Field Activity 2019-649-FA

Identifier 2019-649-FA
Also known as San Francisco Sand Resources
Purpose Assessment of Sand Resources offshore San Francisco Bay
Location San Francisco, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary 35 vibracores; 512 chirp sub bottom profiler and towed magnetic measurements along many short lines totaling 960km
Info derived Seismic reflection profiles, sediment grain size, magnetic field intensity
Comments Project: BOEM Significant Sand Resource
Projects
Platform
Bold Horizon
Length 170 feet.
Vehicles
Dodge Caravan - G41-2395R
Itinerary
Start Alameda, CA 2019-10-11
End Alameda, CA 2019-10-18
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -122.87083994
East -122.39324246
North 38.01347623
South 37.49665234
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators James E ConradThomas D Lorenson
Crew members
James E Conrad
Scientist, Staff
Cordell Johnson
Scientist, Staff
Thomas D Lorenson
Scientist, Staff
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Kennedy
Scientist, Staff
McKee, Jennifer
Scientist, Staff
Papesh, Antoinette
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Papesh, Antoinette
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type: Magnetics, Navigation, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Magnetometer Magnetics 1
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Van Veen Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Vibracore Geology 3
512 chirp-source Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
subbottomprofiler Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Marine magnetic data collected offshore San Francisco, California Magnetometer This part of the data release contains marine magnetic data that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. Janet Tilden Watt
Core logger data from vibracores collected offshore San Francisco, California Vibracore This section of the data release contains core logger tabular data of 34 vibracores that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. The cores were analyzed for gamma ray density and magnetic susceptibility. The logging was performed at 1-cm intervals from the top of each core section. In addition to the core logger data, the locations of the cores are available as either a comma-delimited file or a shapefile. Thomas D Lorenson
Photographs of vibracores collected offshore San Francisco, California Vibracore This section of the data release contains photographs of 34 vibracores that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. Continuous line-scan photographs were created in the lab to assess sand and gravel resources in Federal and State waters for potential use in future beach nourishment projects along stretches of the coast where critical erosion hotspots have been identified. Thomas D Lorenson
Sediment grain-size data from vibracore samples collected offshore San Francisco, California Vibracore This section of the data release contains grain-size and total organic carbon (TOC) analyses of 132 samples taken from vibracores that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. The samples were analyzed for percent weight of grain size and total organic carbon. The samples were taken at approx. 50 cm intervals from (and including) the core-catcher, which represents the bottom of the core. Thomas D Lorenson
High-resolution chirp seismic-reflection data collected offshore San Francisco, California, during field activity 2019-649-FA from 2019-10-11 to 2019-10-18 subbottomprofiler This part of the data release contains approximately 783 line-kilometers of processed, high-resolution, chirp seismic-reflection data that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey cruise 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. The chirp profiles were acquired using an Edgetech 3200 5-16 chirp sub-bottom profiling system. These data are divided up and presented by navigation line, as reflected in the individual file names. Alicia F Balster-gee

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity