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Field Activity Details for field activity W182NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-1-82-NC,CODE_2-1

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione

Affiliate Investigator(s): Wendell Brown (OSU), Wendall Brown

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Environmental Data: CTD, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Sampling: Chemistry, Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Yerba Buena Island, CA

End Port/Location: Yerba Buena Island, CA

Start Date: 1982-03-03

End Date: 1982-03-08

Equipment Used: sidescansonar, CTD, boxcore, Geoprobe, Niskenbottle, wavepressure, rangerange, LoranC

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dave Drake, George Tate, Jack Swenson, Jim Nicholson, Mike Korso, Monty Hampton, Joanne C. Ferreira

Affiliate Staff:
Ann Dorkins (OSU) - Watchstander
Beth Laband - Watchstander
Ed Lacoursier (URI) - Mechanical Technician
Jeff List (USGS Woods Hole) - Watchstander
Pat O'Malley (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Steve Lentz (URI) - Watchstander

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Ann Dorkins (OSU) - Watchstander
Beth Laband - Watchstander
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Ed Lacoursier (URI) - Mechanical Technician
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Jack Swenson - Electronics Technician
Jeff List (USGS Woods Hole) - Watchstander
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Mike Korso (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Pat O'Malley (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Steve Lentz (URI) - Watchstander
Wendell Brown (OSU) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 38.82667 South: 38.5666 West: -123.7317 East: -123.46167

Platform(s):

photo of Wecoma
Wecoma

Publications

Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006, usSEABED: Pacific coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore surficial-sediment data release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Station Information
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
wavepressure --- Wave
Station Information
rangerange --- Navigation
LoranC --- Navigation
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-82-nc.060 (Provisional best file)

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