Field Activity M170NC

Identifier M170NC
Alternate names M-1-70-NC,ANTIPODE-1
Purpose Geology and structure of the continental margin of California between Point Conception and Cape Mendocino. Activities include seismic reflection profiling, echo sounding, magnetics, rock dredging, dart coring, and piston coring.
Description University of California, Santa Cruz,United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Chief Scientists: Bill Normark, Eli Silver, J.R. Curray. Geological and Geophysical data (boxcore, gravitycore, dredge, pistoncore, dartcore, airgun, echosounder, magnetics) of field activity M-1-70-NC in Pt. Conception to Monterey Fan Valley, CA from 06/15/1970 to 06/29/1970
Location CA
Info derived Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, magnetics, and core samples.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Bill Normark (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Eli Silver (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist J.R. Curray (SCRIPPs) - Chief Scientist Gary Griggs (UCSC) - Scientist
Platform
Melville
Length 279 feet, beam 46 feet, draft 15.5.
Itinerary
Start San Diego, CA 1970-06-15
End San Francisco, CA 1970-06-29
Bounds
West -124.75
East -118.25
North 38.25
South 33.75
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
Organization
University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC)
Santa Cruz, CA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Normark, Bill
Crew members
Affiliate principal J.R. Curray (SCRIPPs)
Affiliate staff Gary Griggs (UCSC) - Scientist

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Magnetics, Navigation, Biology, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
boxcore Biology, Geology (no data reported)
gravitycore Geology (no data reported)
dredge Geology (no data reported)
pistoncore Geology (no data reported)
dartcore Geology (no data reported)
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
magnetics Magnetics (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity