Field Activity K297HW

Identifier K297HW
Alternate names K-2-97-HW
Purpose Determine texture, composition, and age of sediment within reef-front deposit.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Monty Hampton, Mike Torresan. Vibracoring data (vibratingcore, GPS) of field activity K-2-97-HW in Kailua Bay, Hawaii from 03/31/1997 to 04/02/1997
Location Hawaii
Summary Deployed vibracorer 24 times at 18 stations, with 13 successful sediment recoveries.
Info derived Texture, composition, and age of sediment.
Comments University of Hawaii vessel. Natural Resources. Staff information imported from InfoBank Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Mike Torresan (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Mike Cruickshank (University of Hawaii, Marine) - Marine Minerals Specialist Innes (University of Hawaii, Marine) - Technician Ed (University of Hawaii, Marine) - Technician Ron (University of Hawaii, Marine) - Technician Ross Barnes (University of Hawaii) - Captain
Projects
Platform
Kila
Length 104 feet.
Itinerary
Start n/a 1997-03-31
End n/a 1997-04-02
Bounds
West -157.7152
East -157.69407
North 21.44875
South 21.41875
Activity Vibracoring

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Michael E TorresanMonty A Hampton
Crew members
Barnes, Ross
Scientist, Staff
Cruickshank, Mike
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
vibratingcore Geology 1
GPS Navigation 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Station Information vibratingcore Monty A Hampton
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Monty A Hampton
Global positioning system (GPS) data k-2-97-hw.060 GPS Provisional best file Monty A Hampton

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity