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Field Activity Details for field activity W298NC

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-2-98-NC,W9807A

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): Strata Formations on Margins (Strataform) (MU278)

Principal Investigator(s): Homa Lee

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Diane Minasian

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Depth, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1998-07-17

End Date: 1998-07-24

Equipment Used: CTD, Lehighcore, boxcore, piezometer, GPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Clark Alexander, Dan Arnsdorf, Bob Ashley, Mark Bachand, Bradley Carkin, Gita Dunhill, Timothy Elfers, Hal Williams

Affiliate Staff:
Don Michaelson (OSU) - Electronics Tech
Jacques Locat (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstsnder
Eric Boulanger (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Harold Christian (GSC) - Watchstander
Francis Martin (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Priscilla Desgagnes (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Brian McAdoo (Vasser College) - Watchstander
Alyson Craig (WHOI) - Watchstander

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Homa Lee (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Gita Dunhill (USGS Western Region) - Facs
Don Michaelson (OSU) - Electronics Tech
Hal Williams (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Tech
Jacques Locat (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstsnder
Eric Boulanger (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Harold Christian (GSC) - Watchstander
Brad Carkin (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Francis Martin (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Priscilla Desgagnes (Laval Univ Quebec) - Watchstander
Brian McAdoo (Vasser College) - Watchstander
Clark Alexander (Skidway Inst of Oceanography) - Watchstander
Alyson Craig (WHOI) - Watchstander
Tim Elfers (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Dan Arnsdorf - Captain
Bob Ashley - Chief Engineer
Mark Bachand - Chief Mate

Location:

California

Boundaries
North: 41.2375 South: 40.0605 West: -125.262 East: -124.18683

Platform(s):

photo of Wecoma
Wecoma

Publications

Minasian, D.L., Lee, H.J., Locat, J., Orzech, K.M., Martz, G.R., and Israel, K., 2001, The STRATAFORM Project: geotechnical studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-190, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0190/.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
Lehighcore --- Geology
Station Information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Station Information
piezometer --- Depth
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-98-nc.060 (Provisional best file)

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