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Field Activity Details for field activity W104PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-1-04-PS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: Fluorescence, Environmental Data: Nitrate, Environmental Data: pH, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect vibracores, sediments, and water samples

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Start Date: 2004-08-31

End Date: 2004-09-11

Equipment Used: vibratingcore, VanVeengrab, GPS, watersamples, pushcore

Information to be Derived: Sediment lithology, grainsize, organic content, radiometric ages, eelgrass biomarker concentration and isotopic composition; water chemistry (nutrients, trace metals).

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 26 vibracores, 43 sediment grab samples, and 34 water samples from San Juan Islands, Padilla and Skagit Bays.

Staff: Jodi Eshleman, Guy Gelfenbaum, Robert Kayen

Affiliate Staff:
Sandy Wyllie (University of Washington) - Echeverria
Doug Bulthias (Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve) - Padilla Bay Scientist
Greg Hood (Skagit River System Cooperative) - Ecologist

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eric Grossman (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Renee Takesue (Geochemist, USGS Western Region) - Information Specialist
Rob Kayen (USGS Western Region) - Laser Scanner Surveyor
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS Western Region) - Sedimentologist
Jodi Eshleman (USGS Western Region) - Technician
Sandy Wyllie (University of Washington) - Echeverria
Doug Bulthias (Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve) - Padilla Bay Scientist
Greg Hood (Skagit River System Cooperative) - Ecologist

Location:

WA

Boundaries
North: 48.60481 South: 48.21574 West: -123.157 East: -122.35827

Platform(s):

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Whaler

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
vibratingcore --- Geology
Station Information
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-04-ps.060 (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-04-ps.061 (Provisional best file)
watersamples --- Conductivity
CTD
Dissolved Oxygen
Fluorescence
Nitrate
pH
Temperature
Turbidity
Wave
Station Information
pushcore --- Geology
Station Information

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