ROV-sampling of Monterey Canyon to collect ground truth samples of the Ocean Imaging Project, San Gregorio Fault Zone, and canyon flanks near deployed and planned sediment traps.
Location
Monterey Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary
Collected vibracores and push cores.
Push core sample analysis on FAD.
Vibracore locations on FAD.
Info derived
Sediment accumulation rates, age of faulting, frequency of sediment deformation, source of sediment in traps
Comments
Principal Investigators: Charlie Paull, Roberto Gwiazda, Esther Sumner (MBARI)
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-615-FA
Katherine Coble will also be co-principal investigator
