Field Activity 2018-655-FA

Identifier 2018-655-FA
Purpose Understand and quantify geologically recent changes in the seafloor morphology. Targeted areas include sites: (a) deformed by recent faulting, (b) experiencing seafloor modifications associated with events in submarine channels; and (c) undergoing changes associated with methane venting.
Location southern California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary Paull_2018655FA sample location data submitted to FAD by Mike Torresan, 10/30/2018
Info derived Geologic modifications of the ocean floor off southern California due to submarine events.
Projects
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing, CA 2018-09-14
End Moss Landing, CA 2018-10-02
Days in the field 19
Bounds
West -118.91113371
East -117.08691496
North 34.01155617
South 32.54975183

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Mary L McGannThomas D Lorenson
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Mary L McGann
Specialist, Information
Thomas D Lorenson
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Charles K. Paull, MBARI

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Vibracore Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity