AKA: none
Other ID: W-2-95-NC,95006
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Strata Formations on Margins (Strataform) (MU278)
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Field, Jim Gardner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan
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Start Date: 1995-09-01
End Date: 1995-09-15
Equipment Used: Huntec, sidescansonar, SIS1000, YoNav, mudseis
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: We gathered Huntec digital high-resolution and Datasonics SIS-1000 sidescan over an inner shelf region, a shelf-to-slope region, and over the Humboldt Slide. We collected great views of the midshelf mud belt as well as the clinoforms that drape the outer shelf and upper slope. These data will provide the geometrical input into a numerical model of siliclastic sedimentation, one of the primary objectives of STRATAFORM.
Staff: Jeff Anderson, Michael Boyle, Pete Galanis, John Gann, Larry Kooker, Kevin O'Toole, Stuart Sides
Affiliate Staff:
Dan Orange - Watchstander
Notes: physical data holdings
Associated cruises: W-2-95-NC W-1-96-NC For raw and intermediate data sets, contact Rani Nandiwada
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Mike Field (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jim Gardner (chief Scientist, USGS Western Region) - Co
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician
Larry Kooker (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician
John Gann (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Pete Galanis (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Stuart Sides (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Jeff Anderson - Watchstander
Dan Orange - Watchstander
Location:
Northern California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 44.62695 | South: 40.52999 | West: -125.0879 | East: -124.04286 |
Platform(s):
 Wecoma |
Borgeld, J.C., Hughes-Clarke, J. E., Goff, J. A., Mayer, L. A., and Curtis, J. A,, 1999, Acoustic backscatter of the 1995 flood deposit on the Eel shelf, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 197–210, URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00253227.
Cacchione, D., Wiberg, P., Lynch, J., Irish, J., and Traykovski, P., 1999, Estimates of suspended-sediment flux and bedform activity on the inner portion of the Eel continental shelf, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata:: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 83–97.
Drake, D.E., 1999, Temporal and spatial variability of the sediment grain-size distribution on the Eel shelf; the flood layer of 1995, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 169–182.
Field, M.E., Gardner, J. V., and Prior, D. B., 1999, Geometry and significance of stacked gullies on the northern California slope, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 271–286.
Gardner, J.V., Prior, D. B., and Field, M. E., 1999, Humboldt slide; a large shear-dominated retrogressive slope failure, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 323–338.
Goff, J.A., Orange, D. L., Mayer, L. A., and Hughes-Clarke, J. E,, 1999, Detailed investigation of continental shelf morphology using a high-resolution swath sonar survey; the Eel margin, northern California, in Nittrouer, C.A., ed., The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 255–269, URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00253227.
Lee, H., Locat, J., Dartnell, P., Israel, K., Florence Wong, 1999, Regional variability of slope stability: application to the Eel margin, California: Marine Geology, v. 154 no. 1-4, pp. 305–321, doi: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00120-0.
Mayer, L., Fonseca, L., Pacheco, M., Galway, S., Vicente Martinez, J., Hou, T., Orange, D., Gulick, S., Yun, J., Gardner, J.V., Dartnell, P., Lee, H., and Cutter, R., 2002, The STRATAFORM GIS: University of New Brunswick, Office of Naval Research.
Nittrouer, C.A., editor, 1999, The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata: Marine Geology, v. 154, pp. 1–420.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntec | --- | Boomer | W-2-95-NC_seismic (data on FAD) |
| sidescansonar | --- | Sidescan | sidescan (data on FAD) |
| SIS1000 | --- | Sidescan | Processing info for Sidescan data |
| YoNav | --- | Navigation | Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.060_1sec Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.061_10sec Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.062_10sec Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.063_1min Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.063_lines_skipnsave Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.064 (Provisional best file) Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-95-nc.064_degree |
| mudseis | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler |
