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Field Activity Details for field activity W1273SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W1273SC,SouthTow_12

Status: Completed

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Principal Investigator(s): Bill Normark

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Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Imagery: Photo

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Start Date: 1972-12-30

End Date: 1973-01-20

Equipment Used: 12khz, 4khz, underwatercamera

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bill Normark (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Southern California

Boundaries
North: 38.25 South: 33.75 West: -123.75 East: -118.25

Platform(s):

photo of Thomas Washington
Thomas Washington

Publications

Normark, W.R., and Spiess, F.N., 1976, Erosion on the Line Islands archipelagic apron; effect of small-scale topographic relief: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87 no. 2, pp. 286–296.

Normark, W.R., and Spiess, Fred N., 1973, A hole in the bottom of the sea; erosion in the Line Islands Archipelagic Apron, in Abstracts with Programs: , Geological Society of America. , pp. 754–754.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
4khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
underwatercamera --- Photo

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