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Field Activity Details for field activity W1070NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-10-70-NC,7-Tow_Leg_10

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): Seven Tow (MU265)

Principal Investigator(s): Eli A. Silver

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun

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Start Date: 1970-09-16

End Date: 1970-09-24

Equipment Used: deadreckoning, airgun

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eli Silver (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Monterey Fan Valley

Boundaries
North: 36.41167 South: 36.005 West: -123.712 East: -122.71333

Platform(s):

photo of Thomas Washington
Thomas Washington

Publications

Fildani, A., Normark, W.R., 2004, Late Quaternary evolution of channel and lobe complexes of Monterey Fan: Marine Geology, v. 206 no. 1-4, pp. 199–223, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.001.

Hess, G.R., and Normark, W.R., 1976, Holocene sedimentation history of the major fan valleys of Monterey Fan: Marine Geology, v. 22 no. 4, pp. 233–251.

Hess, G.R., and Normark, W.R., 1980, Quaternary styles of California submarine fans: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64 no. 3, pp. 443–444.

Lonsdale, P.F., Normark, W.R., Newman, W.A., and Allison, E.C., 1970, Submarine erosion on the crest of Horizon Guyot: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 610–610.

Lonsdale, P., Normark, William R., and Newman, W.A., 1972, Sedimentation and Erosion on Horizon Guyot: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83 no. 2, pp. 289–315.

Lonsdale, P., Normark, William R., and Newman, W.A., 1972, Sedimentation and Erosion on Horizon Guyot: San Diego, CA, University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Contributions, v. 42 no. 83, pp. 1128–1154.

Nelson, C.H., Normark, W.R., Bouma, A.H., and Carlson, P.R., 1976, Thin-bedded turbidites in modern submarine canyons and fans: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 60 no. 4, pp. 702–703.

Normark, W.R., and Hess, G.R., 1979, Sediment transport processes on the Monterey Deep-Sea Fan: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 150–150.

Normark, W.R., and Hess, G.R.,, 1978, Sedimentological features and growth of the Monterey deep-sea fan off central California: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, pp. 151–151.

Normark, W.R., Hess, G.R., and Spiess, F.N.,, 1978, Mapping of small scale (outcrop-size) sedimentological features on modern submarine fans: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings, v. 10 no. 1, pp. 593–598.

Normark, W.R., Hess, G.R., Chase, T.E., Wilde, P., Spencer, J.E., 1977, Active and relict channel systems, and the growth pattern on Monterey submarine fan, California: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 1116–1117.

Normark, W.R., 1971, Mini-topography of deep-sea fans; geometric considerations for facies interpretations in turbidites, in Geologic guide book--Newport Lagoon to San Clemente, Orange County, California: Tulsa, OK, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section.

Normark, W.R., 1974, Submarine canyons and fan valleys; factors affecting growth patterns of deep-sea fans, Modern and Ancient Geosynclinal Sedimentation; Submarine canyon and fan deposits: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication, v. 19, pp. 56–68.

Normark, W.R., 1972, Submarine canyons and fan-valleys; factors affecting growth processes of deep-sea fans (abst.), in A conference on modern and ancient geosynclinal sedimentation: Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin National Science Foundation.

Normark, W.R., and Gutmacher, Christina E., 1989, Major submarine fans of the California continental rise, Winterer, E.L., and Hussong, Donald M., and Decker, Robert W., eds., The eastern Pacific Ocean and Hawaii: Geological Society of America, Denver, CO.

Normark, W.R., Gutmacher, Christina E., Chase, T.E., Wilde, Pat, 1984, Monterey Fan; growth pattern control by basin morphology and changing sea levels: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 3 no. 2-4, pp. 93–99.

Wilde, P., Normark, W.R., and Chase, T.E., 1974, Petroleum potential on continental rise off central California, in Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 58 no. 7, pp. 1461–1462.

Wilde, P., Normark, William R., Chase, Thomas E., and Gutmacher, Christina E., 1985, Potential petroleum reservoirs on deep-sea fans off Central California, in Bouma, Arnold H., Normark, William R., and Barnes, Neal E., eds., Submarine fans and related turbidite systems: Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
deadreckoning --- Navigation
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun

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