ROV survey of Coal Oil Point Seeps in conjunction with SHEARWATER (08018) swath bathymetric cruise.
Location
Santa Barbara Channel, Goleta, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
Summary
ROV work was a successful trial. Digital video from ROV; tar samples taken with grab; gas samples taken with sampler designed and built by Gerry Hatcher.
Info derived
Sea floor map; Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, ROV Pilot; Chuck Worley, Technician; PJ Bernard, Shipping; Ray Davis, Design/Fabrication.
Project = Sources, Transportation, and Fate of Natural Oil and Gas Seepages, Sources, Transportation, and Fate of Natural Oil and Gas Seepages
Platform
Zephyr
24 meter pilot vessel (79 feet long; beam 23.5 feet; draft 8 feet) MBARI, Moss Landing. Acquired by MBARI 2001, originally name San Francisco. Retired October, 2012 from MBARI. Purchased from MBARI by Outbound Marine LLC in 2013.
