
Metadata
radar --- Navigation
Metadata
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Integrated navigation (SINS) data v-1-81-sc.052 (Provisional best file)
Integrated navigation (SINS) data v-1-81-sc.052_degree
Metadata
uniboom --- Boomer
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
gravitycore --- Geology
Subsample Request
Station Information
underwatercamera --- Photo
minisparker --- Sparker

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Questions or Comments? Contact CMGDS Team
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov