Field Activity Details for field activity W0112MX

AKA: none

Other ID: W-01-12-MX

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Swedish Museum of Natural History, University of California, San Diego, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Baja California, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Coastal and Marine Catastrophic Hazards (ZP00C4A)

Principal Investigator(s): Charles Paull

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charlie Paull

Information Specialist(s): Brian Edwards, Mary McGann

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: (a) document and understand geohazards associated with the rapid tectonic deformation occurring in the GoC active margin,(b) survey regions of active gas venting and investigate biodiversity and asociated biological communities in the Gulf, and(c) understand cycling of carbon from the seafloor to the ocean water column.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: La Paz, Mexico

End Port/Location: La Paz, Mexico

Start Date: 2012-03-26

End Date: 2012-04-17

Equipment Used: GPS, samples, MBARI ROV

Information to be Derived: Geohazards associated with the rapid tectonic deformation occurring at the Gulf of California active margin, neotectonics of San Andreas fault system; surveys of active gas venting, biodiversity and associated biological communities in the Gulf, improved understanding of cycling of carbon from the seafloor to the ocean water column

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Notes: R/V Western Flyer and ROV Doc Ricketts MBARI URL: http://www.mbari.org/expeditions/GOC12/index.html
Non USGS data manager = Charlie Paull

Location:

Gulf of California (GoC)

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