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Field Activity Details for field activity W282NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-2-82-NC,CODE_2-2_LEG_7

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Grant (WHOI)

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Yerba Buena Island, CA

End Port/Location: Yerba Buena Island, CA

Start Date: 1982-04-26

End Date: 1982-05-07

Equipment Used: 12khz, sidescansonar, CTD, Geoprobe, boxcore, GPS, Niskenbottle

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Phil D'Acri, Dave Drake, Fred Nichols, Jim Nicholson, Mara Schiltz, Jack Swenson, George Tate, Joanne C. Ferreira

Affiliate Staff:
Chris Dunn (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Jim Irish (UNH) - Oceanographer
Jim Newman (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Larry Sanford (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Mike Kirk (Scripps) - Unspecified Investigator
Neal Pettigrew (UNH) - Oceanographer
Paul Dragos (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Sandy Williams (WHOI) - Oceanographer
Scott Glenn (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bill Grant (WHOI) - Chief Scientist
Chris Dunn (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Fred Nichols (USGS Western Region) - Biologist
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Jack Swenson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jim Irish (UNH) - Oceanographer
Jim Newman (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Larry Sanford (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Mara Schiltz (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Mike Kirk (Scripps) - Unspecified Investigator
Neal Pettigrew (UNH) - Oceanographer
Paul Dragos (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician
Phil D'Acri - Unspecified Investigator
Sandy Williams (WHOI) - Oceanographer
Scott Glenn (WHOI) - Mechanical Technician

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 38.83467 South: 38.55567 West: -123.694 East: -123.42333

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/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-82-nc.060 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information

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